Te Manu Korihi News for 11 March 2013

The Green Party wants more drug and alcohol rehabilitation in prisons to reduce the high rate of Maori being locked up; A kaumatua - who has made more than thirty waka - is excited about plans to start a canoe building and navigation training centre on his Far North land; A national hui looking at ways to improve Maori learning at tertiary level is to be held next month; A researcher at Massey University will travel to the United States to discover more about the history of taewa and kumara.