24 May 2013

Te Manu Korihi News for 24 May 2013

From Checkpoint, 5:46 pm on 24 May 2013

The former heard of the Kohanga Reo movement, Dame Iritana Tawhiwhirangi, says schools should use the Whanau Ora welfare scheme approach to health and social development; An Auckland Maori health organisation is offering to help an intellectual disability care provider which has been heavily criticised by the Ministry of health; The chair of Te Runanga o Ngai Tahu has officially been knighted; The Labour Party this evening begins a weekend-long selection process to chose its candidate to stand for the eastern Maori electorate, Ikaroa-Rawhiti; The Maori All Blacks coach, Jamie Joseph, has decided to step down after holding the position for three years.