11 Jun 2013

Te Manu Korihi News for 11 June 2013

From Checkpoint, 5:48 pm on 11 June 2013

National standard results show students at Maori-medium schools perform better at reading and writing, than Maori students in mainstream education; The Maori Party is questioning whether the Government is doing enough to encourage new voters to join the Maori roll; The Defence Minister says it'll be several weeks yet before he can respond to calls to compensate two brothers badly injured when they were in the Army; A Maori land owner and chartered accountant says Maori landowners need to start hiring the 'right people' to help them unlock the economic potential of their whenua.