8 Jul 2013

Te Manu Korihi News for 8 July 2013

From Checkpoint, 6:47 pm on 8 July 2013

A conference of Maori IT leaders says young Maori need to stop perceiving the internet as a Pakeha career path; Ngati Kahungunu has moved fast to appoint an new chief executive to its commercial arm to temporarily replace Meka Whaitiri; The head of the Maori Language Commission says this year's Maori language week theme of Maori names and Maori place names related to a lot of New Zealanders - and sparked many interesting conversations; A shareholder of a Far North Maori organisation says the police have all but given up on their investigation to find whoever set fire to a sales office on coastal customary land.