Te Manu Korihi News for 5 December 2013

A panel set up to review the basic rules by which New Zealanders live by does not recommend including the Treaty of Waitangi in a single written constitution; The Crown acknowledges that ancestral land claimed by a central North Island iwi is line to be given to another tribe; The Police in Waikato are investigating whether a teacher, already facing sex charges at a South Waikato school, committed offences during his time at another school; A Massey University associate professor has received national recognition for her research into ways to improve schooling for Maori children with special needs.