Te Manu Korihi News for 18 July 2014

The Maori Party's accusing the police of incompetence and racism towards Maori, after waking sleeping children at a Statford Marae at 2 o'clock in the morning; Research shows permanent hearing loss is twice as prevalent among young Maori than Pakeha, but there's no firm evidence to suggest why; The head of Maori policing says they've missed their tangata whenua recruitment target, but the goal is still in sight; More than 60-percent of submissions are against an application to mine the seabed near, Rekohu - the Chatham Islands.