Manu Korihi News for 6 March 2012

A highly regarded Maori academic from Hawke's Bay, has paid tribute to a retired High Court judge Sir Rodney Gallen from Havelock North, who died on Saturday; The head of a Trust which aims to build a Maori economy, says a new scholarship for Maori university students, may help secure them jobs before they finish studying; The Chairman of Ngati Kahungunu iwi, says the Government proposes to weaken legislation on partial state asset sales; The first round of judging has just started of dairy farmers vying to win the Maori Excellence in Farming Award.