Manu Korihi News for 6 July 2012

Maori health, welfare, education and justice service providers from all over New Zealand are gathering in Auckland today, to discuss what they say is unfair treatment by the government; The Labour Party's health spokesperson says a recent Otago University study which shows that Maori are less likely than Pakeha to put off going to the doctor because of the cost, deserves closer consideration; A Te Arawa elder and educationalist, Toby Curtis, has been appointed as the interim chairperson of the cultural arm of the country's first ever iwi operated educational body.