18 Oct 2012

Manu Korihi News for 18 October 2012

From Morning Report, 6:27 am on 18 October 2012

The Waitangi Tribunal says the government should put kohanga reo at the centre of its early childhood education policies for Maori; A Waikato tribe says the Government's state-owned asset share offer to tribes is an attempt to divide Maori over water rights; Meanwhile, the Maori Council will discuss likely court action against the Crown with water rights claimants along the Waitako River today; The Otaki based Wananga o Raukawa says it feels so strongly about the need to re-vitalise Te Reo Maori, it is gifting a copy of the award winning book Mai te Kakano, to every Kohanga Reo in New Zealand.