Te Manu Korihi News for 28 August 2014

The National Party is sticking to its position that learning Te Reo should be voluntary in schools; Parents who withdrew their tamariki from a Northland school at the beginning of the year are praising a report into issues surrounding the school's board of trustees election process; Te Arawa Lakes Trust is accusing local bodies of holding up iwi development; An ancient argillite adze has been found by a member of the public in Wairarapa.