Te Manu Korihi News for 15 September 2014

The Maori Women's Refuge in Whangarei says more wahine are becoming confident at reporting domestic violence incidents; The Maori Party co-leader, Te Ururoa Flavell, is warning tangata whenua to vote carefully otherwise it could mean the end of Maori seats; A prison reform advocate says the Department of Corrections needs to think about tangi as being a healing process rather than a security exercise; The Commissioner assigned to review election processes at a Northland kura says he was initially stopped from entering the school by people opposed to his arrival.