23 Jun 2015

Te Manu Korihi News for 23 June 2015

From Te Manu Korihi, 6:27 am on 23 June 2015

A Māori prison reform advocate says there needs to be a Government policy that improves outcomes for children with a parent in prison; The Tai Tokerau MP says proposed changes to electricity transmission prices will mean people in Moerewa pay more for power while Southland's Tiwai aluminium smelter pays less; A Ngati Kahungunu elder is praising the way the Crown research institute, GNS Science, has been engaging with her iwi over a climate change project in her rohe; An expert in the education sector says Māori student achievement is on the rise in some areas, but there's still a lot of work that needs to be done to boost it further.