Manu Korihi News for 19 March 2012

The Maori King's extended his personal condolences to the Royal Family and people of Tonga on the death of King George Tupou the fifth; A Waikato-Tainui elder, Koro Wetere says the strong ties between the Kingitanga and the Royal House of Tonga will continue following the death of King George Tupou the fifth; Lawyers for the Crown have told the Waitangi Tribunal that the Kohanga Reo National Trust is not a Treaty Partner and is not a taonga that requires protection under the Treaty of Waitangi; A researcher says she's shocked to find that Maori children are 23 times more likely to be hospitalised with acute rheumatic fever than non-Maori.