Te Manu Korihi News for 23 April 2013

The architect of a successful Maori learning programme says the Government is cheapening it by replacing the core aspects of the syllabus; The head of a Maori tourism group says New Zealand as a host nation should take the blame for leading a Danish politician declare that a Maori welcome was uncivilised; A barrister representing the Maori Council says the Labour and Green Parties single buyer of electricity policy proposal could lower the value of Mighty River Power shares; Tainui elders have embraced a Maori cloak which was welcomed home this morning after spending nearly six decades in China.