16 May 2013

Te Manu Korihi News for 16 May 2013

From Checkpoint, 5:49 pm on 16 May 2013

The financial services firm, PwC, says this year's Budget is middle-of-the road for Maori; There's no new money for Treaty Negotiations; The Government is committing new money to set up a Maori Language Research and Development Fund - which will lay the foundation for a new Te Reo strategy, which will be launched later this year; The social welfare policy, Whanau Ora, has received an increase of just over five-and-a-half million dollars in today's budget.