Te Manu Korihi News for 3 February 2014

A new waka aimed at boosting cultural tourism in Wellington has been blessed and named; A Te Arawa kaumatua says he supports charter schools because a community belief has a greater impact than a system written in a book; The Mangatu Incorporation says it will wait and see what other groups decide to do before making its next move, following a Waitangi Tribunal decision not to return Crown land; Women's Refuge in the Auckland suburb of Mangere has started delivering cooking and gardening lessons to help women provide for themselves.