Te Manu Korihi for 21 February 2014

The New Zealand First leader, Winston Peters, says the government is ignoring the problems of ordinary Maori by appeasing to what he says are 'so-called' Maori leaders; The Maori Council says the Maori Affairs Minister, Pita Sharples, is trying to break law in his proposals to revive Te Reo Maori; A newly released study in to how to lift Maori student achievement in Rotorua is urging educators to value their students' culture and language; A Maori welfare organisation in the King Country says taking radical risks based on a Whanau Ora kaupapa over two decades ago has helped it to survive.