16 Apr 2014

Te Manu Korihi News for 16 April 2014

From Checkpoint, 5:48 pm on 16 April 2014

An academic studying Maori living in Australia says his latest survey shows very few Maori who moved there after 2001 have successfully become Australian citizens; Ngapuhi suggests it could take a contemporary Waitangi Tribunal claim over a new commercial fishing law; A medal awarded to a Ngapuhi chief 200 years ago will finally be returning home after a successful joint bid overnight by Te Papa and the Auckland War Memorial Museum; Although the country's only Maori Research Centre of Excellent has missed out on future government money, the Minister in charge is confident rangahau Maori will continue and will grow.