20 Dec 2011

Manu Korihi News for 20 December 2011

From Morning Report, 6:27 am on 20 December 2011

The Labour Party MP, Shane Jones, says he needs to work harder during question time in Parliament, now he's back on the Opposition front bench; The Maori Students' Association says it will be before the Waitangi Tribunal next year to fight government legislation, which it says has breached the country's founding document; The head of Maori studies at Te Kura Matatini o Taranaki or WITT is praising the new Chief Executive for acknowledging the special treaty relationship it has with iwi; A leader of a suicide prevention project in Rotorua says the festive season sparks a need for it to provide extra services.