Te Manu Korihi News for 12 December 2012

The judge in the failed Maori Council case against the Crown is urging the Government to deal with outstanding water claims; The Children's Commissioner, Russell Wills, says one of the very practical recommendations in a report released on solutions to child poverty, is expanding the number of apprenticeships for Maori youth; People in a small Bay of Plenty township are going to the ballot box to settle a squabble over the naming of a school; Te Papa Museum is planning to bring home hundreds more Maori remains from overseas institutions next year - the majority of them from Europe.