Te Manu Korihi News for 25 February 2013

The organising body of the biggest Maori performing arts festival is rejecting a suggestion by the governor-general that the national competition should be better publicised; One of New Zealand's most significant artists is being remembered for the way his Maori upbringing and his cosmopolitan life experience influenced his art work; A claimant to the radio spectrum says the Government's refusal to allocate part of the band to Treaty partners, is a clear indication that the Maori Party holds little power as a support partner with National.