Te Manu Korihi News for 31 May 2013

The Maori Council says two newspaper cartoons about hungry students makes fun at the expense of children and are an example of institutional racism; A financial services firm says the option for tribes to buy shares in Meridian Energy shouldn't be looked on as special investment; An Auckland-based Maori health service is urging whanau struggling to feed their children to reach out to their iwi communities; Ngati Toa, the guardian tribe of the haka, Ka Mate, plans on pushing its rangatahi to consider taking up trades training apprenticeships.