Te Manu Korihi News for 25 June 2014

The Prison Reform Society says a new report calling for changes to New Zealand's prison system shows how severely rangatahi Maori are disadvantaged; The South Island's Whanau Ora Commissioning Agency has been charged with giving out more than 20-million dollars to Whanau Ora providers to help families in the South Island; People working with pounamu or greenstone may have to follow new proposed guidelines for working with asbestos; Indigenous people around the world are impressed by the way Maori and the government here are resolving past grievances through the Waitangi Tribunal.