Some Maori student advocacy groups says the 400 students withdrawn from two failed Maori performing arts courses at a New Plymouth institute have wasted their time and money; The Education Ministry has suggested aligning tertiary institutions' funding to the success of Maori and Pasifika students; Te Puni Kokiri is urging its new Minister, Te Ururoa Flavell, to present a Maori development agenda at next year's Waitangi Day commemorations; A pair of photographers have travelled up and down the country capturing detailed photographs of hundreds of Marae.