27 Nov 2014

Te Manu Korihi News for 27 November 2014

From Te Manu Korihi, 6:27 am on 27 November 2014

A trustee building houses for whanau says a home loan aimed at Maori is prescriptive, conservative, and dictatorial; The first case under the Marine and Coastal Area Act Bill which replaced the contentious Foreshore and Seabed Act is unlikely to be heard until next year; The Waitemata District Health Board says a new diabetes service at an Auckland-based Maori health centre is drawing in more tangata whenua than the DHB; Six tribal representatives will help determine how the Whanau Ora Commissioning Agencies should work towards improving people's lives.