1 Dec 2014

Te Manu Korihi News for 1 December 2014

From Te Manu Korihi, 8:49 am on 1 December 2014

The Auckland Council is planning to plant its trees based on the Maori Calendar; A Maori art curator says that many tangata whenua do not approve of Pakeha artists using their symbols and traditions in their work; A new research project, which will look at the heart size of Maori and Pasifika people, will enable medical staff to properly diagnose these patients for cardiovascular disease; The head of the national association of Women refuge centres says she is glad to see a report recommending more kaupapa-Maori based research into whanau abuse.