24 Apr 2015

Te Manu Korihi News for 24 April 2015

From Te Manu Korihi, 6:28 am on 24 April 2015

Indigenous Australians in Perth are praising Maori both in New Zealand and in Australia for protesting in solidarity with them over the government's plans to shut down their remote communities; A respected Ngati Toa Rangatira member hopes his participation in Anzac Day commemorations will become a family tradition to honour the memory of their tipuna who served during the First World War; An east coast Maori language immersion school is making an attempt to follow the new curriculum for kura kaupapa Maori that was launched earlier this year; A collection of precious Maori taonga has been stolen from a house near Hastings.