Radio New Zealand

The Minister for Treaty Negotiations, Christopher Finlayson, says Ngai Tuhoe is going to be playing a much bigger role in future discussions over Te Urewera National Park; The Maori Party's Education spokesperson, Te Ururoa Flavell, says the Government should reconsider making changes to student loans and allowances; Te Kupenga, the National Network for Stopping Violence is about to start the last in a series of workshops, which promote non violence by teenagers; A colleague of the late veteran sculptor, Arnold Manaaki Wilson, describes him as the God Father of contemporary Maori art.