Manu Korihi News for 12 August 2011

A Northland principal says a number of schools in the region are accepting national standards only because they fear they'll lose funding if they don't; A Ratana Minister says the late Whetu Tirikatene Sullivan was a special woman who forced the male institution of parliament to change its ways; An architect says waka ama could be taking tourists up and down the River Avon in a newly-built Christchurch.