Te Manu Korihi News for 18 July 2013

Ngai Tahu says it's prepared to take on the job of commissioning agency for Whanau Ora under its new governance structure; The Ngatiwai kaumatua, conservationist, and top-flight rugby player Laly Haddon has died; The Education Minister, Hekia Parata, has released a regional breakdown of how students from early childhood education to Year 13 are progressing academically; A south Auckland Whanau Ora provider says it's treated nearly 4-thousand children for the type of sore throat that can cause rheumatic fever.