Te Manu Korihi News for 7 October 2013

The number of Maori seats is to stay at seven, following new Government data; A poll surveying Maori voters in the Waiariki electorate shows significant support for the Maori Party in the party and electorate votes, and that most people are happy with the new Maori Party co-leader, Te Ururoa Flavell; An organisation providing food for children in low decile schools says demand for the service continues to rise; A panel of Maori and Hawaiian speakers have gathered in Hamilton today to assert that traditional indigenous knowledge provides a range of answers for dealing with issues facing Maori, indigenous children and their whanau.