Te Manu Korihi News for 23 April 2014

A professor of Maori Development warns Maori representation in parliament could suffer come the election because of the departure of senior Maori MPs such as Labour's Shane Jones; Descendants of a Pakeha farming family are asking the Government to review the Public Works Act; The New Plymouth mayor, Andrew Judd, is lobbying the Government to implement Maori seats on the district council; A Sydney-based Maori academic, Brent Reihana, says he doesn't agree with a recent survey showing fewer Maori in Australia are gaining citizenship.