25 Jul 2014

Te Manu Korihi News for 25 July 2014

From Morning Report, 6:26 am on 25 July 2014

A bill to transfer the leadership of Te Reo revitalisation to iwi has passed its first reading in Parliament, despite strong opposition from the Labour Party, the Mana movement, and the Maori Council; Te Tai Hauauru MP, Tariana Turia, says as she retires from politics she's confident her party collegue, Chris McKenzie, who's campaigning for her seat has what it takes to win; A Human Rights Review Tribunal Hearing has heard if it doesn't uphold a complaint about two cartoons, it gives the media an unconstrained right to publish material without regarding the law; A librarian in South Auckland is collating video interviews with kuia and koroua from the area, to help keep their stories alive.