Manu Korihi News for 16 April 2012

The Maori Affairs Select Committee can't wait to get on the road and hear from people who've made submissions on the inquiry into the status and well being of Maori children; The Maori Affairs Minister, Pita Sharples, says it will be a long time before Maori can take over the Government's financial responsibility to revitalise Te Reo; The Forest Owners Association says the Government's plan to alter the Emissions Trading Scheme, has implications for Maori forest owners; The new head of the national body which represents many Kura Kaupapa, aims to have details of its own teaching guidelines, added to the national Education Curriculum.