Te Manu Korihi News for 28 November 2012

The second in charge of the Waikato-Tainui executive is refusing to leave his role regardless of a request by the Maori King to step down; A Ngati Ruanui kaumatua is critical of the Crown's decision not to fund two Maori language courses at the Western Institute of Technology at Taranaki - saying it's a form of confiscation; An Auckland hapu says Whanau Ora funding is helping the hapu to find jobs for young Maori men; The Whangarei District Council has appointed eight eminent Maori scholars and artists as advisors for its Hundertwasser Art Centre project.