Te Manu Korihi News for 21 December 2012

The Ngati Koata iwi and the Crown have just gathered on the Whakatu Marae in Nelson, for the signing of a Treaty settlement; The Human Rights Commission says the vision which a kura kaupapa in Wairoa has to make the community the first in New Zealand become bilingual, fits in well with this year's human rights theme of "my voice counts"; The principal of Kawerau's newest school says more local people such as kaumatua will be involved, now that the local intermediate and high school have amalgamated.