Te Manu Korihi News for 24 April 2013

The Green Party says it can't believe the government is dumping one of the most successful Maori learning programmes, by discontinuing funding for Te Kotahitanga; Meanwhile, an education union is also questioning how serious the government is about raising Maori under-achievement in schools; The Mountain Safety Council wants to spread its firearms advice scheme throughout the motu; Te Papa Museum says now that the National Museum of China has loaned it a special Maori cloak - it's opened the way for both countries to work together to bring back more taonga to Aotearoa.