Te Manu Korihi News for 6 August 2013

The government's being encouraged to work with Maori to make sure a trade agreement with Taiwan becomes a reality; Two Waikato iwi that have partnered up with Lincoln University to develop a new agricultural training centre have identified the students they want to appeal too; The chairman of the Iwi Education Authority is praising Te Kura O Torere near the Eastern Bay of Plenty town of Opotiki for bringing in kaumatua to teach students life skills; An exhibition, which is apart of the Taranaki International Arts Festival has prompted a Lower Hutt weaver to finish a Maori cloak started by her late mother.