7 Jul 2014

Te Manu Korihi News for 7 July 2017

From Morning Report, 8:45 am on 7 July 2014

A group of parents who withdrew their tamariki en masse from a Northland kura say they were left with no choice, despite some of the children being unsettled in their new schools; The Labour Party is describing a new bill that aims to revitalise Te Reo as a rushed and cynical political tactic by the Maori Party heading into a general election; The Treaty lawyer, Annette Sykes, says a new Waitangi Tribunal hearing will examine the treatment of Maori who served in the Vietnam War; There are mixed reactions amongst aboriginal Australians about their Prime Minister, Tony Abbott's plan to stay in a remote community for a week.