Te Manu Korihi News for 9 August 2013

Hundreds of Bay of Plenty whanau have marched to the Kohanga Reo National Trust National headquarters in protest at the departure of the movement's chief executive, Titoki Black; A justice lobby group says new laws that ban gang patches from public buildings will have a greater impact on Maori than any other race; A kaumatua for the drug-buying agency Pharmac, says pharmaceutical funding decision criteria that takes into account the particular health needs of Maori and Pacific people, needs to continue.