Te Manu Korihi News for 12 December 2013

The Cabinet has decided not to pay extra compensation to two brothers who received life changing injuries in the Defence Force; A lawyer who was told not to cross-examine Pakeha witnesses in te reo Maori at the Waitangi Tribunal says he felt the mana of the language had been trampled; Two Tauranga tribes have agreed to accept a package from the Crown for historical breaches of the Treaty; Four Runaka of Ngai Tahu have taken a stake in Invercargill Airport.