Te Manu Korihi News for 10 December 2013

Ngati Pahauwera says river quality in Hawke's Bay region is so bad it's having to step in and use its Treaty Settlement money to do something about it; The Maori Party co-leader, Tariana Turia, says the party's new Te Tai Hauauru candidate has the right skills and attitude to become a co-leader of the party when she retires; A Maori child advocacy group is calling for culturally-specific measurement tools for Maori children; Australia's newly-created Indigenous Advisory Council has been asked to focus on improving school attendance and educational achievement - to give lasting employment to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities.