Te Manu Korihi News for 16 April 2014

The Maori fisheries trust, Te Ohu Kaimoana, is disappointed the Government has dropped iwi exemptions to new laws stopping the use of foreign fishing boats; The chair of the Crown Forestry Rental Trust says it can get the job of funding treaty claimants done despite troubled relationships between trustees; The Maori Council and Federation of Maori Authorities are back to the drawing board on appointments to the Crown Forestry Rental Trust; A collective of marae say its appeals for the protection of the environment have been vindicated in a decision on a major controversial water storage project; Census officials report rangatahi are riding to the rescue of Te Reo, as the overall number of Maori language speakers goes into decline.