Te Manu Korihi News for 25 June 2014

People working with pounamu or greenstone may have to follow new proposed guidelines for working with asbestos; The Prison Reform Society says a new report, Unlocking Prisons, is calling for changes to New Zealand's prison system shows how severely young Maori are disadvantaged; The South Island's Whanau Ora Commissioning Agency is responsible for giving out more than 20-million dollars to Whanau Ora providers to help families in the South Island; Indigenous people around the world are impressed by the way Maori and the government here are resolving past grievances through the Waitangi Tribunal.