Te Manu Korihi News for 10 December 2012

The Treaty Negotiations Minister, Chris Finlayson, is dismissing a suggestion by the Kohanga movement that the government has left the Waitangi Tribunal report on Flora and Fauna lingering; A paediatrics researcher says a far more comprehensive approach is needed to reduce the stark health inequalities between Maori and Pacific children and other young people in New Zealand; Te Arawa leader, Toby Curtis, says the future of its people rests in the hands of its women - because they outnumber the success of Te Arawa men in professional positions; One of the Maoridom's leading composers of waiata and haka says he's honoured to be acknowledged for his 30 years of work in developing contemporary Maori performing arts.