Te Manu Korihi News for 27 March 2014

The new chief executive of Maori Television says he isn't fazed by past concerns held by staff, who urged the channel's board not to appoint him; An international petition has been launched to save the country's only Maori Centre of Research Excellence; The Maori Broadcasting funding agency is breaking new ground and says it's taking a risk by financially supporting an initiative for Maori programmes to be created, but only for online viewers; The New South Wales Maori Wardens aims to help troubled rangatahi Maori in Sydney.