Manu Korihi News for 19 December 2011

The Hawke's Bay District Health Board says it's making every effort to reduce the high rate of Maori infant mortality; Otago University has for the first time published a special Maori focused edition of its annual research highlights; A Whangarei member of the group Children Against Poverty, says the Government should set aside health funds for all children, instead of paying it to their parents; A Ngati Awa Runanga member involved in the re-opening of a meeting house, originally dubbed to be fit for Queen Victoria to stay in if she ever visited Whakatane, hopes tours of the pa will attract more visitors to the area.