Manu Korihi News for 20 December 2011

The Maori Students' Association says it will be before the Waitangi Tribunal next year to fight government legislation, which it says has breached the country's founding document; The Labour Party MP, Shane Jones, says he needs to work harder during question time in Parliament, now he's back on the Opposition front bench; A leader of a suicide prevention project in Rotorua says the festive season sparks a need for it to provide extra services; The head of Maori studies at Te Kura Matatini o Taranaki or WITT is praising the new Chief Executive for acknowledging the special treaty relationship it has with iwi.