A Maori tikanga expert says the impact on prisoners who have their Taonga taken from them could be devastating; Eight staff involved in two Taranaki Institute's Maori performing arts courses have left or resigned in the lead up to revelations by the Tertiary Education Commission, that the programme was poorly run and over-funded; The director of Te Reo Maori for the Ngati Kahungunu Iwi says its dialect is almost extinct, and; A scheme designed to help up skill Ngapuhi descendants in making their money go further and inspire small enterprise has been launched today.