A group of academics is calling for more rigorous training to ensure Māori receive better care at the end of their lives; A South Wairarapa Māori Standing committee representative is disappointed plans have been scrapped to create a supercity council for the Greater Wellington region; The widely respected Te Arawa orator Mauriora Kingi was laid to rest today after being mourned for four days at Te Pakira Marae in Rotorua.