The Turakina Maori Girls' College Old Girls Association says the interim decision that the kura should close has come as a surprise; The rate of hospitalisation as a result of assault or attempted homicide was nearly six times as high for Maori women as non-Maori women over the past three years; The National Maori Broadband Working Group is welcoming the announcement made by the Government to appoint members to the Maori ICT Development Fund Advisory Group.