<&>Wellington Corpus of Spoken New Zealand English Version One <&>Copyright 1998 School of Linguistics & Applied Language Studies <&>Victoria University of Wellington <&>side one <&>6:44 and now join me for nga korero o te wa a round up of maori news events the funeral of a long time battler for maori land claims was held during the week wanganui river kaumatua hikaia amohia died at his home in <&>7:00 taumarunui aged seventy five and was buried at the te peka urupa near the king country town his son kevin amohia says his father first became involved in the claim for the wanganui river in nineteen thirty eight and was still involved up to the time of his death he says river communities were more aware of treaty issues because of his father even though many people saw him as a radical mister amohia says his father maintained the treaty of waitangi gave settlers rights in new zealand too a report commissioned by the race relations office says the media generally accept that their handling and coverage of maori issues is inadequate a survey carried out in conjunction with the report has found the majority of news executives or senior journalists have little or no contact with maori people and acknowledge that their understanding of maori issues is limited the report says news executives agree that there must be a greater commitment to developing broader understandings of maori <&>8:00 issues and culture race relations conciliator chris laidlaw says he hopes the findings will prompt news organisations to take part in training programmes aimed at improving coverage of maori issues auckland ethnic council president philip kuri says a meeting of a hundred and twenty representatives unanimously condemned the opposition of some editors to a new race relations act provision outlawing the inciting of racial disharmony he says the old provision in the act section nine a was repealed in nineteen eighty eight after the race relations office found it couldn't intervene because of difficulties over whether offending statements were made in a public place mister kuri says the meeting was angry that some newspaper editors say they oppose the government proposal to strengthen the powers of the race relations conciliator to deal with such matters he says the meeting had specific newspapers in mind but none were identified in the unanimous resolution <,,> radio new zealand <&>9:00 limited has lost its bid for several million dollars worth of assets to be transferred to it a similar bid by television new zealand has been adjourned until july the decisions are contained in a written judgement issued at the high court in wellington by mister justice mcgeekan the case revolves around a claim from maori interests that the crown should not transfer the assets until a system protecting the maori language and culture including the provision of adequate broadcasting resources is in place meanwhile our maori issues reporter says it's certain the case will now go before the appeal court maori university graduates are being told that they are the knowledge commanders to lead maoridom into the twenty first century the call has come from iwi transition agency head wira gardiner at the capping ceremony at victoria university's te herenga waka marae mister gardiner a former army lieutenant colonel has told students that old power structures are breaking down and they <&>10:00 have to think fast and move fast <.>t to take advantage he says tribal societies have moved at a glacial speed and new ways are needed to respond to the challenges of a new age minister of maori affairs winston peters is admitting that he's impatient for an answer from the government on the ka awatea proposals for reforming the state's response to maori needs following media reports that there is a row in the government over the report mister peters says that he still expects the report's recommendations will become government policy and that's nga korero o te wa on te puna <.>k wai korero for this week catherine next week we'll feature an interview with the president of te ropu wahine o aotearoa the new zealand maori women's welfare league missus aroha rereti crofts and the welfare league's annual conference begins in te awamutu tomorrow week technical help this morning from john jones and i'm henare te ua te reo o aotearoa <&>10:53