<&>Wellington Corpus of Spoken New Zealand English Version One <&>Copyright 1998 School of Linguistics & Applied Language Studies <&>Victoria University of Wellington <&>side one <&>23:26 and now join me for nga korero o te wa a <.>round up of maori news events the new zealand qualifications authority mana matauranga motuhake o aotearoa has announced the establishment of a diploma of maori early childhood education the diploma m e c e <,> the diploma's been developed and established by the new zealand qualifications authority in conjunction with representatives of the kohanga reo national trust the new zealand child care association the early childhood development unit and the <&>24:00 combined early childhood unions of aotearoa the launching on thursday was done by sir john bennett chairman of the kohanga reo national trust others who took part in the ceremony included the kaumatua of new zealand qualifications authority hohua tutangaihe and the chief executive officer of the authority david hood the official launching by sir john bennett followed and er sir john bennett is also the chairman of the maori education foundation <,> the waitangi tribunal has recommended the government step in to prevent landcorp selling the environmentally sensitive wetland near kaitaia the sale of the twelve hundred hectare kaimaumau block was due to go through yesterday the tribunal says kaimaumau's an important part of the muriwhenua claim and there is a serious case to answer about the way the crown acquired it from <&>25:00 the maori people it recommends the crown take all possible steps to retain or recover the land or if unsuccessful that it stops mining or major development it also wants a system set up so crown or state owned enterprise land and muriwhenua isn't sold against the wishes of the muriwhenua tribes while the voc claim is proceeding <,> some schools will need more resources to cope with the rise in the school leaving age to sixteen that's according to the principal of nga tapuwae college in mangere hone green but mister green adds the change will have little impact on south auckland schools because with no jobs to go to students are staying at school anyway mister green says it's good the community is being given the message that it's important for children to stay on at school tauranga maori people are gearing up for a marathon effort shifting a pipi bed from the path of a new expressway that's now taking shape across the <&>26:00 waikariau er estuary the reseeding of the shellfish is part of an agreement thrashed out earlier this year between the district council and the ngaitamarawaho who have a waitangi claim over the estuary a spokesperson for ngaitamarawaho hori rekurangi says barring any hitches it's hoped the work can be carried out by his people next wednesday and he says he's happy with the way things are working out with the council mister rekurangi says his people would start at three oclock in the morning with the aim of shifting as many pipi as possible between tides the chief executive of the quality inn hotel chain mister ian stud says too many new owners are partly the reason he's decided to leave the company he says six changes of ownership in just five years have taken their toll on management and both he and financial manager peter reed have decided not to renew their contracts when they expire at <&>27:00 the end of the month mister stud has been with the chain for over eight years and says during that time it er became the largest branded hotel chain in the country but he says despite <.>th that success the cost in changes in ownership have presented some problems and the time has come to hand over the running of the company to someone else an announcement is due next week on a new organisational structure for the chain <,> earlier this year te reo o aotearoa commissioned former broadcaster now private consultant haare williams to produce a biographical serious of programmes featuring respected kaumatua and spokesman for te ariki nui dame te atairangi kahu rua cooper mister cooper who lives at whatapaka marae near papakura was closely associated with the cultural efforts of the late princess te puea and was a member of her famous t p m te pou o mangatawhiri fund raising concert party he was also closely associated with sir apirana <&>28:00 ngata's land development schemes the series of programmes were recorded at mister cooper's home and also during a journey by boat along the waikato river from meremere to awamarahi marae near the river's mouth at port waikato the second part of the series can be heard in te reo o te pipiwharauroa at five thirty tomorrow night on national radio and continues on the following two sundays on sunday the twenty fourth of november te reo o aotearoa will present te reo o te pipiwharauroa in a live broadcast from the awamarahi marae which will be holding special celebrations and tomorrow night at ten past six muru walters a lecturer at saint john's theological college comments on the appointment of paraone turei as bishop of tai rawhiti within the bishopric of aotearoa that's in kopukorekore tomorrow night on national radio at approximately ten past six and that's our programme for this week technical help's been from barry hartley and i'm henare te ua te reo o aotearoa <&>29:04