Professor Meihana Durie

Professor Meihana Durie was recently appointed Te Toi Aronui at Te Wananga Aronui o Tamaki Makaurau - AUT and last month he was appointed Tumuaki-cheif executive of Te Wananga o Raukawa. Professor Durie says we're at the cutting edgeof the evolution of Maori education and says we need to be well prepared to serve students who are coming through fluent in Te Reo Maori. Musician Laughton Kora is the front man for Black Comet whose sound is described asmulti dimensional galactic funk. They will be on stage at Wellington's CubaDupa Festival tonight