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Warning on drug side effects for Aborigines

Warning on drug side effects for Aborigines  - Doctors are exposing indigenous Australians to potentially fatal side effects from some of the most commonly prescribed medications, experts have ...

Critical response program to tackle high WA Indigenous suicide rate

Critical response program to tackle high WA Indigenous suicide rate  - The Federal Government has pledged $1 million to set up a "critical response" project to tackle Indigenous suicide in Western Australia , as advocates ...

Lack of drug testing on indigenous Aussies putting population at risk: experts

Lack of drug testing on indigenous Aussies putting population at risk: experts  - The health of indigenous Australians could be at risk due to insufficient test data detailing the effects of certain ...

Therapeutic drug safety for Indigenous Australians: how do we close the gap?

Therapeutic drug safety for Indigenous Australians : how do we close the gap?  - In the setting of significant disease burden, lack of data on drug safety for Australia's Indigenous population is concerning. Indigenous Australians ...

Virtual Reality Used To Tell Indigenous Story At Sundance Film Festival

Virtual Reality Used To Tell Indigenous Story At Sundance Film Festival  - A Martu man from Western Australia's remote Pilbara desert, Morgan's first contact with ... Collisions tells Aboriginal elder Nyarri Nyarri Morgan's story.

Critical response team to tackle 'ongoing tragedy' of Indigenous suicide

Critical response team to tackle 'ongoing tragedy' of Indigenous suicide  - The $1m critical response project is being trialled in Western Australia , which has the highest rates of Aboriginal suicide in the country, with a view to ...

Have your say on euthanasia, urges Lecretia's husband

Have your say on euthanasia, urges Lecretia's husband  - The husband of Lecretia Seales, who took legal action for the right to a medically assisted death, is urging people not to waste the chance to have their ...

Is New Zealand Really Ready For A Black Flag?

Is New Zealand Really Ready For A Black Flag?  - We can see that many people probably voted for the Black version on the ... We suggest that we need a flag that the majority of New Zealanders are ...

New Zealand robbers have stolen PLACENTA from a family's freezer

New Zealand robbers have stolen PLACENTA from a family's freezer  - It's a big thing for a Maori woman to lose a placenta.' The couple said the house could have been broken into on December 28 or 29 last year, while ...

Sidharth Malhotra suggests 10 things to do in New Zealand

Sidharth Malhotra suggests 10 things to do in New Zealand  - Similarly in New Zealand , the Māori people are known for the 'Haka', a war dance that is not only a challenge to opponents but also a mark of respect.

Fishing group fears impact on Maori rights

Fishing group fears impact on Maori rights  -  New Zealand's largest Mâori -owned fishing group says it's worried that recreational fishing parks and marine reserves will affect Maori fishing rights.

Beachfront restaurant forced to close after Maori bones discovered

Beachfront restaurant forced to close after Maori bones discovered  - Auckland Council, local iwi, Heritage New Zealand and the existing restaurant licensee have reached the agreement out of respect for the cultural ...

Schooling was 'cruel and demoralising'

Schooling was 'cruel and demoralising'  - Dame Kiri Te Kanawa during a interview with Maori TV at Whanganui ... Dame Sister Mary Leo was a New Zealand nun who was best known for ...

Blood Work: LGBT reaction to the FDA's new donation policy

Blood Work: LGBT reaction to the FDA's new donation policy  - Blood Work: LGBT reaction to the FDA's new donation policy .... to 'as good a place as' the United Kingdom, New Zealand and Australia,” he says.

Door open for Waitemata DHB jobs

Door open for Waitemata DHB jobs  -  Maori health workforce consultant Vanessa Duthie says the DHB is looking for 10 reliable, caring people who can take on roles as health care ...

Fishing group fears impact on Maori rights

Fishing group fears impact on Maori rights  - New Zealand's largest Mâori -owned fishing group says it's worried that recreational fishing parks and marine reserves will affect Maori fishing rights.