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Is our Australian identity a matter for pride or shame?

Is our Australian identity a matter for pride or shame?  -  Every Australia Day brings a hubbub of identity behaviours. Out from the attic, like ... Australian schools barely mention Indigenous history. Back in the ...

Call for deadline on "long overdue" rainbow walk

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Call for deadline on "long overdue" rainbow walk  - The community is looking to see us complete the project, so that we can recognise the role ( LGBT South Australians ) play in this inclusive community.

Former Australian Prime Minister To Address US Anti-LGBT Hate Group

Former Australian Prime Minister To Address US Anti- LGBT Hate Group  - While Australian politicians decide how to handle the outcome of a national plebiscite concerning marriage equality, former Prime Minister Tony ...

Maybe we should try some respect'

Maybe we should try some respect'  -  Aboriginal Australians were here first. They watched the ships arrive in Botany Bay. Many died of smallpox all around Sydney Harbour soon after the ...

Is our Australian identity a matter for pride or shame?

Is our Australian identity a matter for pride or shame?  - Mid-last year, said Grant, Australia "looked into its soul" and chose, collectively, to hound indigenous star Adam Goodes into submission. "Every time ...

Human Rights Watch World Report 2016: Australia criticised

Human Rights Watch World Report 2016: Australia criticised  - In fact, Australia has been issued with a stinging rebuke for failing in many areas including indigenous health, disability rights and foreign policy, not to ...

Noel Pearson nephew brings ancient language to Canberra

Noel Pearson nephew brings ancient language to Canberra  - The story of indigenous Australia is much older, more than 53,000 years. It is fitting and right that today this young man and I speak to you in our own ...

Google doodle features aborigines on Australia Day, sparks debate

Google doodle features aborigines on Australia Day, sparks debate  - A screengrab of Google's Australia search page shows the latest doodle featuring Australian aborigines, the indigenous population of the nation ...

NZ drops in corruption perception index

NZ drops in corruption perception index  -  New Zealand has slipped two places in the latest global rankings of public service corruption, a new report shows. ... seeing two successive drops, people will see this and say 'Jeez, something's happening in New Zealand .".

We don't want to live with a heterosexual person': New Zealand flatshare advert posted by 'two ...

We don't want to live with a heterosexual person': New Zealand flatshare advert posted by 'two ...  - controversial online advert for their four-bedroom villa in Wellington, New Zealand , last Thursday. ... 'Love the way a lot of people are defending this.

Boy genius takes up Rotorua role

Boy genius takes up Rotorua role  - Since returning to New Zealand Mr Pumanawawhiti has been advocating for his people , through his work at Te Wananga o Raukawa as a first year ...

Emotional wedding haka moves New Zealand bride to tears

Emotional wedding haka moves New Zealand bride to tears  - The video shows friends and family of the groom performing a Maori haka for the couple. While traditionally a war dance involving chanting, yelling, ...

The New Zealand Medical Workforce in 2013 and 2014

The New Zealand Medical Workforce in 2013 and 2014  - Mr Connolly said the Council's survey was significant because of the increase in the number of doctors who identify themselves as Māori .

Emotional wedding haka moves New Zealand bride to tears

Emotional wedding haka moves New Zealand bride to tears  - The video shows friends and family of the groom performing a Maori haka for the couple. While traditionally a war dance involving chanting, yelling, ...

They're geographically adjacent, regionally together and economically married.

They're geographically adjacent, regionally together and economically married.  - Different in New Zealand; when Cook called in 1769 the Maori had occupied Aotearoa for about 600 years; they'd navigated south from Eastern ...

Marlon Williams Is the Next Big Thing in American Roots Music—He Just Happens to Be From New ...

Marlon Williams Is the Next Big Thing in American Roots Music—He Just Happens to Be From New ...  - Country music is made up of a banjo from Africa and Maori island singers, you know? It's just another steeple on the path of musical extension," ...