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Citizens Have Voted Against South Australia's Nuclear Storage Facility

Citizens Have Voted Against South Australia's Nuclear Storage Facility - "To suggest that the indigenous community then has a unanimous position, without adequate consultation, is incorrect," the report stated. "Many jurors ...

Mining payments paying for lunch program at remote NT community school, 'self-determination in ...

Mining payments paying for lunch program at remote NT community school, 'self-determination in ... - expand community-driven development approaches of the type used in impoverished countries to remote Indigenous communities across Australia .

Indigenous broadcasters from around world meet for talks

Indigenous broadcasters from around world meet for talks - Tanya Orman is the channel manager for Australia's National Indigenous Television, or NITV. And she is chairwoman of the World Indigenous ...

West Australian Indigenous slavery class action may target private organisations

West Australian Indigenous slavery class action may target private organisations -  But Ms Saddler said in Western Australia , some Indigenous people worked in arrangements that made no mention of payment, and that this could ...

Fitzroy Crossing: real human crisis forgotten in debate over rights

Fitzroy Crossing: real human crisis forgotten in debate over rights - When two staff members from Western Australia's Aboriginal Legal Service arrived in Fitzroy Crossing last month to gather complaints about Bill Leak's ...

Minister Wilson-Raybould to visit Australia to discuss reconciliation and justice

Minister Wilson-Raybould to visit Australia to discuss reconciliation and justice - Notably, the Minister will deliver the 2016 Annual Reconciliation Lecture at the National Centre for Indigenous Studies at Australian National ...

Indigenous Australians hope marathon stirs change at home

Indigenous Australians hope marathon stirs change at home - A dozen young Australian runners from indigenous tribes once targeted for genocide had a different marathon goal: “The finish line is just a start for us.

Sexually Transmitted Diseases are at an All-Time High

Sexually Transmitted Diseases are at an All-Time High - In the UK, LGBT people have significantly higher rates of drug and alcohol abuse ... As anti- LGBT sentiment continues to rise in the country, President Joko ... told Parliament that gay and bisexual refugees currently held in Australia's  ...

Youth take first dive at sea

Youth take first dive at sea - After twelve weeks the youth of Te Whanau o Waipareira's Nga Kawa o Tangaroa free dive programme finally set out to gather seafood for their ...

Biography of Parihaka prophet nets award for Taranaki historian

Biography of Parihaka prophet nets award for Taranaki historian - The awards, which have been held for the past eight years, were handed out in Auckland earlier this month and recognise Aotearoa's top Maori  ...

Report criticises lack of progress in Māori education

Report criticises lack of progress in Māori education - A report has come out slamming the lack of progress amongst Māori students in our education system. The report which was from a five-year audit of ...

Māori designers dress Priscilla

Māori designers dress Priscilla  - Two Māori designers have taken the opportunity to be part of the famous hit musical Priscilla Queen of the Desert which premiered in Auckland last ...

New archaeological discovery at Ihumātao

New archaeological discovery at Ihumātao  - A new archaeological discovery at Ihumātao, known as Special Housing Area 62 (SHA 62), calls into question the adequacy and conclusions of a ...

University of Otago & Ngāti Toa Rangatira renew partnership

University of Otago & Ngāti Toa Rangatira renew partnership ` -  Although Sean is not Maōri himself, he is fluent in te reo Māori . Our medical students come back buzzing after their placements with Ora Toa” says ...

SERCO prisoners alledgely punished for haka

SERCO prisoners alledgely punished for haka -  Māori inmates have allegedly been punished for performing a haka in a South Auckland prison. Labour corrections spokesperson Kelvin Davis was ...

A touch of Maori culture and kiwi encounter on the itinerary as Dutch royals visit Christchurch

A touch of Maori culture and kiwi encounter on the itinerary as Dutch royals visit Christchurch - The Dutch royal couple will get a small reminder of home on the second of their three-day state visit to New Zealand. 'Very special to have them' ...