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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice

All of us can play a part in making sure that every Australian – Indigenous and non-Indigenous – has the opportunities and choices they need to lead ... View article...

Estonia ranks 21st on Rainbow Europe map

Estonia ranks 21st on Rainbow Europe map -  The result is an increasingly unsafe and unsustainable environment for  LGBTI  organisations and human rights defenders in a growing number of ...

Land and lore are inextricably linked in the Australian Outback, where imagination keeps blurring ...

As per the aboriginal belief system, this was the period of creation, when Australia's rugged interior took shape. Among these spirits were the Rainbow ... View article...

Labor's Hold in Australia's Northern Territory Weakens as Votes Swing Right

Price, who has been rocking the status quo with in her views on Aboriginal Australia's issues with domestic violence and child protection, says she ... View article...

Skinnyfish Music celebrates 20 years of powerful Indigenous voices

Skinnyfish Music celebrates 20 years of powerful Indigenous voices ... A name loved across Australia and around the world is that of Dr Gurrumul ... View article...

Trailblazer Wally 'The Black Flash' McArthur was denied stardom because he was Indigenous

Wally McArthur blazed a trail for others to follow. He should have been one of the biggest names in Australian sporting history. The reason he wasn't is ... View article...

Gather round the stage this winter for indigenous theatre at Kia Mau Festival

"I saw the lack of Māori and Pacific Islanders in Wellington in particular and went 'this is not ... Hone Kouka putting Maori performance in the spotlight View article...

Indigenous MPs split on what federal election 2019 result means for Aboriginal affairs

Ken Wyatt, who has been serving as Minister for Aged Care, and Australia's first Minister for Indigenous Health, has rejected Senator Dodson's claims. View article...

Four ambassadors for tolerance and respect for LGBTI people

Four ambassadors for tolerance and respect for  LGBTI  people -  The embassies of Australia, Canada, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom in Spain have recorded a video on respect for  LGBTI  people.

Cuban lawmaker: Activists 'paid' to organize unsanctioned LGBTI march

Cuban lawmaker: Activists 'paid' to organize unsanctioned  LGBTI  march -  A Cuban lawmaker on Saturday suggested independent activists were “paid” to organize an unsanctioned  LGBTI  march that took place in Havana last ...

2019 South Pacific Tourism Exchange hailed a success

We received positive feedback from participants and we are thankful to our co-sponsors, New Zealand Maori Tourism, for collaborating with us to ... View article...

“The Māori Latter-day Saint Historical Narrative: Additions and Amendments”

The Hamilton New Zealand Temple (LDS.org photo) will shortly be joined by ... Latter-day Saint missionaries were seeking to liberate Māori from the ... View article...

'Not one more baby': Māori leaders call for change at Oranga Tamariki

Oranga Tamariki says the physical and emotional wellbeing of children taken into its care would shock and sadden most New Zealanders. Most are ... View article...

Campaigners Warn of Declining LGBTI Rights in Europe

Campaigners Warn of Declining  LGBTI  Rights in Europe -  Some countries are apparently making life harder for the  LGBTI  people as they move backwards in keeping up with the previously proposed rights for ...

With the Code of Conduct matter complete, Folau's employment contract will be terminated," says ...

With the Code of Conduct matter complete, Folau's employment contract will be terminated," says ... -  Israel Folau had not appealed the termination of his contract due to anti- LGBT  social media posts before Monday's deadline, so his sacking will now ...

He's British, middle-aged, and is on a mission to strengthen te reo Māori

He's British, aged 50+, and loves te reo. Having moved to Aotearoa to play rugby, Mark Bradley now has a job at Te Taura Whiri i te reo Māori. View article...

Māori fashion designers urged to protect Papatuānuku

Leading Māori designers are out to educate the next generation of ... However, there are no fabric manufacturers in New Zealand that can supply us ... View article...

Ban on prisoners voting 'humiliation' of Māori, Tribunal told

The Waitangi Tribunal has heard the ban on prisoners voting is underpinned by racism and disproportionately impacts on Māori. An urgent inquiry into ... View article...

Alexander Stevens II - How a young Māori boy from Ōtara became a highly qualified Counsellor ...

That passion has lead him to now be recognised as one of the most qualified mental health professionals in Aotearoa New Zealand (as well as ... View article...

Karpik hopes to continue journey of discovery with the Māori ABs

Karpik hopes to continue journey of discovery with the Māori ABs ... Chiefs flanker Mitchell Karpik, who made his Māori All Black debut last year on the ... which saw them drop back to the bottom of the New Zealand conference, the ... View article...

Ban on prisoners voting 'humiliation' of Māori, Tribunal told

Awatea Mita said it was a cruel irony that New Zealand celebrated the suffrage movement when in fact not all women were able to vote. She said after ... View article...