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Modern witch-hunts terrorise Papua New Guinea highlands - A spate of brutal witch-hunts has ... Even a recent drunk driving crash that killed eight people prompted a ...

Support grows in PNG for an independence vote in West Papua - There's been renewed unrest and violence West Papua in recent months, and it's gaining attention across the border in Papua New Guinea. People in ...

NIWA Scientists to head to Antarctica to research Ross Sea - While there are no Māori scientists on-board for this trip, NIWA and some iwi have been working together on establishing what possible connections ...

Humble leader recognised for contribution to iwi - his life to working for the betterment of his people and this year will be made an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to Māori .

Bay of Plenty records one of country's highest preventable drowning rates - Of the 11 men and two women who drowned, five were New Zealand European, four were Asian, three were Māori and one ethnicity was unknown.

Cardi B halts gig to fix wardrobe malfunction: 'I need to take this wedgie out my a--' - According to reporters at Maori Television, Cardi expressed her gratitude for the performance, and said: “I'm so honoured I don't even know what to ...

NZ businesses continue to appropriate Māori culture - New Zealand businesses continue to culturally appropriate Māori culture in their marketing. Karaitiana Taiuru ...

Two gay men brutally tortured and beaten in Chile in unrelated hate crimes - We call on local authorities to help victims of this type of abuse, to sensitize people about what life is like for LGBTI community and to educate LGBTI  ...

Don Lemon urges Kevin Hart to be a better role model for black LGBTI youth - Gay news anchor Don Lemon isn't happy about how Kevin Hart is handling the controversy surrounding the Oscars.

Sydney's Stonewall: how New York's riots shaped LGBTI activism in Australia - The 1969 Stonewall riots received no mention in Australia's media other than one small piece by a New York correspondent.

Japanese legislator condemned for making anti- LGBTI comments - Hirasawa is not the first Japanese politician to make controversial comments regarding the LGBTI community. In July 2018, lower-house MP Mio ...

Jay Bilas reacts to story of a high school star's bizarre ineligibility ruling -  Maori Davenport, one of the top basketball recruits in the country, is no longer eligible to play in her senior high school season, according to a ruling ...

One people' just reality of Treaty - But the "ravages inflicted on Māori since 1840" of which he speaks are ... The Treaty, and the following Royal Charters by which New Zealand formally ...

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Indigenous health study aims to determine link between service integration and community mental ... -  Australia we don't know what kind of services indigenous youths access first or if they even have access.” Profs Bainbridge and McCalman have ...

Canadian airlines should make Indigenous landing announcements - fact, we'd spent two weeks in the Outback learning how appallingly Australia's aboriginal people had been treated – even worse than how Canada ...

What does January 26 mean to Indigenous peoples? - The week will feature stories of Australia's history from an Indigenous perspective and explore what January 26 means to Indigenous peoples, ...

Brazil's new President Jair Bolsonaro rolls back Indigenous tribe protections - Brazil's new far-right President Jair Bolsonaro has stripped the government department charged with protecting the country's Indigenous people of ...

Kojonup News letter critical of Indigenous elders amid ice epidemic sparks turmoil in WA town - An anonymous letter accusing Indigenous elders of failing a lost younger generation of Noongars has triggered outrage in the small Great Southern ...

Australia slapped with F minus for zero progress in Indigenous affairs - The report said 2018 was punctuated with failures to redress the rights of Indigenous Australians — a situation highlighted by the decision to allocate ...

Doctor Who' introduces new gay character who is promptly killed off - Fans worried that the show is living up to the popular 'Bury Your Gays' trope – referring to the high frequency that LGBTI characters are killed off in ...

New Brazilian President attacks LGBTI rights on first day in office - «Setting Australia's LGBTI agenda since 1979» ... New Brazilian President attacks LGBTI rights on first day in office. Setting Australia's LGBTI agenda ...

Rights of 286 LGBT Nigerians violated in 2018, report says - Without any protection against anti-gay discrimination in Nigerian law, LGBTI Nigerians continue to suffer human rights violations based on their real ...

Scientist creates hundreds of LGBTI and women's science pages on Wikipedia - To counteract Wikipedia being dominated by white, male scientists only, Wade wanted to create pages to highlight women, POC and LGBTI scientists.

Kirriemuir kids join with Papuan pals in marine environment mission - Kirriemuir kids join with Papuan pals in marine environment mission ... a link with the Indonesian province of West Papua and encouraging people  ...

Drownings down by 15% - In the past 10 years, 854 Māori have been rescued in rips at New Zealand beaches. This Summer, Surf Life Saving NZ teamed up with TSB Bank ...

What is the sea telling us?': Māori tribes fearful over whale strandings - Seven decades later, Parata, 75, has now overseen more than 500 strandings and is renowned in New Zealand as the leading Māori whale expert, ...

250 years after Captain Cook's arrival, we still can't be sure how many Māori lived in Aotearoa at ... - Two hundred and fifty years ago this year, James Cook's ship the Endeavour arrived off the eastern coast of New Zealand . The following ...

I can't wait to enjoy your country ... and show you a little bit about me' - Cardi B - American rapper Cardi B has been welcomed with a traditional pōwhiri on her arrival in New Zealand . The 26-year-old I Like It artist touched down in ...

Ngaropo honoured for serving te ao Māori - At almost 50 years old, he's achieved that goal and has been honoured as a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to Māori and ...

Do you really need to be school dux to be a doctor? - Yet today the 23-year-old is studying medicine at one of Australia's most ... a program that allows Indigenous students to bypass strict entry criteria.

He's set to slide the world's most sublime waves, against the world's best surfers -  Australian surfing prodigy Soli Bailey has become just the second Indigenous person to qualify for the World Surf League (WSL) Men's Championship ...

Coalition uneasy on indigenous relations - But John Howard today has no regrets and stands by his decision not to apologise to Aboriginal Australians over the Stolen Generations. In opposition ...

Just NINE Aboriginal children found new family homes this year ... - The statistics were released by the latest Adoptions Australia report and delved into the over representation of Indigenous children in Australia's  ...

Calling Country performers ready to usher in new year for Indigenous languages - Calling Country performers ready to usher in new year for Indigenous ... as an opportunity to break new ground for Indigenous languages in Australia .

Kojonup News letter critical of Indigenous elders amid ice epidemic sparks turmoil in WA town - An anonymous letter accusing Indigenous elders of failing a lost younger generation of Noongars has triggered outrage in the small Great Southern ...

Madonna does surprise NYE performance at Stonewall, sings Like A Prayer - Stonewall was the site of the historic riots in 1969, which triggered the LGBTI rights movement around the world. Last week, Stonewall named ...

Canada issues warning to LGBTI people thinking of travelling to the Bahamas - Erin Greene and Alexus D'Marco, two Bahamian LGBTI rights activists, spoke out in support of the Canadian government's warning to LGBTI people ...

LGBTI patients prefer to write their sexual orientation in writing, new studies show -  LGBTI patients in the emergency department would rather list their sexual orientation in writing, a new study shows. The study showed that patients ...

Jair Bolsonaro is sworn in as the 42nd president of Brazil - Bolsonaro's inauguration ceremony took place in the capital Brazilia on Tuesday (1 January). The comes with many members of the LGBTI community ...

10 percent tobacco tax increase helping smokers to quit - Early January is the busiest time of year for Quitline. It's the third of four consecutive 10 per cent rises coming into force on 1 January each year until ...

Navigating waka hourua as a modern health model - We as Māori know that voyaging is great but it only has a minimal presence in research, so I can expand on the research related to voyaging and ...

Marama Davidson wants Greens to be seen in 2019 - She is the only Māori MP in-house for the Greens. "I think we've got a lot more work to do to impress upon people that we are a co-leadership team, ...

Wāhine Māori urged to switch from smoking to vaping - Wāhine Māori , including pregnant women and mothers-to-be, are being encouraged to switch to vaping following the tobacco excise tax increase on ...

A Rich and Cherished Culture at the World's Edge -  Maori likely originate from East Polynesia near the Society Islands and the southern Cook Islands. In Maori legends, the Maori homeland is a ...

Jason Momoa Shows Off Haka Dance Skills At The 'Aquaman' Premiere - The haka is a traditional dance and chant from the Māori people of New Zealand, and Western viewers might recall seeing the ritual performed before ...

Turning a Chinese classic into a look at the gay scene in Taiwan's capital - It's a Happy New Year feast for the eyes with Taiwan's recent addition to Asia's leading LGBTI film streaming service.

Japan to woo high-spending LGBTI tourists -  you're still undecided about where to holiday next year, Japan wants to be top of every LGBTI's list. The main reason, according to a report in The ...

Indian politicians promise to amend trans rights bill in response to LGBTI protests -  Indian politicians promise to amend trans rights bill in response to LGBTI protests. – Related articles from other sources. Indian politicians promise to ...

Pride of our times: Less prejudice for LGBTI rights - An event like this probably would not have been possible here a few years ago.

10 percent tobacco tax increase helping smokers to quit - Many people begin their quit attempt as part of a New Year's resolution to give up smoking. ... Quitline and Hāpai Te Hauora are working together to achieve a smokefree New Zealand 2025. ... Quitline CEO Andrew Slater says, "What we see in January and on new years day is people ...

Single-use plastic bags no longer available in NZ supermarkets - Single-use plastic bags are no longer available at any major supermarkets in New Zealand after Foodstuffs' operations stopped supplying the bags ...

2018 provisional road toll 380, worst in nine years - A total of 380 people died in vehicle accidents in New Zealand in 2018, according to the provisional number of road deaths released today. It is the ...

Smokers to fork out more for cigarettes - The gap in smoking rates for Māori and Pacific compared with other ethnic ... The New Zealand Taxpayers Union says the tax increase is harmful.

Happy New Year

Bye Bye 2018

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Why it's important to check in with friends and family over the festive season - Earlier this year Lifeline launched a new campaign, YouCanTalk - for suicide prevention in Australia , led by beyondblue, Black Dog Institute, ...

The stories that made women hopeful this year - Here, five influential Australian women share the stories of 2018 that made them optimistic. ... Violence against women and children remains epidemic.

Goldfields inmate literacy plan to cut reoffending - Ian Kanini has a doctorate in education and has taught in Australia , ... change the culture of recidivism, especially among Aboriginal people,” says Ian.

Funding for Aboriginal art groups to preserve culture - Nine West Australian Aboriginal Arts Groups have shared in more than $300,000 worth of funding to develop projects supporting sustainability of ...

Sacked NT minister Ken Vowles accuses government of 'ripping off' Indigenous people - The sacked Northern Territory Aboriginal affairs minister Ken Vowles has ... then we'll spend it on a water park,” Vowles told Guardian Australia .

Agenda activism takes over university Australian history classes - Agenda-driven activism has subverted the teaching of Australian history at the nation's universities, with gender, race and class politics dominating ...

Chechnya LGBTQ Torture Campaign Continues - nation to take action against “overwhelming evidence that there have been grave violations of the rights of LGBTI persons in the Chechen Republic.”.

Here are the best stories about being the token 'gay cousin' this Christmas - The holiday season is typically all about spending time with family, but sometimes it can be hard being the only LGBTI person sitting around the dinner ...

Caribbean Reggae artist urged to denounce homophobic lyrics - A Caribbean LGBTI group has called for singer Buju Banton to publicly denounce his classic homophobic song, Boom Bye Bye.

Same-sex marriage out of the closet in Thailand - And while widely recognized as a firm step towards equal LGBTI rights, not everyone in the community is celebrating the so-called Civil Partnership ...

Papuans wish to celebrate Christmas in peace as nationwide security beefed up - The Kemah Injili (Kingmi) Church of Papua recently issued a statement ... “This is to ensure the safety of all the people of God from any slaughter.”.

Indonesian Army Accused of Using Banned Chemical Weapon in West Papua - Army Accused of Using Banned Chemical Weapon in West Papua ... in West Papua during assaults earlier this month that left seven people dead ...

Northern iwi keen on health reform - Northern iwi are looking at ways to work together to improve health delivery for Māori . Nine iwi and Tainui Health last week attended a hui called by ...

Māori community reconnects youth with their ancestral forests - She got married, had a baby, and left the isolated, predominantly Māori village of Ruatāhuna in the Tuawhenua area of Te Urewera forest for the shiny ...

National's calling on the Government to further fund a Maori education programme - The Puhoro STEM Academy aims to raise Maori participation and achievement in science, technology, engineering and maths by engaging with ...

State Spying on Māori , environmentalists and activists requires immediate response - Since when were Māori who protested against possible pollution of their land a security threat that required military grade surveillance?

Call to ban 'buy now, pay later' alcohol sales in Australia - An associate professor of Indigenous health at RMIT university, Aunty Kerrie Doyle, said many vulnerable indigenous people in remote communities ...

Funding for Aboriginal art groups to preserve culture - Nine West Australian Aboriginal Arts Groups have shared in more than $300,000 worth of funding to develop projects supporting sustainability of ...

Susan Moylan-Coombs to run as an independent against Tony Abbott in Warringah - Television producer and Indigenous activist Susan Moylan-Coombs is the first independent candidate to put their hand up to run against former prime ...