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Grindr shuts down its LGBTI news site

Grindr shuts down its LGBTI news site - But, Into staffers and LGBTI advocates in the US bemoaned the loss to LGBTI media. Into caused controversy in November last year with a report into ...

Anti-gay Singapore is leaving LGBTI people without a home

Anti-gay Singapore is leaving LGBTI people without a home - Finally, without anti-discrimination legislation to protect individuals in the private renting market, LGBTI tenants are at risk from homophobic or ...

Unruly tourists speak out as deportation looms

Unruly tourists speak out as deportation looms - After that, they claim they were abused, with people calling them "Irish .... "We have to go home early because the New Zealand people are treating my ...

All smiles after being accepted to study dentistry

All smiles after being accepted to study dentistry - It's important to have Māori dentists so Māori can help other Māori improve their oral health.” Father, Aaron Kamana- who says he's in need of a new  ...

Reviving the Maori Language

Reviving the Maori Language - On paper, the Maori people's rights have been recognized since New Zealand's colonization. But discrimination against the Maori people has ...

2019: International Year of Indigenous Languages

2019: International Year of Indigenous Languages -  Māori Language expert Tawhirimatea Williams says preservation of any ... we came here and started going to school in New Zealand ,” says Tunato, ...

Hikoi to support wahine undergoing weight loss surgery

Hikoi to support wahine undergoing weight loss surgery - It's making me a lot more accountable for the whole hikoi and my new ... Meanwhile, whānau around Australia and New Zealand will take part in their ...

Cannabis convictions fall in New Zealand while meth still on the rise

Cannabis convictions fall in New Zealand while meth still on the rise - Cannabis convictions fall in New Zealand while meth still on the rise ... half of those convictions, while 80 percent are men and 41 percent are Māori .

Suicide claims one life a week in the Northern Territory

Suicide claims one life a week in the Northern Territory - The figures were in line with previous years, with the NT having Australia's highest suicide rate per capita for nine out of the last 10 years leading up to ...

More than unpopular. How ParentsNext intrudes on single parents' human rights

More than unpopular. How ParentsNext intrudes on single parents' human rights - The program trialled from April 2016 provided intensive job-readiness training (and parenting programs) for single parents “at risk”, often Indigenous , ...

Five indigenous girls take their own lives in nine-day period

Five indigenous girls take their own lives in nine-day period - Five indigenous girls take their own lives in nine-day period ... Three of the other cases occurred in Western Australia and one was in Queensland.

Forcing Australia Day citizenship ceremonies on councils won't make the issue go away

Forcing Australia Day citizenship ceremonies on councils won't make the issue go away - All of them, however, take seriously the inclusion of Australia's Indigenous heritage and multicultural diversity in our national day. Our interviews show ...

Indigenous youth suicide at crisis point

Indigenous youth suicide at crisis point - Communities and families are mourning the loss of five young Aboriginal girls who took their own lives in separate incidents in Western Australia , ...

Traditional masculinity has been dubbed 'harmful' by a major health body

Traditional masculinity has been dubbed 'harmful' by a major health body - to shun friendships with gay men and 38 per cent thought boys shouldn't learn how to cook and clean. ... In an Australian context, a high value is placed on expressions of manliness ...

Republican governor protects LGBTI govt employees on first day in office

Republican governor protects LGBTI govt employees on first day in office - Newly sworn-in Republican Governor of Ohio, Mike DeWine, signed an executive order barring anti-LGBT discrimination in state employment on ...

Returning Native Title Materials

Returning Native Title Materials - The native title system has produced a remarkable and unprecedented research effort, both in size and scope. The information assets created by ...

Australia launches first LGBTI consent festival

Australia launches first LGBTI consent festival - One of Australia's largest LGBTI events, Melbourne's Midsumma Festival, will ... 'In health for example, we've just had a debate in politics about “ gay  ...

The Gay Penguins of Australia

The Gay Penguins of Australia - When Sphen and Magic became a couple, Australia had just gone through a bitter battle about whether gay marriage should be legal. The human gay  ...

NCEA results are out and Māori may have an advantage

NCEA results are out and Māori may have an advantage - NCEA results released today reveal only 1 in 7 students enrolled in Māori language subjects are enrolled in Te Reo Rangatira. However, wharekura ...

Paradiso Ubud celebrates indigenous voices through film

Paradiso Ubud celebrates indigenous voices through film - The Papua -themed evening also explored indigenous literary talents. ... It tells the story of how indigenous people can be resourceful when faced with ...