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Better supporting LGBTI people in a crisis

Better supporting LGBTI people in a crisis - More than 71 per cent of LGBTI Australians did not reach out to services during their most recent crisis. Why is this?

Largest mental health trial in English schools will not address LGBTI issues

Largest mental health trial in English schools will not address LGBTI issues - A major UK government trial to boost youth wellbeing will not offer targeted support for LGBTI young people. Marking Children's Mental Health Week, ...

Māori Wardens want more recognition

Māori Wardens want more recognition - And they carry out roles that support other more recognised organisations like the New Zealand Police, like drug and alcohol abuse, suicide ...

The Treaty of Waitangi and its influence on identity politics in New Zealand

The Treaty of Waitangi and its influence on identity politics in New Zealand - At its peak in the 1860s, the New Zealand wars required 10,000 British regulars to subdue skilled and innovative Māori warriors (who established the ...

$6b treaty settlements can't be used to fix Māori social issues, experts say

$6b treaty settlements can't be used to fix Māori social issues, experts say - Annual to Waitangi Day is the raising of Māori issues and New Zealand's political leaders standing on the treaty grounds to extol their Māori policies.

New research addresses 'Māori underachievement' in literacy

New research addresses ' Māori underachievement' in literacy - In New Zealand , typically we've had an approach in primary schools where ... Derby's study involved Māori children who attended a dual language ...

The Irish man who is partly responsible for New Zealand's annual public holiday

The Irish man who is partly responsible for New Zealand's annual public holiday - Waitangi Day was made a public holiday in New Zealand in 1974, though commemorations of the ... a British governor, to consider Māori ownership of their lands and other properties, and to give Māori the rights of British subjects.

Digging into the roots of New Zealand's golden opportunity

Digging into the roots of New Zealand's golden opportunity - Scientists and Māori agribusiness team up to learn about mānuka DNA ... As the mānuka gold rush continues to soar, so does New Zealand's honey ...

Why this stretch of Australian Outback delivers such a great hiking adventure

Why this stretch of Australian Outback delivers such a great hiking adventure - was in South Australia doing the Arkaba Walk – one of the newest Great Walks of Australia – learning about the aboriginals ' explanation for Wilpena ...

Aboriginal health workers leaving the NT industry, despite high Indigenous population

Aboriginal health workers leaving the NT industry, despite high Indigenous population - That is incredibly important in a place like the Territory, which has the biggest proportion of Indigenous people per capita in Australia and many ...

Stacey Porter vows Australian softball team will 'do damage' against old foes USA at Tokyo 2020 ...

Stacey Porter vows Australian softball team will 'do damage' against old foes USA at Tokyo 2020 ... -  Australia's most experienced softball star Stacey Porter is aiming to ... good paths set up with Softball Australia with an Indigenous sports program and ...

Nigel Scullion launches probe into 'serious allegations' about Northern Land Council

Nigel Scullion launches probe into 'serious allegations' about Northern Land Council - One of Australia's most powerful indigenous land councils is in turmoil. The Federal Indigenous Affairs Minister has launched an investigation into ...

Banks forced to overhaul how they treat Indigenous customers in remote and regional areas

Banks forced to overhaul how they treat Indigenous customers in remote and regional areas -  Australia's biggest banks will be forced to overhaul how they treat ... processes for identifying Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander customers in line ...

Aboriginal health workers leaving the NT industry, despite high Indigenous population

Aboriginal health workers leaving the NT industry, despite high Indigenous population - That is incredibly important in a place like the Territory, which has the biggest proportion of Indigenous people per capita in Australia and many ...

What we want to hear in the State of the Union Address: Restoring America's global human rights ...

What we want to hear in the State of the Union Address: Restoring America's global human rights ... - These days, many Americans have a more expansive view of global human rights, including protections for women and girls, and LGBTI people, and ...

Argentina looking to poach LGBTI tourists from Brazil

Argentina looking to poach LGBTI tourists from Brazil - When Jair Bolsonaro was elected as president of Brazil, it sent shockwaves through the country's LGBTI community. Same-sex couples rushed to ...

Brian Tamaki signals political return: 'There's a new breed of Māori rising up'

Brian Tamaki signals political return: 'There's a new breed of Māori rising up' - Bishop Brian Tamaki has signalled a political return ahead of a Waitangi Day sermon in which he warned change was coming and how he was the ...

A successful quit-smoking program for young Māori women

A successful quit-smoking program for young Māori women - Our work for New Zealand's Ministry of Health around smoking cessation in Māori women has given us a significant opportunity to make an impact on ...

Better supporting LGBTI people in a crisis

Better supporting LGBTI people in a crisis -  But for LGBTI people, this is only one of many barriers faced in accessing crisis ... These crisis services need to work with LGBTI health and community ...

This Year's Mumbai Pride Saw Its Biggest Turnout Yet, and With No Danger of Arrest

This Year's Mumbai Pride Saw Its Biggest Turnout Yet, and With No Danger of Arrest - Pride celebration he saw not one person in a mask. “Not only activists, but everyone at the parade, they could say they were LGBTI without any fear,” ...