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Dumped Wallaby Quade Cooper: 'I didn't feel worthy of being Māori'

Dumped Wallaby Quade Cooper: 'I didn't feel worthy of being Māori ' - Dumped Wallabies star Quade Cooper has revealed his cultural identity struggles since moving from New Zealand to Australia while also putting his ...

The Drug Foundation says figures from a new survey on cannabis law reform are 'off the charts'

The Drug Foundation says figures from a new survey on cannabis law reform are 'off the charts' - Foundation Executive Director says Maori are much more likely to get a cannabis conviction than anyone else, so it makes sense they want it treated ...

If the CGT is bad for Māori, then it's bad for all Kiwis

If the CGT is bad for Māori , then it's bad for all Kiwis -  Māori aspirations are the same as all New Zealanders. Māori want more money in their back-pockets and to know their tribal assets are working for ...

New survey shows Māori support for legal cannabis

New survey shows Māori support for legal cannabis - The Green Party welcome the survey on Māori support for legalisation and ... The Horizon Research poll shows 75% of Māori would vote to legalise ...

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Monash scholar off to Harvard, then Alice Springs to help indigenous healthcare

Monash scholar off to Harvard, then Alice Springs to help indigenous healthcare - “It's a good, pragmatic degree that will give me skills that will hopefully be useful in settings like central Australia in terms of the provision of healthcare ...

People and issues outside our big cities are diverse, but these priorities stand out

People and issues outside our big cities are diverse, but these priorities stand out -  Indigenous peoples are among rural and regional Australia's largest landholders. Native title rights are recognised on more than 37% of the Australian  ...

Much further to go" on Aboriginal rights - Hugh Jackman

Much further to go" on Aboriginal rights - Hugh Jackman -  Australian actor Hugh Jackman has given his views on whether or not enough work is being done to celebrate and nurture Aboriginal people and ...

Type 2 diabetes is killing our people – and its victims are getting younger

Type 2 diabetes is killing our people – and its victims are getting younger - Type 2 diabetes is killing our people, and its victims are getting younger. Aboriginal Australians are more than three times more likely to have diabetes.

How to choose a sports academy for your child in Victoria

How to choose a sports academy for your child in Victoria - So, if your child shows a whiff of sporting potential are sports academies worth ... The aim here is to grow Victoria's — and Australia's — next athletes.

Cardinal convicted of sexual abuse to spend first night in prison

Cardinal convicted of sexual abuse to spend first night in prison - The most senior Catholic cleric ever convicted of child sex abuse was sent to prison on Wednesday and will wait two weeks to ...

Mayor of Warsaw becomes first to protect rights of LGBTI people in Poland

Mayor of Warsaw becomes first to protect rights of LGBTI people in Poland -  The mayor of Poland's capital Warsaw and LGBTI groups have responded to homophobic backlash after he signed a declaration affirming LGBTI  ...

Bohemian Rhapsody will be released in China - with all LGBTI content cut

Bohemian Rhapsody will be released in China - with all LGBTI content cut - Similarly, LGBTI scenes were also cut when the film was released in Malaysia. Over 24 minutes of footage was cut, which audience members said the ...

Children as young as 10 are self-harming

Children as young as 10 are self-harming - Meanwhile, research also suggests that there are twice as many incidences of self-harm in the LGBTI community than in the non- LGBTI community.

Canada voted most friendly country for LGBTI travellers, while US ranked just 47

Canada voted most friendly country for LGBTI travellers, while US ranked just 47 -  The friendliest countries for LGBTI travellers are Canada , Portugal and Sweden , according to a gay travel index released earlier this week (26 ...

Meet The Dark-Skinned Melanesian Tribe With Natural Blond Hair

Meet The Dark-Skinned Melanesian Tribe With Natural Blond Hair - A school of thought believe that their origin is traced to the present-day Papuan -speaking people . Another school believes that their ancestor landed ...

National identity explored in Māori arts strategy

National identity explored in Māori arts strategy - More resources for the Māori arts should flow from Creative New Zealand's new Te Hā o ngā Toi strategy. That's the view of Dean Whiting, the chair of ...

The New Zealand Chef Bringing Māori Ingredients to the Fine Dining Stage

The New Zealand Chef Bringing Māori Ingredients to the Fine Dining Stage - All she really knew about Māori cooking then, she says, was the “boil up” (quite literally, cooking meat and vegetables in boiling water) and the hāngī, ...

A Walker in the footsteps of whanau and the council leaders before him

A Walker in the footsteps of whanau and the council leaders before him -  Māori doctors' association chair David Tipene-Leach this month voiced his colleagues' pride in Curtis Walker, the first doctor of Māori descent to ...

Who's healthy? Lessons from Te Matatini

Who's healthy? Lessons from Te Matatini - Could it be that small-scale efforts to improve Māori health are paying off but results are being captured in the official stats? Barbara Docherty writes.

Walk book reveals Mori art in central city

Walk book reveals Mori art in central city - Walk book reveals Mori art in central city. Maori artworks hidden in plain sight on the streets of central Auckland have been revealed in a new book ...

Why National Sorry Day is So Important

Why National Sorry Day is So Important - According to the Australian government, somewhere between 1 in 3 and 1 in 10 indigenous Australian children were forcibly removed from their ...

Indigenous peoples contribute least to global warming, are often first to feel its impacts

Indigenous peoples contribute least to global warming, are often first to feel its impacts - David Ritter has worked as a lawyer and an academic, before spending five years with Greenpeace UK. In July 2012 he came back to Australia to ...

ParentsNext breaches Australia's human rights obligations, inquiry told

ParentsNext breaches Australia's human rights obligations, inquiry told - ParentsNext breaches Australia's human rights obligations, inquiry told ... the program predominantly affected women and Indigenous Australians .

Attempts to shoehorn indigenous studies into foreign language courses makes hard subjects even ...

Attempts to shoehorn indigenous studies into foreign language courses makes hard subjects even ... - There are subjects in which elements of indigenous culture can be ... in a way that allows students to learn elements of Australia's indigenous culture.

Far West Languages Centre involved with online resource

Far West Languages Centre involved with online resource - Gambay highlights more than 700 indigenous languages from across Australia and has been revamped ahead of international Mother Language Day ...

Talking Tiwi: local languages helping Indigenous customers

Talking Tiwi: local languages helping Indigenous customers - Talking Tiwi: local languages helping Indigenous customers ... CEO of the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies ...

First Nations float set to lead Sydney's Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras

First Nations float set to lead Sydney's Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras - SBS Arabic 24 will report live from the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras Parade to Arabic-speaking audiences around Australia . You can watch ...

Homophobia and rising Islamic intolerance push Indonesia's intersex bissu priests to the brink

Homophobia and rising Islamic intolerance push Indonesia's intersex bissu priests to the brink - Indonesia's LGBTI community has experienced increased harassment and discrimination from hardline Islamic groups, police and politicians.

Voting now open for Mr Gay Pride Australia 2019

Voting now open for Mr Gay Pride Australia 2019 - Online voting for the annual Mr Gay Pride Australia competition is live now, with less than two weeks to go before the crowning at Victoria's ChillOut ...

How being an LGBT international student in Australia changed me

How being an LGBT international student in Australia changed me - Do they want to arrest me because of being gay ?'" "Then I'd talk to myself [and said], 'This is Australia and you should feel safe. They don't want to ...

Enembe – the Papuan traditional chief Indonesia regards as 'dangerous'

Enembe – the Papuan traditional chief Indonesia regards as 'dangerous' - In response, Colonel Muhammad Aidi, the military spokesman in Papua, ... It was a comment designed to break the spirit of the Papuan people , who ...

Action urged over pop song's karakia misappropriation

Action urged over pop song's karakia misappropriation - This highlights that we don't have a right in New Zealand yet when it comes to Māori intellectual property rights, and this really needs to be made ...

Whangārei teacher wants exemption so Canadian husband with multiple sclerosis can join her

Whangārei teacher wants exemption so Canadian husband with multiple sclerosis can join her - A Whangārei teacher is calling on Immigration New Zealand to stop treating her ... "Because under article two te reo Māori is a taonga and this is not ...

Māori boarding schools "still relevant" - Hato Paora principal

Māori boarding schools "still relevant" - Hato Paora principal -  Māori boarding schools "still relevant" - Hato Paora principal ... It's been almost six months into Nathan Matthews' new role as principal at Hato Paora ... special character schools, have been a part of New Zealand history for decades.

Help Preserve The Māori Rock Carvings, A National Treasure

Help Preserve The Māori Rock Carvings, A National Treasure - This masterpiece is one of New Zealand's most extraordinary contemporary Māori artworks. Brightwell is wanting to lead a small team to improve and ...

Hugh Jackman, Keala Settle to perform with rangatahi

Hugh Jackman, Keala Settle to perform with rangatahi -  Māori actress Keala Settle and Australian actor Hugh Jackman from The Greatest ... Settle and Jackman are here to announce the New Zealand leg of ...

In Western Australia, Aboriginal Women Are the Most Vulnerable to Being Arrested for Unpaid Fines

In Western Australia , Aboriginal Women Are the Most Vulnerable to Being Arrested for Unpaid Fines - Following the 2014 death of Australian Aboriginal woman Julieka Ivanna Dhu, who died in police custody after being jailed for unpaid fines, officials in ...

Could you name any indigenous food?

Could you name any indigenous food? - When you hear about Indigenous Australian food, what images come to mind? Would you be keen to give it a taste? Dan O'Leary is an local ...

We're not part of the Australian constitution!' Grandfather is kicked out of court after arguing the law ...

We're not part of the Australian constitution!' Grandfather is kicked out of court after arguing the law ... - A grandfather has interrupted his grandson's court appearance to insists the Australian constitution does not apply to him because he is indigenous .

Meet the Aboriginal teen who wants to represent Australia at the Paralympics after losing his arm ...

Meet the Aboriginal teen who wants to represent Australia at the Paralympics after losing his arm ... - Keanu Calyon, 19, was a baby when he lost his right arm and parts of his left hand and both feet to chicken pox, but it has never stopped him from ...

Queensland resources industry recommits to promoting indigenous employment

Queensland resources industry recommits to promoting indigenous employment - Queensland Resources Council Chief Executive, Ian Macfarlane, said economic opportunities for Indigenous Australians are essential to making ...

Generation One seeks urgent Indigenous funding review

Generation One seeks urgent Indigenous funding review - Generation One is calling on the Australian government to develop a new Indigenous funding model to address poor service performance and a ...

Schools failing to promote LGBTI equality and challenge prejudice

Schools failing to promote LGBTI equality and challenge prejudice - Too many schools are still failing to educate pupils about same sex relationships and promote LGBTI equality and inclusiveness, teachers have told ...

Cuban government blocks Blade media partner's website

Cuban government blocks Blade media partner's website - Maykel González Vivero, co-founder of Tremenda Nota, an independent online magazine in Cuba that covers the country's LGBTI community and ...

LGBTI discrimination costs Kenya up to $1.3 billion every year

LGBTI discrimination costs Kenya up to $1.3 billion every year -  LGBTI discrimination and a lack of rights is hurting the economy of Kenya , a new report states. Open for Business is an organization which gathers ...

Interim report of NSW parliamentary inquiry into LGBTI hate crimes released

Interim report of NSW parliamentary inquiry into LGBTI hate crimes released - The New South Wales parliamentary inquiry into gay and transgender hate crimes has tabled an interim report recommending further investigation.»

Māori teacher's husband barred from New Zealand due to multiple sclerosis

Māori teacher's husband barred from New Zealand due to multiple sclerosis - A popular Whangārei Māori teacher may have to leave New Zealand with her two children because Immigration New Zealand will not let her ...

Using sport to promote gambling - Is it harming whānau?

Using sport to promote gambling - Is it harming whānau? - Other major sporting codes including New Zealand tennis, basketball, rugby ... Māori are eight times more likely to experience gambling harm than the ...

There are many trends swinging in our favour”, says Tourism New Zealand GM

There are many trends swinging in our favour”, says Tourism New Zealand GM - Loosely translated as hospitality, manaakitanga plays a key role in Māori society and inspires the New Zealand visitor experience – summing up the ...

Medical Student seeks urgent claim against Police for bias

Medical Student seeks urgent claim against Police for bias - The 'Police bias claim' targets NZ Police for prosecuting Māori like Timothy Morrison in circumstances where non- Māori are not prosecuted. Police ...

Māori art everywhere aim of strategy

Māori art everywhere aim of strategy - Creative New Zealand wants to see Māori arts highly valued in Aotearoa as part of a distinct identity, as well as being recognised and admired ...

The private prison experiments: Is there any positive in for-profit imprisonment?

The private prison experiments: Is there any positive in for-profit imprisonment? -  New Zealand has turned to prison privatization more recently, with its first ... And similar to Australia, Maori represent approximately 15 percent of the ...

Our Advancing Australia series is about starting a conversation about what really matters

Our Advancing Australia series is about starting a conversation about what really matters - Our Advancing Australia series covers topics from climate and energy, to Medicare, schools and advancing the cause of indigenous Australians .

Film makers to shine spotlight on rural indigenous mental health

Film makers to shine spotlight on rural indigenous mental health - Donna Syron was shocked to hear of the indigenous youth suicide crisis, with nine children taking their lives in a week in remote Western Australia .

Ancient Aboriginal tradition celebrating football-sized bunya gets revival in Queensland

Ancient Aboriginal tradition celebrating football-sized bunya gets revival in Queensland - For thousands of years, Aboriginal people on the east coast of Australia gathered to celebrate the harvest of cones from the bunya tree, araucaria ...

The 'deficit discourse' of Indigenous health

The 'deficit discourse' of Indigenous health - Negative stories in the media, and the focus on problems, can reinforce negative stereotypes about Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples ...

Indigenous babies being removed from parents at rising rates, study finds

Indigenous babies being removed from parents at rising rates, study finds - The study, published in the journal of Child Abuse and Neglect, said that Indigenous infants in Western Australia had been removed and placed into ...

Rami Malek wins Best Actor Oscar for role in Bohemian Rhapsody

Rami Malek wins Best Actor Oscar for role in Bohemian Rhapsody - A slew of films with LGBTI characters, actors, writers, and directors were up for awards at the 91st Acadamy Awards. For the first time, more than half of ...

New diversity action plan for LGBTI seniors in aged care announced

New diversity action plan for LGBTI seniors in aged care announced - The Morrison Government has released the Aged Care Diversity Action Plan for senior LGBTI Australians to help address the specific barriers and ...

Relive the most LGBTI moments of the Oscars

Relive the most LGBTI moments of the Oscars - that wasn't enough, bi popstar and LGBTI super ally Lady Gaga won her first Oscar. What's more, gay pop star Adam Lambert opened the ceremony ...

Medical Student seeks urgent claim against Police for bias

Medical Student seeks urgent claim against Police for bias - The 'Police bias claim' targets NZ Police for prosecuting Māori like Timothy Morrison in circumstances where non- Māori are not prosecuted. Police ...

There are many trends swinging in our favour”, says Tourism New Zealand GM

There are many trends swinging in our favour”, says Tourism New Zealand GM - Loosely translated as hospitality, manaakitanga plays a key role in Māori society and inspires the New Zealand visitor experience – summing up the ...

Federal government releases plan to address barriers faced by LGBTI people in aged care

Federal government releases plan to address barriers faced by LGBTI people in aged care - The federal government has released an action plan to address the barriers and challenges faced by older LGBTI people when accessing aged care ...

School lessons to cover sexting, FGM and mental health

School lessons to cover sexting, FGM and mental health - identities feel included and respected,” she said. “Where LGBTI equality is not mainstreamed into the work of a school this is unlikely be to the case.” ...

Healthy village, healthy forest: Zoo conservation scientist returns to Papua New Guinea to advance ...

Healthy village, healthy forest: Zoo conservation scientist returns to Papua New Guinea to advance ... - TKCP set out to protect the health of Papua New Guinea's wildlife as well as its people . By working with indigenous landowners and the government, ...

Joint Heart Foundation–Healthier Lives Programme Grant

Joint Heart Foundation–Healthier Lives Programme Grant - People of European descent have more favourable cardiovascular health outcomes than New Zealanders of other ethnicities, notably Māori and ...

Raui continues to change lives

Raui continues to change lives - Mental health advocate Ezekiel Raui is continuing to make an impact in New Zealand communities by helping rangatahi realise their potential.

Sister of former POTUS Barack Obama meets rising Māori leaders at Te Matatini

Sister of former POTUS Barack Obama meets rising Māori leaders at Te Matatini - Sister of former POTUS Barack Obama meets rising Māori leaders at Te ... Dr Maya Soetoro-Ng is in New Zealand canvassing rangatahi to discuss ...

PM talks to politics raised on Te Matatini stage

PM talks to politics raised on Te Matatini stage - Te Tiriti I certainly heard, the history of Māori politics, and I did hear again from the Sydney group but that wasn't necessarily about the New Zealand  ...

New tax rules need to protect Māori development

New tax rules need to protect Māori development - The head of the tax working group, Sir Michael Cullen says more consultation may be needed with Māori to ensure changes don't impact the ...

Calling out homophobia in sports is important, but few do it, say researchers

Calling out homophobia in sports is important, but few do it, say researchers - The study was conducted prior to release of research in Australia which revealed the very athletes who admit to using anti- gay slurs would still accept ...

Review into blood donation rules for gay and bisexual men is progressing

Review into blood donation rules for gay and bisexual men is progressing - In 2016 at the Commonwealth Heads of Government (COAG) meeting Health ministers from around Australia agreed to bring forward a review on the ...

NSW government 'on the same page' as Victoria on gay conversion therapy

NSW government 'on the same page' as Victoria on gay conversion therapy - Sydney man Chris Csabs is a survivor of gay conversion therapy whose ... dangerous ideologies that underpin them occur in every part of Australia .

Gay and bi people more likely to be perpetrators and victims of revenge porn

Gay and bi people more likely to be perpetrators and victims of revenge porn - A new Australian study found one in ten people had participated in Image-Based Sexual Abuse (IBSA). This includes secretly taking sexual photos of ...

Health Ministry funded study evaluating use of virtual health service iMOKO app

Health Ministry funded study evaluating use of virtual health service iMOKO app - She says iMOKO fits closely with the government's goals around improving Maori and child health and 86 per cent of the children registered with the ...

New gender options to be offered to non-binary airline passengers

New gender options to be offered to non-binary airline passengers - New gender options to be offered to non-binary airline passengers .... India, Australia, New Zealand , Malta, and Canada have all passed measures to ...

Origins of giant extinct New Zealand bird traced to Africa

Origins of giant extinct New Zealand bird traced to Africa - Origins of giant extinct New Zealand bird traced to Africa ... Five years after the relationship between New Zealand's kiwi and the extinct ... arrival in New Zealand of the Maori people, who hunted them and cleared their forest habitats.