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Fund open for freshwater fisheries

Fund open for freshwater fisheries - Fund open for freshwater fisheries. Te Wai Maori Trust is looking for projects that promote and advance freshwater fisheries development, research ...

Pacific's Cook Islands mulls new name

Pacific's Cook Islands mulls new name - The committee, convened in January by a paramount chief, Pa Marie Ariki, is deliberating on a name in Cook Islands Māori , which is similar to New ...

New Zealand in pictures: Gisborne

New Zealand in pictures: Gisborne - The haka is traditionally performed at Maori welcome ceremonies and has also been embraced by the New Zealand All Blacks rugby team in order to ...

New Zealand's First Māori-Owned and -Operated Winery Has Global Distribution and a 500-Year ...

New Zealand's First Māori -Owned and -Operated Winery Has Global Distribution and a 500-Year ... - Some people have a one-year or five-year plan; well, we have literally a 500-year plan,” Dan Taylor, the export and sales manager for Tohu Wines, ...

It is still acceptable for gays to write 'Aussies only' in Grindr profiles – we have to fight it

It is still acceptable for gays to write ' Aussies only' in Grindr profiles – we have to fight it - is still acceptable for gays to write ' Aussies only' in Grindr profiles – we ... But in the time since, what has changed for queer Indigenous people and ...

An end to endings: how to stop more Australian species going extinct

An end to endings: how to stop more Australian species going extinct -  Australian species have suffered at a disproportionate rate. Far more mammal species have become extinct in Australia than in any other ... reverting to Indigenous names for landmarks, through reinvigorating Indigenous land ...

Kevin Rudd 's Sorry Speech - Sorry Day Apology in Full

Kevin Rudd 's Sorry Speech - Sorry Day Apology in Full - Indigenous welfare remains one of Australia's most difficult and complex ... number 1, Motion offering an apology to Australia's Indigenous peoples.

Alliance Supports Uluru Statement from Heart

Alliance Supports Uluru Statement from Heart - The Statement seeks substantive constitutional change and structural reform to recognise the rights and role of Indigenous people in Australian  ...

Tech Giant Launches Foundation to Tackle Indigenous Disadvantage

Tech Giant Launches Foundation to Tackle Indigenous Disadvantage - One of Australia's leading tech companies is giving away more than half a million dollars to organisations helping Indigenous children, as part of a ...

Pilbara racism row breaks out over mass cattle deaths

Pilbara racism row breaks out over mass cattle deaths - the Office of the Registrar of Indigenous Corporations) but there is no system in place to clean them out like there is in corporate Australia ,” he said.

China promises to protect its LGBTI people

China promises to protect its LGBTI people - China promises to protect its LGBTI people. A mother of a gay son talks at a China PFLAG seminar (Photo: Provided) China this week accepted United ...

Swaziland: 'Bisexual' Pastor Suspended By Swaziland Church in Latest Example of LGBTI ...

Swaziland: 'Bisexual' Pastor Suspended By Swaziland Church in Latest Example of LGBTI ... - Churches in Swaziland where homosexual acts are illegal are at the lead in encouraging discrimination against LGBTI (lesbian, gay, bisexual, ...

NSW Police investigating four alleged assaults on LGBTI people during Mardi Gras

NSW Police investigating four alleged assaults on LGBTI people during Mardi Gras - New South Wales police are reportedly investigating at least four assaults on LGBTI people over Mardi Gras weekend. The attacks saw men pushed ...

US Spent Millions Training Cameroon Forces to Hunt Boko Haram. They're Hunting Gays Instead.

US Spent Millions Training Cameroon Forces to Hunt Boko Haram. They're Hunting Gays Instead. - As reported by the international advocacy group Erasing 76 Crimes, which focuses on abuses in more than 70 countries that have anti- LGBTI laws, ...

New respiratory disease 2018 impact report figures

New respiratory disease 2018 impact report figures -  Māori mortality rates remain highest of all ethnic groups - new impact report launched • New Te Reo Māori children's show launches in Rotorua

Capital Gains Tax would hurt Māori and Pacific entrepreneurs

Capital Gains Tax would hurt Māori and Pacific entrepreneurs - Capital Gains Tax would hurt Māori and Pacific entrepreneurs ... gains tax would put a brake on the economic aspirations of Māori and Pacific people.

Call for NZ-style Indigenous council reform

Call for NZ-style Indigenous council reform - For the past 10 years, every decision made by authorities at Auckland Council in New Zealand has been measured against benefits for Maori people ...

Merata Mita was the first Maori woman to make feature films. Her son tells her story.

Merata Mita was the first Maori woman to make feature films. Her son tells her story. - In the documentary feature “Merata: How Mum Decolonised the Screen,” Heperi Mita chronicles the work of the first Māori woman to write and direct a ...

Māori at higher risk of asthma death

Māori at higher risk of asthma death -  Māori are more likely to die from asthma and respiratory disease than other ethnic groups, according to the latest report from the Asthma and ...

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 regulation of cannabis released today, says Green Party Māori  ...

The $50 billion Māori economy is nowhere big enough

The $50 billion Māori economy is nowhere big enough - It often amazes me that when we speak of the Māori economy we do not talk about what comprises the Māori economy, how it is supporting the Māori  ...

A testament to Australia's indigenous people, and to an artist

A testament to Australia's indigenous people, and to an artist - recent years, his imagination was sparked by the culture of a people who could hardly live farther away: Australia's Aboriginal people.

The gruesome end of 'King Billy', Tasmania's last full blood Aboriginal man

The gruesome end of 'King Billy', Tasmania's last full blood Aboriginal man - is 150 years since March 3, 1869, when King Billy died and his body was dismembered in a gruesome fight between England and colonial Australia  ..

The untold story of King Bungaree: How the first Australian to sail around the continent lies buried ...

The untold story of King Bungaree: How the first Australian to sail around the continent lies buried ... - Bungaree, who circumnavigated Australia with Captain Matthew Flinders in 1802-03, was for many years the most famous Aborigine in the New South ...

No matter your skin colour, all non-Indigenous Australians are complicit in colonialism

No matter your skin colour, all non- Indigenous Australians are complicit in colonialism - Did it include Indigenous Australians from country beyond their borders? Non- Indigenous Australians of any skin colour? Or did the word explicitly ...

Artist Allan Giddy's installation will travel nationally during International Year of Indigenous ...

Artist Allan Giddy's installation will travel nationally during International Year of Indigenous ... - Poetry for the Botanic Garden installation was created by Aboriginal ... The funding from both Create NSW and the Australia Council for the Arts will ...

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 ... women and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians , according to ...

South-east Asia rethinks its sexist textbooks

South-east Asia rethinks its sexist textbooks - Homosexuality is described as an illness or abnormality, and students are encouraged to stay away from LGBTI (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender ...

Award-winning gay Indian feature film screening on Netflix

Award-winning gay Indian feature film screening on Netflix - Earlier this year, it also became the first LGBTI -themed movie released in theaters following decriminalization of gay sex. India's Supreme Court in ...

X Factor Malta host makes passionate plea against LGBTI conversion therapy

X Factor Malta host makes passionate plea against LGBTI conversion therapy - Camille argued people often talk about giving the option for LGBTI people to change their sexuality if they want to. But no one ever talks about the fact ...

Meet five 'Fearless' community leaders making Sydney's LGBTI community better to live in

Meet five 'Fearless' community leaders making Sydney's LGBTI community better to live in -  I've never needed to think about whether I should march against discrimination, or raise funds during the AIDS crisis, or open the first gay bookshop.

Bridges battles Māori tax exemption

Bridges battles Māori tax exemption - National Party leader Simon Bridges is attacking the possibility of exemptions for Māori in any capital gains tax regime. The Tax Working Group ...

Health Reform a must as NZ tackles a multitude of challenges

Health Reform a must as NZ tackles a multitude of challenges - While New Zealanders overall are living longer, Māori and Pacific peoples still have lower life expectancies than the population as a whole

Prisoners voting: "a right not a privilege"

Prisoners voting: "a right not a privilege" - 50.7% of the prison population are Māori ," says Awatere Huata, "That's a huge population of Māori voters effectively disenfranchised from ...

New Zealand airport runway goes rainbow for Pride

New Zealand airport runway goes rainbow for Pride -  New Zealand airport runway goes rainbow for Pride ... Part of an airport runway in New Zealand has been painted in the colours of the ... It helps warm the hearts of the people who support and are part of the LGBT community it, ...

New Zealand airport paints massive LGBT rainbow by runway for Pride

New Zealand airport paints massive LGBT rainbow by runway for Pride - Wellington Airport in New Zealand has painted a huge LGBT+ rainbow next to its runway in celebration of Pride. The display of LGBT+ support covers ...

Being queer and Christian in 2019

Being queer and Christian in 2019 - As New Zealand increasingly backs queer rights, are our Christian churches evolving or standing firm that homosexuality is sinful? Max Towle ...

Taiwan's move to legalize gay marriage a global victory: Canadian envoy

Taiwan's move to legalize gay marriage a global victory: Canadian envoy - It's like a win for the people of the world," said McCulloch, one of Canada's staunchest advocates of LGBTI rights and a former professor of ...

Is The Eternals the first Marvel movie with a gay protagonist?

Is The Eternals the first Marvel movie with a gay protagonist? - The Marvel Cinematic Universe might be about to welcome its first LGBTI protagonist played by an openly gay actor. New movie The Eternals, off the ...

Panti Bliss leads Irish float in front of half a million people at Sydney's Mardi Gras

Panti Bliss leads Irish float in front of half a million people at Sydney's Mardi Gras - I'm going to look more like an Australian drag queen than I ever have ... He said: “We are really proud of the LGBT plus community here in Sydney.

Portugal named most LGBT-friendly country

Portugal named most LGBT -friendly country -  Australia is experiencing the hottest summer on record while planning to connect Sydney and Melbourne with high-speed train, and China opens its ...

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 ...