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US Supreme Court will finally decide on LGBTI employment ...

US Supreme Court will finally decide on LGBTI employment ... - Supreme Court of the United States announced on Monday (22 April) they will review three cases dealing with LGBTI discrimination in the ...

LGBTI Inclusive Practice for Aged Care Workers Training

LGBTI Inclusive Practice for Aged Care Workers Training - This training will strengthen your understanding of the LGBTQI community, enabling you to deliver more inclusive, informed and appropriate care.

How a River Was Granted Personhood

How a River Was Granted Personhood - For more than 700 years, the Maori , the indigenous people of New Zealand, fought to maintain their spiritual connection to the Whanganui River.

Science sticking point in Manuka honey fight

Science sticking point in Manuka honey fight - We are going to try to identify where our government scientists are coming from and where the scientists representing the Māori interests and not only ...

Time to address 'invisible epidemic' of brain injuries and suicide says Elder

Time to address 'invisible epidemic' of brain injuries and suicide says Elder - She described a visit to Waikato a couple of year ago and hearing a group of young men talking about a young Māori farm labourer who had shot ...

New Zealand's Beloved Greenstone

New Zealand's Beloved Greenstone - Before pounamu was introduced to Maori , they were using things like basalt and argillite, and quite common rocks in the construction of tools and ...

New Place Names Lift Māori Culture in New Zealand's Capital

New Place Names Lift Māori Culture in New Zealand's Capital - A new policy in Wellington aims to revitalize the indigenous Māori language. First up: giving new, non-colonial names to sites around town.

How One New Zealand Couple Honoured Their Māori Roots On Their Wedding Day

How One New Zealand Couple Honoured Their Māori Roots On Their Wedding Day - No request is too big and no intricate detail is too small when it comes to the "Big Day." But why do we get married the way we do? World Wide Wed ...

Cycling to close the health gap

Cycling to close the health gap - South Australia's remote APY lands, a young man is cycling 700 kilometres a to bring about change in closing the gap in Indigenous communities.

An entirely preventable disease that kills

An entirely preventable disease that kills - The rate is about 122 times higher among Indigenous Australians than non- Indigenous people, and it kills two young Indigenous people each week.

Indulge in our native bush food

Indulge in our native bush food - the art of foraging, learn about native Australian ingredients and indigenous flavours and enjoy intimate conversations with some of ...

Avoidable emergency department visits costing SA taxpayers $22m each year

Avoidable emergency department visits costing SA taxpayers $22m each year - Avoidable and repeat emergency department visits by South Australia's most ... Indigenous South Australians were more than two times more likely to ...

Could Perth host a DC-style national museum of Aboriginal culture?

Could Perth host a DC-style national museum of Aboriginal culture? - For some time there's been talk of developing a similar precinct in Australia to celebrate Aboriginal culture. Indigenous tourism operators in Western ...

The Mayor Fighting to Save Her Island Home from Climate Change

The Mayor Fighting to Save Her Island Home from Climate Change - The Islanders are one of Australia's two distinct indigenous cultural groups, the other being the aboriginal people. About 4,000 Islanders live on the 18 ...

Trump supporter arrested for sending homophobic death threats to Democrats

Trump supporter arrested for sending homophobic death threats to Democrats - Kless targeted LGBTI ally Cory Booker on 16 April. He repeatedly called him the n-word and a 'monkey'. He added: 'we're going to have a war in this ...

New breed of terrorists in Northern Ireland

New breed of terrorists in Northern Ireland - In an emotional speech, Canning said McKee's murder left her "without the love of my life, ' and Northern Ireland's LGBTI community 'without a tireless ...

India's opposition party claims to take LGBTI issues 'seriously'

India's opposition party claims to take LGBTI issues 'seriously' - She said the INC's manifesto included LGBTI rights and the party president felt 'strongly' about it. This will trickle down to the bottom of the party, she ...

Inaccessibility to LGBTI spaces is leaving disabled people out in the cold

Inaccessibility to LGBTI spaces is leaving disabled people out in the cold - From Pride events to pubs, clubs and LGBTI safe spaces, inaccessibility is often a top priority. But more often than not, it's not their disability holding ...

Emilia Wickstead Enlists An Extraordinary Cast Of New Zealand Women To Model Her New ...

Emilia Wickstead Enlists An Extraordinary Cast Of New Zealand Women To Model Her New ... - In 1981, Te Awekotuku became the first Maori woman in New Zealand to gain a doctorate, and she is seen here wearing a cloak that her mother made ...

How McDonald's changed a farm

How McDonald's changed a farm - Whangara Farms, just north of Gisborne on SH35, is a partnership of three Māori incorporations running 75,000 stock units. Always a special farm, this ...