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2018 Census – real data about real people - The first release of data will include the census usually resident population counts; the number of general and Māori electorates; and the general and ...

Tobacco tax hike drives up cost of living for beneficiaries, Maori - Stats NZ figures show the cost of living for beneficiaries rose 0.6 percent in the three months through March, and rose 0.4 percent for Maori .

Māori Council ups fight for fair deal - The New Zealand Māori Council has set itself an ambitious programme including action on water, housing, health, poverty, environment and justice.

Share a drink with Lisa Renard and know more about the art of embellishment of Maori people in ... - In Maoridom, how one does not wear a cloak or a māori tattooing but one is worn by such ancestral treasure and what does that mean? Dr. Lisa ...

Census falls short on iwi stats - She says the work done to combine census data with administrative records means data on Māori ethnicity and Māori descent is likely to be more ...

She outlined today how Stats NZ had plugged those gaps by fast-tracking plans to make far greater use of ... loss", but that Stats NZ was taking the failure across government agencies to collect data on individual Maori peoples' iwi ... View article...

Homophobic remarks by Brazil's president may harm tourism industry - Bolsonaro's homophobic remarks will have social and economic repercussions for Brazil," said John Tanzella, president of the International LGBTQ+ ...

Homophobia begins from a lack of education' - ' Homophobia begins from a lack of education' ... On another occasion, he called up the notoriously homophobic Westboro Baptist ...

Charts demonstrate decline in world's anti-gay laws - International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association. They were published in ILGA's latest report on State-Sponsored Homophobia .

After Backlash From Parents, A Canceled School Musical Portraying Two Gay Dads Is Now Back On - Parents told reporters that push-back from administrators began when the district received complaints from a homophobic parent about gay content in ...

Homophobia persists amongst older Australian Defence Force veterans, digger says - Mr Drew said Defence has since made incredible strides in making LGBTIQ servicepeople feel supported at work, but he believes homophobia still ...

Idol Philippines': This cover of 'A Natural Woman' had the judges on their feet - in his voice was coming from --a painful place--his frustrations over his dad's homophobia , and his anger about the men who abandoned his mother.

Academic claims on Kuwaiti television that gay men have an 'anal worm that feeds on semen' - An academic in Kuwait has claimed in a television interview that gay men have a worm in their anus that 'feeds on semen' and that she has found a ...

The ultimate same-sex wedding guide for LGBT couples - The ultimate same-sex wedding guide for LGBT couples .... Canada and New Zealand are considered the best countries for same-sex couples to visit ...

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Remembering the Aboriginal Anzac heroes -  Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people have long served in the Australian Defence Forces through both world wars, however in recent years they ...

Up Your Native- Australian Cooking Game With This Very Accessible New Cookbook - Two of Australia's most passionate advocates for indigenous food and culture Rebecca Sullivan and Damien Coulthard want to get more native ...

When will we recognise Australia's frontier wars as part of our war history? - ANZAC Day is a solemn day for Australians . As the ... of Australia saw the deaths of tens of thousands of Aboriginal people and at least 2000 settlers.

Visiting the Anzac history of Western Australia's Albany region - Until I had visited Albany, 430 kilometres south of Perth in Western Australia , I had no knowledge of its ... It has a rich Aboriginal and European history.

What young Australians think about Anzac Day - She said she had mixed feelings about Anzac Day because Indigenous ... The 25-year-old moved to Australia from Brazil eight months ago to study ...

Telling the forgotten stories of Indigenous servicemen in the first world war - Despite fighting and dying for Australia , Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders still weren't considered citizens upon their return from the war. Many of ...

Countries in the Americas have obligation to expand LGBTI rights - We want every country to investigate and to resolve any matter of LGBTI peoples and communities … We want every country to provide solutions for ...

We said yes': Lizzie Marvelly engaged almost one year after coming out as bisexual - The columnist and author speaks out about subject matters close to her heart, recently hitting back against Israel Folau's criticism of the LGBTI  ...

Far-right Facebook networks removed before Spanish election - had created multiple and duplicate accounts whose pages peddled messages against Muslims, the LGBTI community, immigrants, and women.

This is what it's like to be a pen pal for LGBTI people in prison - Their only contact with other LGBTI people is through the letters they receive sometimes,' she adds. Shenje is part of Bent Bars, a UK-based program ...

This Trendy Natural Beauty Ingredient Has a Major Counterfeiting Problem - Mānuka trees don't grow anywhere else in the world, and most are situated on lands that belong to the country's indigenous Māori people. Bees that ...

Papuans challenge Indonesian rule at country's highest court - Foreign Ministry spokesman Arrmanatha Nasir said the Papua issue is ... B.C. landmarks to glow green to urge people to become organ donors.

Will 'cannabusiness' turn around deprived groups? - Having witnessed the fallout from drug and alcohol abuse in his struggling Maori community, Manu ...

NZ firms urge government to 'act quickly to reduce harm' wrought by new ... - Honey companies and Maori collectives have met with Kiwi government representatives at a hui ( Maori assembly), seeking faster government action ...

NZ's Ardern commemorates ANZAC Day - a Māori Television broadcast of the Auckland dawn service, New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern asked the crowd to ''recommit'' to ''our ...

Māori -owned investment and financial advisory firm aims for $1 bill mark - Taupō-based IWIinvestor, plans to significantly expand its business over the next five years on the back of the growing Māori economy with a goal of ...

In Australia , Are All Historic Losses Treated Equally? -  Australia Letter is a weekly newsletter from our Australia bureau. .... Although Ms. Dickens, an Aboriginal Australian , has been a practicing artist ...

The Ham family have a habit of bobbing up on big days - They love football in Bidyadanga, the biggest Aboriginal community in Western Australia with a population of more than 850 people. The Bidyadanga ...

Why Australia Should Never Go Nuclear - The history of uranium mining and nuclear testing in Australia has been ... While many Aboriginal people were forcibly removed from their traditional ...

Ultimate insult to a war hero: Proud Aboriginal Anzac wrote a desperate letter asking for a fair go as ... - Percy Pepper was among 11,000 soldiers who applied for land allocation in Victoria and one of only two Aboriginal Australians granted it.

The language of colour, kinship and climate - It's fascinating to think about how languages work and why we see the ... is interesting from an Australian perspective because Aboriginal languages  ...

Indigenous health and 'the gap' would be better served by focusing on positives, not negatives - When you think of Indigenous health, what is the first thing that comes to ... A study found that in Western Australia , three quarters of all media stories ...

Kuwaiti researcher claims homosexuality caused by anal worm - The Jerusalem Post spotted this interview with Kuwaiti based researcher Mariam Al-Sohel. It's fair to say that she's not a supporter of the LGBTI  ...

Coalition takes tougher line on gay conversion therapy after Labor promises ban - The Morrison government remains committed to addressing the mental health of all Australians, including the LGBTI community, and this also relates ...

Eight LGBTI Nicaraguans killed during anti-government protests - A report from Nicaragua indicates eight LGBTI people have been killed during anti-government protests that began in the Central American country ...

English football's 1st out gay referee: 'Coming out made me better at my job' - Optimistic about the future of LGBTI inclusion in sport, Atkin also described the scenario in which he thinks English football's first player will come out to ...

Electricity, partners and politics in Papua New Guinea - Launched in 2010, the policy called for 70 per cent of the country's people to be connected to electricity within 20 years. It projected that achieving the ...

Anne Frank's Diary translated into te reo Māori - Klap hopes the translation of Anne Frank's diary will lead not only to more people in Aotearoa/ New Zealand learning te reo Māori but to a greater ...

The Māori ward project is failing, and it's hurting New Zealand democracy - Traditional local council structures are shutting out indigenous voices. Māori wards were supposed to be the answer – so why are so few being ...

Love and solidarity': Posters against racism hit Christchurch streets - When I told him I was from New Zealand and was part Maori , he was disappointed saying he thought I was Tahitian and that he wouldn't let any of his ...

Taro part of early mix of Māori agriculture - Taro part of early mix of Māori agriculture ... research has found that taro was part of the early mix of agricultural production by Māori in New Zealand .

Soldiers without guns': How unarmed Anzacs brought peace to war-ravaged Bougainville -  New Zealander Will Watson, director of Soldiers Without Guns, said the war is ... The Bougainvillean leaders were offered a traditional Pwhiri Maori  ...

UN's Empty Promises to World's Indigenous Peoples - It is no accident that the last four nation states to support the Declaration – Australia , New Zealand, Canada and the United States – were precisely ...

Millions for solutions to indigenous youth suicide -  Indigenous Australians die by suicide at twice the rate of other Australians and this rate is even higher for youth. So far this year, 12 indigenous boys ...

More women in Australia are going to prison than ever before. Here's why. - Just over a third of female prisoners in Australia are Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander. This is particularly significant given Indigenous women ...

Thousands of visitors take the Great Easter Egg Trail and enjoy a record 20000 eggs - Thousands of visitors flocked to the Museum of Australian Democracy ... facts about Australian democracy, including who Australia's first indigenous  ...

Lest we forget Indigenous Australians at war - The term has been increasingly used by historians to speak of the violent conflicts between Indigenous Australians and European settlers during the ...

Gold Coast 2018 mascot Borobi reborn as champion for Indigenous languages - There used to be 250 Indigenous languages spoken in Australia , now 90 per cent are considered endangered. "Borobi will be a great asset in ...

Australian Greens comprehensive LGBTIQ+ policies - The Greens will invest $1.7 million in the LGBTI Health Alliance and its partner organisations to facilitate health programs and initiatives that will ...

Australian Labor Party pledges to ban gay conversion therapy - These include a dedicated LGBTI commissioner, extra funding for HIV prevention and treatment, and a clampdown on laws that allow discrimination ...

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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 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? - 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 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 - 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 - 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' - 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 - 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 ... - 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 - 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 ...

New Zealand rugby star gives Israel Folau the boot - All Blacks and Chiefs prop Angus Ta'avao showed his support for the LGBT community in Saturday night's Super Rugby match between the Chiefs ...

Who is applying rights-of-nature laws? - This approach, some advocates say, could offer a new path toward ... A treaty settlement agreement reached by Maori tribes and the New Zealand  ...

The first 'te reo Māori ' capital city in the world - The first 'te reo Māori ' capital city in the world ... partnership to put the building blocks in place for a New Zealand that proudly speaks te reo Māori .

The Maori River in New Zealand is a legal person. Soon, the government will recognize a forest ... - The great River flows from the mountains to the sea. I am the River, the River is me.” With these words, the Maori tribes of Whanganui, New Zealand , ...

Artist and director Lynette Wallworth uses virtual reality to forge cultural connections through film - Wallworth made “Collisions” and “Awavena” at the invitation of the Martu and Yamanawa, indigenous peoples of Western Australia and the Amazon, ...

Trump admin's gay, US ambassador compares Pete Buttigieg to Jussie Smollett - A VP with a notorious record on LGBTI rights. Pence swore in Grenell as US ambassador to Germany last year, making Grenell the highest-ranking ...