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My top ten Australian films of the 21st century (so far)

My top ten Australian films of the 21st century (so far) ... It turns an unflinching eye on our racist, colonial history when an Aboriginal man must flee after ... View article...

Aboriginal artists share light of the cross

Just two days before Easter in Tennant Creek – the Northern Territory town some may rashly describe as godforsaken – the Barkly Regional Arts ... View article...

Sugary drinks proven more dangerous than sugary food

it comes after a Taranaki-based study found Māori children were drinking ... Sales figures indicate New Zealanders are drinking less soft drinks but ... View article...

Scotty Morrison smooths troubled waters after 'Pākehā' called a racist term

TVNZ Maori language expert Scotty Morrison has cleared up what the word ... is a label that didn't exist before Pākehā people were in New Zealand. View article...

Precious korowai to return home from Australia

Precious korowai to return home from Australia ... The museum is also organising traditional Aboriginal and Māori ceremonies in Melbourne for the ... View article...

A unique radio voice in Port Augusta

We are Umeewarra Aboriginal Media, South Australia's only Aboriginal radio ... We are always on the lookout for Aboriginal stories to share with our ... View article...

Opposite-sex marriage is 'prevailing social norm' says Singapore govt

Opposite-sex marriage is 'prevailing social norm' says Singapore govt -  The results buoyed  LGBTI -rights campaigners in the conservative city-state where gay sex remains illegal. 'The prevailing social norm remains that of ...

How homosexuals are being jailed and persecuted just 20 kilometers from Spain

How homosexuals are being jailed and persecuted just 20 kilometers from Spain -  Like Youssef, she mentions the hypocrisy of Moroccan authorities. “It also happens with collectives that are dedicated to  LGBTI  activism,” she says.

Susie O'Brien: Folau is feeding into a culture of intolerance

Susie O'Brien: Folau is feeding into a culture of intolerance -  LGBTI  people — especially those who are rugby players and fans — should not have to pay the price for Folau's latter conversion to hard-line religious ...

Education chief says 'huge step backwards' if schools stop LGBTI lessons

Education chief says 'huge step backwards' if schools stop  LGBTI lessons -  The program about relationships featured  LGBTI  elements. But parents at Birmingham's Parkfield Community School protested the program leading to ...

Physicians and governments challenged to act on early health influences

Physicians and governments challenged to act on early health influences -  Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and  Māori  experience significantly higher burdens of ill health and shorter life expectancies, ...

Mental Health Inquiry & Afghan Inquiry – two more whitewashes & more evidence of a corrupt ...

Mental Health Inquiry & Afghan Inquiry – two more whitewashes & more evidence of a corrupt ... -  Were vulnerable  Māori  sidelined by the Government's much-vaunted mental health and addiction inquiry? Some recent reporting suggests this has ...

Northland te reo metal band Alien Weaponry release new music

"We decided to write about it because it's one of these untold stories in New Zealand history that really had a great impact on a lot of Māori." The band ... View article...

Māori disappointed ancestral land up for tender for oil and gas drilling in Taranaki

Māori disappointed ancestral land up for tender for oil and gas drilling in ... The government aims to reduce New Zealand's emissions to net zero by ... View article...

Unicef: Maori youth say they're being denied what they need to flourish

UNICEF New Zealand will launch the county's first MÄ ori Child Wellbeing Monitor in Wellington tomorrow, Tuesday 7th May. More than 500 MÄ ori ... View article...

Māori nurse backs sugary drinks tax, but says solution closer to home

The findings of a report released over the weekend highlighting New Zealand's addiction to sugary drinks has not come as a surprise to some in the ... View article...

Are isolated LGBTI Japanese finally about to step out of the closet?

Are isolated  LGBTI  Japanese finally about to step out of the closet? -  Tomoyuki Oishi is probably the only  LGBTI  person living in his small village in Nagano ...

L'Equipe magazine fights against homophobia in sport

L'Equipe magazine fights against homophobia in sport -  As the Wallabies and Waratahs star squares off with Rugby  Australia  in a ... “Beyond the  homosexual  kiss, its poetry comes from the reimagining of a ...

LGBT discrimination in sport highlighted after a week in the headlines

LGBT  discrimination in sport highlighted after a week in the headlines -  LGBT  discrimination in sport highlighted after a week in the headlines ...  Australian  cricketer James Faulkner received support from peers after his ...

'Looking over each other's shoulders': Living as a gay man in Brunei

'Looking over each other's shoulders': Living as a gay man in Brunei -  Freedom of expression is lacking in the country, and many  LGBTI  Bruneians do not speak openly about their experiences. Being outside of the country ...