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Gay manager wins big after boss told her to keep sexuality secret

Gay manager wins big after boss told her to keep sexuality secret -  The report found that  LGBTI  employees who aren't out at work suffer professionally. It also found not being out at work compromises wellbeing and ...

8 reasons why every LGBTI person needs to go to Chicago Pride 2019

8 reasons why every  LGBTI  person needs to go to Chicago Pride 2019 -  Also, it's now filled with amazing floats from a spectacular array of organizations and  LGBTI  people. This year it's held on Sunday 30 June, with over a ...

How many times does this need to be said? Pākehā is not a slur.

Politicians muzzling Māori - a tradition older than Māori seats themselves ... Here, we have a classic case of New Zealanders being sadly poorly ... View article...

Claim that Pākehā a racist word is 'rubbish', te reo educators say

NZ's school system 'racist' for failing to teach colonial history: Academics ... "So many Māori words are becoming part of New Zealand's English. View article...

NZTA launches Road Safety Week

After a month of tragedy on New Zealand roads, Road Safety Week couldn't be coming at a better time. The week is part of a global UN initiative to ... View article...

New Zealand Muslim community rallies for Ramadan in wake of Christchurch attack

Muslims make up about one per cent of New Zealand's 4.8 million population. The community includes indigenous Maori, converts, descendants of ... View article...

Te Wharehuia Milroy - A life in service of Māoridom

In 2004, Milroy gave the name Te Matatini to New Zealand's largest kapa ... Milroy said in 2004, "Māori performing arts brings together people of all ... View article...

Māori scholar James Wharehuia Milroy dies aged 82

He was also a trustee on Te Kohanga Reo National Trust and a member of the New Zealand Geographic Board which gave a Māori view point on ... View article...

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 ...