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Indigenous candidates have Canberra on their radars

On Saturday 18 May 2019 Australia heads to the polls. In this Federal Election, there are at least twenty-one Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander ... View article...

Australia Day - Identity, Division and Hope

Anthropologist Kado Muir discusses the repatriation of Indigenous languages, and the challenge of revitalising sleeping cultural knowledge systems,. View article...

Inspiring South Australian Aboriginal Women Impacting the World

The Australia Day Council of South Australia is proud to present this showcase event: 'Inspiring South Australian Aboriginal Women Impacting The ... View article...

An Aboriginal approach to mental health is helping farmers deal with drought

She was Australia's first Aboriginal psychologist, and specialized in suicide prevention because of the mental health issues in her community in the ... View article...

$10m commitment to invest in Aboriginal training and jobs program

It will allow a further 1300 Aboriginal people in rural Australia to gain qualifications while they undertake paid work experience. The Poche Centre ... View article...

Constitutional reform made easy: how to achieve the Uluru statement and a First Nations voice

This means a new relationship between Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples in Australia that establishes the foundations for a better future. View article...

LGBTI marches in Cuba cancelled

LGBTI  marches in Cuba cancelled -  The National Center for Sexual Education, directed by Mariela Castro, the daughter of former Cuban President Raúl Castro who spearheads  LGBTI  ...

Hong Kong's lesbian tycoon launches new bid for marriage equality

Hong Kong's lesbian tycoon launches new bid for marriage equality -  Many  LGBTI  citizens do not come out to their family and colleagues. 'The affirmation of their acceptance by society through marriage equality, sends a ...

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...