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Bold ideas to transform New Zealand

Shay Wright runs a Māori social enterprise that provides education and training for Māori community leaders to help them rebuild their own economies ... View article...

Warriors' spiritual leader says Maori culture is important to the club

But Rarere-Wilton's role at the Warriors ensures the New Zealand club ... Rarere-Wilton, 47, trains in mau taiaha and Maori weaponry in Auckland. View article...

New Zealand unveils new 'wellbeing budget' with focus on mental health over economic growth

New Zealand has unveiled its new financial budget which places a heavy emphasis on the "wellbeing" of citizens, over economic growth or other ... View article...

Nuggets from New Zealand

Aotearoa (Maori for New Zealand) may not have the Eiffel Tower or Disneyland but it gives you a chance to view life in its purest form — to slow down ... View article...

The New Zealanders adding a spark to Harry Potter

Now, two Kiwis, both theatre veterans, are part of the wizarding world – and the franchise has its first Māori Dumbledore. Gareth Reeves and George ... View article...

Proud Maori soldiers who joined the army to fight for New Zealand at a time they were considered ...

Incredible photos have captured the extraordinary moment Maori soldiers performed a haka in North Africa during World War II. The images show ... View article...

South Taranaki woman's lifetime of service to family and Māori community recognised

Mahuri Tipene lives by the Māori proverb He aha te mea nui o te ao? ... children and grandchildren have represented their region and New Zealand. View article...

Parihaka to celebrate Māori New Year

The Parihaka Puanga Kai Rau Festival will take place at Taranaki's iconic home of peace this weekend to celebrate the Māori New Year. View article...

Truth-telling essential to reconciliation: central Victorian Aboriginal leaders reflect

... about the dispossession of Australia's traditional owners upon colonisation and the ongoing impacts of this, central Victorian Aboriginal leaders say. View article...

Queensland Labor's Close The Gap efforts have come under fire

Pearson is one of Queensland's outstanding Aboriginal leaders and he .... There are many youth detention centres in Australia where all the inmates ... View article...

Payday lender accused of exploiting Aboriginal communities

Payday lender accused of exploiting Aboriginal communities ... Local authorities in the Ngaanyatjarra Lands of Western Australia say hundreds of ... View article...

Aboriginal suicide rate deepens as average of three people take their lives a week

Aboriginal suicide rate deepens as average of three people take their lives a ... An average of three Indigenous Australians have taken their own lives ... View article...

Proud Maori soldiers who joined the army to fight for New Zealand at a time they were considered ...

The photo illustrates a time when Maori soldiers had only recently been taken on to the New Zealand army as part of the Second New Zealand ... View article...

'System change is what's needed' - Labour MP Peeni Henare on mental health funding for Māori

Critics are questioning whether the Government's Budget announcement will do enough to create change for Māori mental health, with suicide rates ... View article...

When Maori soldiers performed the haka for Greece's King George

Incredible images show Maori soldiers performing the haka during a ... New Zealand army as part of the Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. View article...

Glow show celebrating Matariki and Māori myth and legend coming to Whanganui

Rich in te reo Māori, it is promoted as an upbeat show that has the ... to ensure the show could be taken to other regions of New Zealand," Burren said. View article...

Recap : Aboriginal Community

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Recap : Aboriginal Community

Recap : Māori | NZ

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Recap : Māori | NZ

These are the most popular tattoo trends of 2019

Tā moko is the permanent marking of the face and body as traditionally practiced by Māori, the indigenous people of New Zealand. Many artists across ... View article...

Your national anthem sucks, get over it

Aboriginal people not standing for the anthem or not singing the anthem has since become a story that ... "If they don't like Australia they should leave! View article...