New Zealand Maori Council breaks into housing reform
The New Zealand Maori Council has today launched the second of its new resources focused on educating whanau when it comes to their rights as ... View article...
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TGC student awarded Maori scholarship
New Zealand's only scholarship to support Māori high school students to gain admission to top global universities has been awarded to five high ... View article...
Palmerston North's first female Māori councillor is remembered
She was the city's first female Māori councillor, of Ngāti Awa and Ngāti ... was part of developing the New Zealand Art Council's first Māori arts strategy. View article...
Māori Law Society backs family court overhaul
The Māori Law Society is backing proposals to recognise te ao Māori in family justice services. An independent panel looking at the 2014 family ... View article...
Hard case quartet Māori Sidesteps will be putting on the schtick at Royal Wanganui Opera House
Their edgy skits on being Māori (or a member of various ethnic groups in modern New Zealand) have won them a few thousand followers of their ... View article...
New Zealand launches investigation into Maori babies taken into state care
New Zealand's government watchdog will investigate the practice of authorities seizing newborn babies from their mothers — including ... View article...
Māori Community Have Greater Access to Support From Family
Parenting Survey Indicates Māori Community Have Greater Access to ... look into the concerns and trends facing parents in New Zealand today. View article...
New card game encouraging use of te Reo Māori
The game aims to introduce a variety of te Reo Māori words to New Zealander's vocabulary and encourage the use of te Reo Māori in everyday life. View article...
Straight 'country boy' drives viral rainbow wagon at Oklahoma Pride
Straight 'country boy' drives viral rainbow wagon at Oklahoma Pride - But a straight self-described 'country boy' from Oklahoma – whose pro- LGBTI wagon recently went viral – has already done a lot to spread the ...
Gay man plans to challenge Dominica sodomy law
Gay man plans to challenge Dominica sodomy law - Darryl Philip, founder of Minority Rights Dominica, an LGBTI advocacy group in Dominica, in the press release said the experiences of the gay man ...
Mormon Republican Nathan Ivie on life after coming out as gay: I feel 'free'
Mormon Republican Nathan Ivie on life after coming out as gay: I feel 'free' - The county commissioner said he worked with families who have lost LGBTI children to suicide. He also interacted with a same-sex couple who he ...
Masturbating is one of Britain's favorite stress relievers
Masturbating is one of Britain's favorite stress relievers - One of the world's biggest surveys on masturbation found that 95% of LGBTI people said they masturbated. In the UK, 93% of men and 88% of women ...
Rainbow Reykjavik: How this Icelandic city embraced all of its kinks
Rainbow Reykjavik: How this Icelandic city embraced all of its kinks - Within the last 30 years, the country itself has had a fairly uncomplicated time with progressing LGBTI rights, enacting anti-discrimination laws, equal ...
Thousands in Costa Rica Celebrate Gay Pride In Marcha de la Diversidad
Thousands in Costa Rica Celebrate Gay Pride In Marcha de la Diversidad - A year ago, in the 2018 edition, President Alvarado apologized to the LGBTI community, on behalf of the Costa Rican State for the persecution they ...
São Paulo's Pride Parade Celebrates Stonewall and Supreme Court's Decision
São Paulo's Pride Parade Celebrates Stonewall and Supreme Court's Decision - I think it's a consistent and symbolic decision,” stated the president of the National LGBTI + Alliance, Toni Reis. “Our challenge now is to introduce a ...
State Department 'has abandoned full support of LGBTI people'
State Department 'has abandoned full support of LGBTI people' - We recognize this formulation, which is used by a variety of organizations as code words for denying human and civil rights to LGBTI citizens — a ...
What's behind the AFL's sudden insistence that the game has Indigenous beginnings?
While Indigenous Australia has a rich oral record of Marn Grook (other similar ball games were played in the north and continental centre), debate ... View article...
'Broader than justice': Indigenous commissioner searches for answers to incarceration crisis
Victoria's first taskforce on young Indigenous people in the criminal justice system has begun, with the commissioner for Aboriginal children touring the ... View article...
Referendum on indigenous recognition in Australian Constitution “miles away”: attorney-general
The Australian government is "miles away" from supporting a proposed indigenous advisory body to Parliament, ... View article...
Coles' indigenous workforce grows
The NSW public sector is regarded as the biggest employer of indigenous Australians with 9800 workers who identify as Aboriginal or Torres Strait ... View article...
SIX Indigenous footy players refuse to sing national anthem during State of Origin Game II
Many Indigenous Australians have spoken out on their refusal to sing the anthem saying the song does not acknowledge the country's Aboriginal ... View article...
Indigenous history along the Murray River being unearthed in five-year research project
Eight researchers from Flinders University, led by Associate Professor Amy Roberts, has joined South Australia's River Murray and Mallee Aboriginal ... View article...
Play School to debut new Indigenous character in Acknowledgment of Country episode
Australian children's program Play School is debuting a new character, Kiya, in an Acknowledgment of Country episode to air on 8 July, during ... View article...
The Australian church's commitment to stem suicides among aboriginal youth
"Suicide is often the last straw in a buildup of unhappiness and pain. Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples ... View article...
Key to saving Hauraki Gulf: Let's try traditional Māori fishing practices
Traditional Māori fishing practices are being touted as one of the "keys" to rejuvenating marine life in the heavily-degraded Hauraki Gulf. Richelle ... View article...
Māori Council calls for inquiry into Pharmac
The Māori Council claims Pharmac's failings are leading to whanau dying, and is throwing its weight behind calls for a review of how it functions. View article...
Calls for more Māori input on polytech reforms shutdown - ITO head
Skills Active chairperson Sam Napia says Māori should have had more input on polytechnic reforms. View article...
The buildings are 'uniquely Aotearoa'. Their Māori designers are ignored
Surely they – in this case Property Council New Zealand – should have mechanisms in place to ensure the designs submitted are fully credited to ... View article...
Getting out Māori vote biggest barrier to mayoralty hopes
A candidate for Gisborne's mayoralty says getting Māori out to vote is critical for her campaign. Meredith Akuhata-Brown is vying for the position ... View article...
Options are sought as Pharmac fails Māori
The New Zealand Māori Council is looking at what it would take to negotiate better deals for drugs if Pharmac isn't willing to do the job. Executive ... View article...
Māori and Pacific Fashion Designers coming to Hong Kong
In a first for New Zealand, six Māori and Pacific fashion designers and artists are travelling as a group to Hong Kong Fashion Week to showcase their ... View article...
'Balls up' of Te Reo Māori translation leads to sniggering at Bay of Islands' new airport
A sign at the new Bay of Islands Airport will be changed after it was pointed out that it has a rather lewd double meaning. The sign, at the airport's ... View article...
Marvel head promises 'LGBT heroes' in upcoming MCU instalments
Marvel head promises 'LGBT heroes' in upcoming MCU instalments - While Feige says the charter was not intended to be 'looked at as our first hero', but said the series would build on LGBTI inclusivity in the future.
Partnerships to Promote Equality for LGBTI People
Partnerships to Promote Equality for LGBTI People - During the dialogue, the Dominican Government presented its efforts in reducing discrimination against LGBTI persons in response to HIV through the ...
If I grow up to be gay will I go to hell?'
If I grow up to be gay will I go to hell?' - It also made me realise how very wrong it would be to reduce this issue to a mere contractual matter between Folau and Rugby Australia , or worse, ...
Minneapolis gay bar Cheers accused of antisemitism, faces eviction before even opening
Minneapolis gay bar Cheers accused of antisemitism, faces eviction before even opening - Cheers, an upcoming LGBTI bar in Minneapolis, Minnesota has faced two separate controversies before even opening its doors.
Michaels craft stores joins Open to All campaign, embracing LGBTI inclusion
Michaels craft stores joins Open to All campaign, embracing LGBTI inclusion - US-based arts and crafts retailer Michaels has joined the Open to All campaign, embracing LGBTI inclusion. Tell me more. Based out of Irving, Texas, ...
What happened at the Stonewall riots?
What happened at the Stonewall riots? - Gangsters knew that LGBTI people were desperate for safe spaces to meet. They could sell them watered-down drinks at inflated prices, and even ...
The Right-Wing Is Weaponizing Gender Panic
The Right-Wing Is Weaponizing Gender Panic - This was the first peace agreement to use a gender-based approach to ensure the inclusion of women and LGBTI people. Concurrently, the ...
Lisa Wilkinson asked a Christian leader whether gay people go to hell. He couldn't answer her.
Lisa Wilkinson asked a Christian leader whether gay people go to hell. He couldn't answer her. - “Do you believe that homosexuals go to hell?” The head of the Australian Christian Lobby seemed to almost squirm uncomfortably as the question ...
The health disaster facing Western Australian communities
It's an unthinkable title for Australia, but children living in our nation have the worst ear health in a community in the world. Impacting mainly Aboriginal ... View article...
Netflix's 'Most Watched Show' Hits A Nerve For Those In Australia's Criminal Justice System
Netflix's 'Most Watched Show' Hits A Nerve For Those In Australia's .... In Australia, over half of the 10- to 17-year-olds in detention are Aboriginal, ... View article...
Valuable discussions had as QPS hosts Third Australasian Indigenous Family Violence Policing ...
Leaders, health and well-being professionals, Indigenous Elders and police ... regarding families in Indigenous communities throughout Australia. View article...
Athletics Australia launches plan to enhance history of engagement with the Aboriginal and Torres ...
Athletics Australia has this week officially launched its three-year Innovate Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP) at the Koorie Heritage Trust in ... View article...
Aboriginal Art: Decoding the Forgotten
Thus, began a love affair with the idiosyncratic native art of Australia. ... Aboriginal art has been known to generate curiosity in the semiotic world of art. View article...
Aboriginal culture meets traditional ballet and opera on Darwin stage
The West Australian Ballet partnered with an Indigenous dance company for the first time, bringing a mix of traditional ballet, opera singing and ... View article...
Ben Shewry is making Aboriginal grub go gourmet
Shewry is the first professional chef to put a focus on indigenous Australian ingredients. As we would say in Ireland, and as was arguably the case with ... View article...
Designer collaborates with aboriginal weavers to produce eco-friendly lamp shades
Inspired by Aboriginal art, Catalán de Ocón recently travelled to Arnhem Land in Australia's Northern Territory, to work with eight indigenous Yolngu ... View article...
Enrollments in free te reo classes set to quadruple in Christchurch
Speaking te reo Māori important for Kiwi business leaders ... "We live in a multicultural country and to be able to represent New Zealand with meaning ... View article...
Mighty creation for polytech marae
Deputy chief executive Robert Sullivan says over the past year it has dramatically improved completion and retention rates for Māori and Pasifika ... View article...
Online advice a help for chronic pain
His research also highlighted the need for high quality New Zealand online resources, including to provide support for Maori and Pasifika people, given most online pain management resources were based on overseas experience. View article...
Early days for turning massive mental health investment into reality
Massive new investment in Budget 2019 – $1.9 billion over five years – requires ... health organisation Platform Trust in today's New Zealand Doctor print edition. ... The service will involve primary care, kaupapa Māori, Pacific health ... View article...
Tourism taniwha offers advice and pūtea
New Zealand Māori Tourism is encouraging businesses or whānau with an idea for a new tourism product to enter the Māori tourism Dragon's Den. View article...
Predator-free by 2050? High-tech hopes for New Zealand's big conservation dream
Six hundred years earlier, when the Māori settled these islands, that "wild music" would have been even more impressive. The isolated islands in the ... View article...
The rate of Māori incarceration is a crisis. We must start asking the right questions
I'm not a sociologist, but neither is Chester Borrows, so I feel equally qualified as the former Minister of Courts to opine on the crisis of Māori ... View article...
The Children's Minister will meet with Maori leaders tomorrow, regarding recent news coverage on ...
A Newsroom investigation sparked debate about Oranga Tamariki's attempt to take a newborn baby from its Maori mother while they were still in ... View article...
Are today's activists lacking what the Stonewall rioters had?
Are today's activists lacking what the Stonewall rioters had? - The real significance of the Stonewall riots by LGBTI people in New York in June 1969 was not the riots themselves – though fighting back against ...
70% of UK residents support marriage equality in Northern Ireland
70% of UK residents support marriage equality in Northern Ireland - LGBTI rights activists have been working for years to extend marriage equality legalization to Northern Ireland. It remains the only part of the UK or the ...
Edinburgh celebrates its Humans of Pride in new photo portrait series
Edinburgh celebrates its Humans of Pride in new photo portrait series - Humans of Pride Edinburgh is a photographic project putting a spotlight on the everyday lives of the LGBTI community. Think Humans of New York ...
All hands on deck as superyachts cruise in
All hands on deck as superyachts cruise in - Gay's family company has been developing the GCCM on the Coomera ... Gay sees superyachts as a growing component of Australian tourism, and ...
New research backs Australian regulatory decision on poppers
New research backs Australian regulatory decision on poppers - What we see with this research is that poppers are a very commonly used drug in the LGBT community, both recently and over their lifetime," Dr ...
Drumheller Area Resident Helping to Grow Family in Australia
Drumheller Area Resident Helping to Grow Family in Australia - Faye has been selected by a gay couple from Australia . It looks as if Faye will be involved with the children going forward. "The intended fathers ...
Another study shows homophobic language isn't linked to rejection of gay athletes
Another study shows homophobic language isn't linked to rejection of gay athletes - The study focused on 146 semi-professional ice hockey players in Australia . The sample group included a good mix of players from North America, ...
Israel Folau looks for $2.1 million in legal battle with Rugby Australia
Israel Folau looks for $2.1 million in legal battle with Rugby Australia - Israel Folau, who was sacked by Rugby Australia following a ... his contract last month for an Instagram post that said "hell awaits" gay people.
Teaching history or indoctrination?
Māori make up 51 per cent of the prison population and the long lasting effects of colonisation are a factor, the experts said. Yet many New Zealanders ... View article...
Aust first peoples migration was planned
The ancestors of Aboriginal people in Australia arrived in several large and deliberate migrations by island-hopping to reach West Papua more than ... View article...
First inhabitants of Australia arrived in large groups 50000 years ago
The Aboriginal people in Australia have inhabited the continent for over 50,000 years, which is quite a lot when you remember that the United States ... View article...
HealthWISE to host Dementia and Our Mob talk about dementia for Aboriginal people in Moree
With Indigenous Australians up to five times more likely to be diagnosed with dementia than non-Indigenous people, HealthWISE Moree have set out ... View article...
Port Adelaide says it is determined to push ahead with plans for Aboriginal centre of excellence ...
Plans for the club's Aboriginal centre of excellence have been drawn for ... to award-winning journalism from Western Australia's biggest newsroom. View article...
Audit finds $5 billion Indigenous Advancement Strategy is not properly evaluated
"That is not good enough for the department in charge of the Australian public service," said Pat Turner, chief executive of the National Aboriginal ... View article...
Government funds construction of Cox Architecture's North Stradbroke Island Indigenous cultural ...
It will be accessible to children and act as a venue for performances by indigenous artists from Australia and abroad. Cox completed a project ... View article...
Indigenous focus at WA aged care hearings
The focus in Broome was indigenous seniors in remote areas, and ... a lot of evidence about how aged care is provided in other parts of Australia, and ... View article...
Tourism New Zealand creates messages to welcome the world to each new day
The campaign launches with a film featuring a Maori elder explaining to a young girl how New Zealand's unique position as the first to see the sun ... View article...
Is Christchurch more racist than other New Zealand cities
On my first day at work a neighbour rang the University of Canterbury to report that 'A large Māori man has just come out of one of your houses on Ilam ... View article...
Maori economic development plan refresh to benefit Waikato communities
The refresh of the Waikato region's MÄ ori economic development action plan Te Whare Ohaoha will provide a clear roadmap towards a prosperous ... View article...
New Zealand launches investigation into Maori babies taken into state care
New Zealand's government watchdog will investigate the practice of authorities seizing newborn babies from their mothers -- including some ... View article...
Uplifting children is not a Māori problem. It's a colonisation problem
It's no coincidence Māori are disproportionately targetted, writes Tina Ngata. ... Having walked alongside and advocated for a number of young Māori ... View article...
Wardens potential workforce as Māori step up on tamariki taking
Māori wardens could play a role reducing the number of Māori children put in care. That's the belief of Māori Council executive director Matthew ... View article...
Uplifting children is not a Māori problem. It's a colonisation problem
We have known for a long time that Māori children are many times more ... human face of this particular dimension of New Zealand's colonial legacy. View article...
Merepeka Raukawa-Tait: Māori can be trusted to look after their own
Just think, what if the 1986 Report of the Ministerial Advisory Committee on a Māori perspective for the Department of Social Welfare had ... View article...
Australia quiets the haters at the World Cup
Australia quiets the haters at the World Cup - Kerr has been feisty since arriving at the World Cup and the openly gay ... He was replaced by Ante Milicic, an assistant on Australia's men's team, ...
My boyfriend was killed
My boyfriend was killed - Teens have opened up about what it's like to grow up LGBTI in Iran. Dozens of young people revealed they are 'depressed' and 'frustrated' by living in ...