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Remote community of Yuendumu in Central Australia rapidly running out of drinking water

The largest remote Aboriginal community in Central Australia is rapidly ... The NT Government said it was also working with Geoscience Australia to ... View article...

Young Māori women lead the battle for indigenous rights

Maori, who account for about 15% of the population, were dispossessed of much of their land during colonization View article...

Dr John O'Sullivan awarded prestigious grant

Aboriginal Australians are affected disproportionately by this disease. Dr O'Sullivan is collaborating with indigenous researchers in Redfern NSW, and ... View article...

Sydney choir take musical stand for ecology

Deb explains how the song came about: "The choir were on the lookout for a song that gave voice to how we as non-indigenous Australians feel about ... View article...

Adelaide Festival Centre Presents OUR MOB 2019 - Art by South Australian Aboriginal Artists

Since 2006, Adelaide Festival Centre has showcased the quality and diversity of art created by South Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander ... View article...

Rio Tinto awards $41mn Koodaideri contracts to Aboriginal businesses

Bea Bea Creek quarry, the first indigenous-owned and operated quarry in Western Australia, will be established to fulfil the contract. Rio Tinto Iron Ore ... View article...

La Trobe offers new studies into Multicultural Australia and the Greek contribution

La Trobe offers new studies into Multicultural Australia and the Greek ... of reconciliation with Australia's Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. View article...

New antenatal and postnatal care unit for Aboriginal families

Aboriginal families having their baby at the Women's and Children's Hospital will now have access to South Australia's first ever purpose-built unit for ... View article...

Census fallout won't be solved easily

The Māori Council says that's absolutely not good enough. ... The report recommended that rather than a new census, Stats NZ would be better to hold ... View article...

Māori tourism 2019 Dragons' Den Winners are...

Expect to see Aotearoa's oldest dish more prominently on the menu after Tāmaki Makaurau's Hangi Master took out the New Zealand Māori Tourism's ... View article...

Follow rather than lead, says quality agency in challenge on Māori health

Ria Earp is chair of Te Rōpū Māori, the commission's Māori advisory group. New Zealand Doctor asked whether advisory groups and DHB Māori ... View article...

'They didn't listen' - Iwi leader on botched census

The country's biggest iwi says the botched 2018 Census has left Māori ... Stats NZ is confident it has plugged most of the data gaps, including Māori ... View article...

For the love of tikanga, please stop putting food on your head!

She called me out, and so she should, because upholding tikanga Māori is more important than my .... Now is an exciting time for New Zealand food. View article...

Rates pressure aims to shame

A far north Iwi leader says the Far North District Council's rating policy is designed to strike fear among Māori landowners, and it needs to change. View article...

Polytech offering first health science diploma with a Māori worldview

A Rotorua-based polytechnic is trying to turn around the region's poor health outcomes by offering the first health science diploma with a Māori ... View article...

Bayfair's IZAKAI wins “Outstanding New Venue” award

IZAKAI has won “Outstanding New Venue” in the Bay of Plenty Hospitality Awards. IZAKAI blends traditional Japanese food with a New Zealand Māori ... View article...

Here are the 10 most financially successful LGBTQ films in history

The late Robin Williams stars as Armand Goldman, the openly gay owner of a ... Starring Taron Egerton as the iconic British singer-songwriter, fantasy ... View article...

10 best LGBT shows of 2019 (so far)

Not only are there more LGBT TV characters on small screens this year, but many are also written with much more care than the gays of years past. View article...

Openly gay lawyer seeks Tunisian presidency in first for Arab world

Mounir Baatour heads the country's main LGBT rights group. ... and “recognising the rights of people of the Amazigh" ethnic group and LGBT rights. View article...

LGBT+ murders at 'alarming' levels in Latin America

The Regional Information Network on Violence against LGBTI People in Latin America and the Caribbean said it was the first time data had been ... View article...