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Indigenous leaders to present letter to PM proposing pathway for voice to parliament

A group of 40 Indigenous leaders have come together to discuss their ... On the weekend, the group of leaders from across Australia met in Cairns to ... View article...

Pauline Hanson Has A Big Misunderstanding Of What It Means To Be An Indigenous Australian

I'm fairly certain Pauline Hanson is incapable of opening her mouth without saying something fucking stupid. So, it's unsurprising that she got absolute ... View article...

SA Child Protection Dept to boost Indigenous staff

A report published by Guardian for Children and Young People Penny Wright in May showed the number of Aboriginal children in South Australia who ... View article...

Gallery business case slap in the face of custodians

The business case for the national Aboriginal art gallery, one year overdue, ... The release quotes the chairperson of Tourism Central Australia, Dale ... View article...

"I spent my teens in foster care. At 18, my 'case was closed'."

Most people don't know how foster kids in Australia live. They think ... Even more disturbing is that children from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander ... View article...

Just 1 in 100 teachers are Indigenous. That's a problem — and it affects kids, too

"Aboriginal people just need to shut up and get over it." ... She says, as at 2015, in primary and secondary Australian schools 5.3 per cent of students ... View article...

Shock rates of racism in Aussie schools

Nearly 20 per cent of students from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander ... Adelaide-raised supermodel Adut Akech, 19, said Australia has “a lot of ... View article...

Main Roads committed to indigenous impacts

Main Roads Western Australia chief executive Peter Woronzow is ... best endeavours to provide employment for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander ... View article...

Waitangi Tribunal slams Crown over freshwater failures, calls for Māori rights to be recognised

"Our view is that the Crown must now recognise Māori proprietary rights and provide what the New Zealand Māori Council called 'proprietary redress' ... View article...

Suicide statistics a 'symptom' of bigger problems, Auckland foster father says

New Zealand suicide rate highest since records began ... and there was also an increase in suicide statistics amongst Māori and Pacific Islanders. View article...

Kiwis need to stand with Hong Kong

 I am a Māori teenager with a strong message to spread to New Zealand and the world: Hong Kong needs our help. The conflicts ignited by ... View article...

Waiata Māori Music Awards showcase the best of Māori talent

It has been four years since the death of Huata, of Ngāti Kahungunu, the man at the forefront of Māori performing arts, and a visionary. In 2007, Huata ... View article...

Māori elderly and disabled 'forgotten' New Zealanders

An advocacy group for Māori says its elderly are forgotten New Zealanders ... Māori had a lower life expectancy than non-Māori, were more likely to ... View article...

When Big Tobacco likes the cut of your jib, what does that tell you?

The New Zealander of the Year nominee for her work improving the health of Māori told Parliament's health select committee that the effect of smoking ... View article...

NZ Fashion Week goes back to its roots, kicks off with designer Kate Sylvester

NZ Fashion Week goes back to its roots, kicks off with designer Kate ... Viva editor Amanda Linnell reveals what's in store for New Zealand Fashion Week, ... new-generation designers and Miramoda - a showcase for Māori designers ... View article...

'The whole table was laughing at me': Teenage waitress, 17, claims she was racially abused by a ...

Boil-up is a traditional Maori dish incorporating starchy vegetables and pork bones. She said the man was quite clearly implying he believed her ... View article...

'Maara kai': Re-invigorating Māori Food Sovereignty through potatoes

Māori have lived in New Zealand for around 700 years and were accomplished horticulturalists, bringing seed and tubers from their original homes in ... View article...

Why did Carnegie Hall accept a booking from anti-LGBT bigots?

From the US pianist Richard Glazier on the cancelled Carnegie concert: 'I was asked to play Gershwin last week for the US -Polish organization ... View article...

LAPD Investigating Possible Hate Crime After Trans Women Removed From DTLA Bar

A group of LGBT people are alleging that they were kicked out of a popular downtown Los Angeles bar Friday night after being subjected to ... View article...

The song remains the same

It seems as if each day brings new challenges for the LGBTI community in Thailand. So what's new (or old) this month? Concerning marriage equality ... View article...