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Tarnanthi 2019 program invites Australia to reflect on the past and pay the rent

In a bold move for a contemporary Indigenous art festival, the frontier ... to challenge misconceptions of Indigenous Australia and the dispossession ... View article...

The health needs of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children in out‐of‐home care

Aim Children in statutory out‐of‐home care (OOHC) are known to have poorer physical, developmental and mental health outcomes compared with ... View article...

We are 'one', not 'young': Change to national anthem proposed

"As an Aboriginal person, I have never felt connected to the version I was taught growing up," he said. On Sunday, a new version of Advance Australia ... View article...

ATSI artefacts to return from US museum

The artefacts will be returned to the Bardi Jawi people of Western Australia ... of more sacred Aboriginal artefacts held in museums around the world. View article...

Self-rule ex-Australian's goal Aboriginal territory seeking treaty, recognition, he says

Murrumu of Walubara and his son, Thoyo of Walubara, paddled in the clear waters of the Great Barrier Reef, among corals of ... View article...

Indigenous language puzzle receives missing piece after freak find buried in old book

This month the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS) hosted a two-week workshop to help revive endangered ... View article...

Broad coalition representing millions of Australians opposes nuclear power

More than 40 groups representing millions of Australians have come ... the Smart Energy Council, the Aboriginal-led Australian Nuclear Free Alliance, ... View article...

Public sector game changers recognised at Women's Agenda Leadership Awards

Finalists in a range of categories attended from across Australia. ... She graduated as Australia's first Aboriginal pharmacist, and is a founding member ... View article...

'Fears' about Māori immersion schools proving unfounded

Kura kaupapa is key to Māori success, Anton Matthews, right, says. .... school like ours, or any school in New Zealand, for a family from overseas can ... View article...

Award for prison programme leader

Mr Clark had been responsible for delivering the tikanga programme at the prison, where around 60 per cent of prisoners are Māori, for the last 13 ... View article...

Why learing te reo Maori is important

Should te reo Maori become compulsory in schools? ... Our goal is for one million New Zealanders to be able to speak at least basic te reo ... View article...

Here are my solutions to Wellington's trolley folly

Kia ora koutou. Perhaps because last week was Te Wiki o te Reo Māori, there was less media attention than usual on the latest ... View article...

Make your Te Reo Ka Pai with Kai

The team at 5+ A Day are celebrating Maori language by promoting the importance of eating fresh fruit and vegetables for well-being – nga huarakau ... View article...

Māori, Pasifika teens suffer more ethnicity-related discrimination from teachers than peers - report

Māori, Pasifika teens suffer more ethnicity-related discrimination from ... The figures were based on new analysis of data gathered in the Youth 2000 ... mine, that they experience would I think surprise many New Zealanders," he said. View article...

Make your Te Reo Ka Pai with Kai

The theme for Te Wiki o te Reo Maori is 'Kai Kaha te Reo Maori', offering encouragement to all New Zealanders to take part in activities to make the ... View article...

Why it's time for New Zealanders to learn more about their own country's history

From 2022, New Zealand history will be taught at all schools as part of the ... of colonial history, Māori history, or even just the New Zealand wars. View article...

Former gay conversion therapist warns of suicide risk

In an interview with 60 Minutes reporter Sarah Abo, Mr Smid said the "treatment" he provided was based on the ideology that members of the LGBTQ ... View article...

The author of this trans children's book has just won a major book prize

... said that the response to the book had been “overwhelmingly positive”, despite “the occasional 'dangerous book spreading the gay agenda' article.”. View article...

Award-nominated play explores growing up gay in the 80s

Shortlisted for the Brighton Fringe Award for Excellence and following sold-out dates in London and Edinburgh Fringe 2018, Really Want to Hurt Me ... View article...

Gareth Thomas and HIV stigma: 'It takes people like him to fight against it'

Gareth Thomas' revelation that he has HIV will make "a whole new demographic of people" aware of the condition, says George Westwood, who has ... View article...