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National sticks with Māori seat boycott

National's Māori development spokesperson has failed in her push to be allowed to stand in a Māori seat in next year's election. Ms Hayes was keen ... View article...

Protest, climate change and racism in NZ

“Climate change, the growing gap between rich and poor, anti-Māori and ... Racism remains a persistent issue in New Zealand, said Jackson. In 1988 ... View article...

A Rare Judge of New Zealand Art

Many of the works were selected as Paul travelled around New Zealand hearing ... A work by Charles Goldie, the world's pre-eminent painter of Maori, ... View article...

India-New Zealand business summit shines light on opportunities for Kiwi companies

Trade between New Zealand and India was poised for growth over the ... of Employment and Associate Minister for Māori Development Willie Jackson ... View article...

New Zealand's biggest 50 landowners revealed

At least 28 per cent of New Zealand's land is in Crown or other public ownership, while iwi and other Māori land-holding entities own about 7 per cent. View article...

Ellison brothers remain connected with Māori culture while living it up in Japan

The three brothers are proud Māori, and Leon says they do their best to teach .... This place is awesome but I will definitely head back to New Zealand. View article...

More than 500 educators graduate programme aimed at strengthening te reo in classrooms

More than 500 teachers and support staff have graduated from Te Ahu o te Reo Māori as the Government attempts to integrate Te Reo Māori into ... View article...

New Zealand impact investments set to grow six-fold over five years

Maori investors are expected to invest up $2 billion per year over the next ten ... “There is an opportunity and indeed increasing momentum for Maori ... View article...

Israel Folau accuses Rugby Australia panel member of bias

... that tribunal member Kate Eastman SC should not have been allowed to judge his case because she had=s previously advocated for LGBTI rights. View article...

Do more on aged care diversity, govt told

... Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities, culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, LGBTI communities and rural or remote areas, ... View article...

Cyprus press condemned for 'harassing British woman accused of falsifying gang rape allegations'

The organisations, which include the Mediterranean Institute of Gender Studies, the Green party women's movement, Accept LGBTI, and the ... View article...

This is the state of LGBTI rights around the world in 2018.

While several countries still battle stigmatization and persecution, the data shows that LGBTI rights have inched forward this year. View article...

Southern Lights celebrate first six months

“Ice Hockey is a small community, so being able to find LGBTI people to play with is a really good thing,” Matthews said. “The team has formed a ... View article...

Christian Porter dismisses concerns about conversion therapy

The government's bill has been criticised by human rights, LGBTI rights groups and religious bodies and conservative groups. The Attorney General is ... View article...

Whether it's he, her, them, ze, or judy, getting pronouns right isn't so hard

When people want to make fun of the LGBTI community the go-to-gag is to add as many letters on to the acronym as possible, including TLC, BLT and ... View article...

The Horrific Nazi Treatment of the LGBTI Community

The Nazis treated many groups they saw as different terribly – and the LGBTI community was no exception. Here, Kim Barrett starts by considering Dr ... View article...

The advertising industry has been unable to get talent from the indigenous community

“It's relatively quite competitive to get indigenous people into companies ... There are more Indigenous kids going to university in Australia now than ... View article...

New exhibit to feature whales and Aboriginal connections

“The recent redevelopment of Flagstaff Hill saw a much-needed Aboriginal ... The Maritime Museums of Australia Project Support Scheme is ... View article...

Perth's $510 Million Australian Biome Project One Step Closer

Perth's $510 Million Australian Biome Project One Step Closer ... change the narrative and our interaction with Aboriginal Australians once and for all. View article...

Don't put off starting a business, waiting for the perfect time. That time is now

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people across the country bootstrap the ... Ingenuity is a natural part of Indigenous business because often we start from ... Guardian Australia is proud to partner with IndigenousX to showcase the ... View article...

When farmers struggle, we all struggle

We need Australia to understand the profound impact of drought on Aboriginal people and the importance of Aboriginal culture and our connection to ... View article...

Katherine's crime rate debated in Parliament

In Australia, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are over-represented in the criminal justice system. They make up 27% of the adult prison ... View article...

An Art-Themed Adventure Down Under

Learn how Aboriginal people lived in ancient times and how they maintain their ... Following dinner, join the stars of Opera Australia for a concert of the ... View article...

'Bigger than the Beatles': The legacy of Lucky Dube

In remote communities across central Australia, desert reggae blares from car stereos .... And the lyrics resonated in remote Aboriginal Australia too. View article...

Let's Talk Cancer Hui

Speakers included two oncologists, a haematologist, psychologist, nurse educator, Rongoā Māori practitioners and two patients who talked about their ... View article...

Pākehā and Māori should acknowledge all of colonisation's consequences

It may not have credited Cook with discovering New Zealand, in so many ... That didn't stop Cook from recognising the admirable aspects of Māori ... View article...

Early learning success builds children's wellbeing

“This research is an urgent national priority in Aotearoa, New Zealand,” ... Māori children (aged 3-14 years) and 1.8 times more likely than non-Māori ... View article...

Proposal to use KiwiSaver for investment properties 'long overdue'

In the 1980s, 78 percent of New Zealanders owned the home they lived in. ... The initial proposal to alter how KiwiSaver works, came from a Māori ... View article...

India-NZ summit shines light on opportunities for Kiwis

Trade between New Zealand and India is poised for growth over the ... of Employment and Associate Minister for Māori Development Willie Jackson ... View article...

First organ transplant hui designed to help break down barriers

"There are many barriers to transplant for patients with end stage renal disease that result in lower kidney transplant rates for Māori, compared with NZ ... View article...

NZ Maori Council launches new program, “Eke Runga”

“If we are truly to solve the challenge of poverty within the Te Ao Maori world we must lift our people from the low wage and low skills growth side of the ... View article...

The Maori Party could spoil Jacinda's dreams for a second term

The Māori Party have selected the exceptionally talented Debbie Ngarewa-Packer as their candidate in the very vulnerable seat of Te Tai Hauāuru ... View article...

Diversity, inclusion in businesses promote innovation, throw open niche markets: conference

A 2016 study by iSEE and UNDP found that on average 30 per cent of LGBTI respondents in Việt Nam reported being denied employment based on ... View article...

Paraguay: Amnesty International brings unconstitutionality proceedings against resolutions that ...

On 19 September, Diversxs Alto Paraná, a collective that defends the rights of LGBTI people, presented an official notice informing the mayor of ... View article...

South Australian aged care provider Eldercare was awarded the 'Rainbow Tick' this week.

Older LGBTI people are often fearful that they will face discrimination when entering aged care services. Eldercare is the first South Australian ... View article...

Trump Describes Democratic Rival Beto O'Rourke as “Wacko” For Anti-LGBTI Church Taxation ...

Democratic Presidential nominee hopeful Beto O'Rourke has been labelled a “wacko” by Trump after the Texas politician called for ... View article...

Air Canada axes 'ladies and gentlemen' for more inclusive language

... were also told to use “partner” or “spouse” instead of “husband and wife”, and “parents” instead of “mum and dad” to avoid excluding LGBTI families. View article...

Coalition's religious discrimination bill condemned by state and territory commissions

The joint submission echoes human rights and LGBTI groups' concerns the bill will license religious statements that breach other discrimination laws ... View article...

LGBTI group unveils Pride 2020 dates

“Pride Bahamas was re-conceptualized in 2018 as an effort to bolster LGBT advocacy efforts in the Bahamas and to provide in a platform where LGBT ... View article...

Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality & Safety: Melbourne Hearing 2

It inquired into diversity in aged care, including culturally and linguistically diverse people, LGBTI groups, Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander ... View article...

Nursing home residents share scathing insights as bureaucrats admit aged care failings

Mr Campbell, a member of the Stolen Generations, is in a Melbourne facility tailored for Aboriginal Australians, run by the not-for-profit Aboriginal ... View article...

Unforgettable stories from down under

Another session which was a must-see was with Australia's Aboriginal Elder and storyteller Uncle Larry Walsh accompanied by well known didgeridoo ... View article...

Chef Curtis Stone's LA Restaurant Rotates Its Menu One Wine Region at a Time

Stone joined canine companions to hunt truffles in Umbria, Italy; learned ancient, noninvasive fishing methods from an aboriginal elder in Australia's ... View article...

Experiencing Australia's rich and complex history

I stood in awe of the descendant of the Aboriginal people, who had lived in Australia for thousands of years before British explorer Capt James Cook ... View article...

New program aims to build strong bonds between local cops and Aboriginal students

Aboriginal youth across the Illawarra will benefit from a specially designed police program, set to prevent and reduce reoffending, as well as ... View article...

5 experiences you can only find in Australia and New Zealand

Does your client fancy a culturally immersive experience that gives back to Indigenous people? Inspiring journeys offer a two-night Aboriginal-owned ... View article...

Aboriginal mural artist calls for more Indigenous artists within schools to tackle racism, stereotypes

Known for his striking murals across the country, Aboriginal artist and Arrernte ... Mr Rathman spends his days travelling throughout Australia painting ... View article...

Coalition of Peaks begins community engagement events

The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander representative body is consulting directly ... That is Esme Bamblett, Chair of the Aboriginal Executive Council, ... of Peaks is determined to give communities across Australia the opportunity to ... View article...

Ngāi Tahu responds to vocational education legislation

“This has resulted in Māori being channelled towards low-skill, low-pay menial jobs that do not ultimately lead to improved whānau wellbeing. View article...

New Chief District Court Judge wants to see more focus on tikanga Māori

Judge Taumaunu, fluent in te reo himself, said an important part about holding a public position such as a judge was being able to pronounce Māori ... View article...

Putting a Superdiversity Framework on health and safety

“The 2018 Census data shows that superdiversity in New Zealand is ... of work-related claims for injury and illness among Maori, Pasifika, and people ... View article...

Taking her culture to the equestrian world

She is one of eight New Zealand riders selected to compete in the Cavan ... Ngati Kahungunu and Ngati Tuwharetoa descent, and speaks te reo Maori fluently. Rangihuna describes herself as a proud New Zealander who is ready to ... View article...

Clive Fugill master carver says design award the 'crowning glory' of his career

One of the first seven successful applicants accepted to the New Zealand Māori Arts and Crafts Institute's carver training course in 1967, Fugill credits ... View article...

Council orders archaeological assessment of Monkey Island

Māori artefacts were common in the area along with midden (historical rubbish sites), although there is not much European artifacts in the area, ... View article...

More candidates boosts Maori interest in polls

In her own South Taranaki area there was a noticeable increase in the number of Maori standing for councils and community boards, including a lot of ... View article...

Taranaki ready to vote for Maori candidates

A first time New Plymouth District Councilor is crediting a change in community attitudes for his election. Dinnie Moeahu secured a spot in Saturday's ... View article...

Congratulations to the 2019 GLOBE Community Awards winners

Dr Catherine Barrett was the winner of 'A Healthy Community' and is the Director of Alice's Garage, a social enterprise empowering older LGBTI ... View article...

Diversity, inclusion in businesses promote innovation, throw open niche markets: conference

A 2016 study by iSEE and UNDP found that on average 30 per cent of LGBTI respondents in Việt Nam reported being denied employment based on ... View article...

“Hateful Extremism” Behind Anti-LGBTI Protests Outside UK Schools

A new report on anti-LGBTI protests that occurred outside two UK schools teaching LGBTI rights, has revealed that homophobic pro-Islamist extremist ... View article...

Divided Poland goes to the polls

... populists look set to win after a flurry of welfare giveaways and attacks on LGBTI rights and Western values but their majority could be at risk. View article...

“Hateful Extremism” Behind Anti-LGBTI Protests Outside UK Schools

A new report on anti-LGBTI protests that occurred outside two UK schools teaching LGBTI rights, has revealed that homophobic pro-Islamist extremist ... View article...

We need to count LGBTI communities in the next census – here's why

We need to count LGBTI communities in the next census – here's why. – Related articles from other sources. We need to count LGBTI communities in ... View article...

We need to count LGBTI communities in the next census – here's why

There's an old maxim: not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted. But there are some things we should ... View article...

Religious laws to be debated by Christmas

"LGBTI groups would go further again another way around further limiting people's ability to say things in accordance with their religion, even if those ... View article...

Experiencing Australia's rich and complex history

I stood in awe of the descendant of the Aboriginal people, who had lived in Australia for thousands of years before British explorer Capt James Cook ... View article...

Ancient tales, take me home

For 65-year-old Larry Walsh, an Australian Aboriginal cultural leader and storyteller, the pulse of his people's 60,000 year-old oral ... View article...

Global perspective key to addressing Aboriginal child welfare

While Aboriginal children account for just four per cent of South Australia's total child population, they represent 33 per cent of children currently in ... View article...

Depression, drought and decolonising mental health

She was Australia's first Aboriginal psychologist and specialised in suicide prevention because of the mental health issues in her community in the ... View article...

Warning over Vic land sale ahead of treaty

Prominent Aboriginal woman and former Greens MP Lidia Thorpe has slammed the Victorian government for preparing to sell more than 140 public ... View article...

Oxfam report shows self-determined First Peoples are In Good Hands

Government policies that empower local Aboriginal communities and build on ... that afflicts too many Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians. View article...

Aboriginal and Catholic faiths blended in stained-glass window of Alice Springs church

The church's Aboriginal congregation chose artist Kathleen Kemarre ... Missionaries brought Catholicism to Central Australian communities in the ... View article...

'He killed it to feast': Policeman who was filmed stoning a terrified wombat to death chopped the ...

'Under Aboriginal customary law, a person is entitled to hunt for food. ... Indigenous people in South Australia have traditionally killed wombats with ... View article...

New Bay of Plenty regional councillor Toi Iti's water kaitiakitanga focus

Toi Iti, son of activist Tāme Iti, has toppled Tīpene Marr to take the Kōhi Māori constituency seat on the Bay of Plenty Regional Council. Marr had ... View article...

Debbie Ngarewa-Packer selected to represent the Mā ori Party in 2020 general election

A Taranaki iwi leader is the first candidate to be selected by the Māori Party as it launches its comeback bid for Parliament. Debbie Ngarewa-Packer ... View article...

Māori party makes move to win back Te Tai Hauāuru seat

The Māori party is looking ahead to next year's general election after selecting Debbie Ngarewa-Packer to contest the Te Tai Hauāuru seat. View article...

Māori Party exhilarated by the vote for the future

The Māori Party is excited by some of the electoral trends emerging from the 2019 Local Government elections. “This election, the commitment and ... View article...

New opinion poll has National in a winning position to form government with Act

... conducted from 20 to 24 July, National polled at 45 per cent, Labor hit 43 per cent, the Greens 6 per cent, NZ First 3 per cent, Maori Party 1 per cent, ... View article...

$80m Māori-centric hotel planned for Rotorua will be 'unlike anything else in the world'

It's been billed as a Māori-centric hotel that will be "unlike anything else in the world." The iwi-backed project will also feature a commercial centre and ... View article...

New faces for Northland DHB, including Māori health advocate

Dr Kyle Eggleton, Northland GP of 16 years and Māori health advocate, will be a DHB newcomer if votes confirm his appointment on Thursday. View article...

The calm between the storms

Its very name means howling wind in Maori, and the lake lives up to this at times. The wind, funnelled by the steep surrounding hills, can create huge ... View article...

Activists disappointed with response to religious discrimination legislation

Tasmanian LGBTI equality advocates say they are disappointed the state government has not condemned the federal government's proposed ... View article...

Israel Folau responds to Rugby Australia claim in court documents

Folau objected at the time to the appointment of Eastman “on the ground of apprehended bias”, partly due to her advocacy for the LGBTI community. View article...

3 Days Before Polish Elections State Television Airs Anti-LGBTI Documentary

The documentary will yammer the fact that LGBTI-people all over the country are encouraged to take part in Equality Marches all over the country and ... View article...

Marielle Franco is the first-ever LGBTI person to be on the Sakharov Prize shortlist

And for the first time in its 30 years of existence, a person from the LGBTI community is on the list: Marielle Franco. Marielle Franco was a Brazilian ... View article...

'Greater access and opportunity': initiative for free birth certificates for vulnerable Australians

The number of free birth certificates being issued to Indigenous and vulnerable Australians has increased ten-fold in the past two years. View article...

Cop filmed laughing as he stoned a helpless wombat to death is still in his job and has NOT been ...

The former South Australian AFL player was widely condemned, even by Indigenous elders, and 300,000 people have signed a petition calling for him ... View article...

UNSW student wins 2019 Mooting Competition of Australia's First Peoples

The 2019 Grand Final of the Mooting Competition of Australia's First ... The competition showcases the advocacy skills of Indigenous law students from ... View article...

New book inspiring black and white fellas to call for constitutional change

Mayor speaks to key indigenous people around Australia for his book, including Northern Aboriginal woman Darlene Mansell, to assist an ... View article...

Indigenous surgeon 'terrified' by WA euthanasia provision

Australia's first indigenous surgeon, Kelvin Kong, says he is terrified by the McGowan government's plan to let doctors suggest voluntary assisted ... View article...

Newstart rate is 'killing Indigenous Australians': ANU researchers

The rate of Newstart is killing Indigenous Australians, with no prospect of closing the life expectancy gap while the unemployment benefit remains so ... View article...

Garma Festival yields enrichment for scholars

Australia's rich Indigenous cultures and traditions proved inspiring for PNG Australia Awards scholars at the recent Garma Festival in northern ... View article...

NT Police Officer named as inaugural ANZSOG Indigenous Churchill Fellowship recipient

He has West Australian Aboriginal (Nykina) descent through his father, and Torres Strait Islander and Malaysian descent through his mother. View article...

Tame Iti celebrity part of international phenomenon

They say he has functioned as a mobilizing media figure for both Māori and Pākehā New Zealanders to engage with the colonial past and present. View article...

Meet Kiri Nathan: the woman fusing te ao Māori with the world of fashion

Host Simon Pound speaks with innovators and commentators focused on the future of New Zealand. This week he talks to Kiri Nathan, the co-founder ... View article...

Harry Potter to be translated into te reo Māori

The Trust's aim is to publish a great library of literature in te reo Māori, including books for young readers and adults, from New Zealand and around ... View article...

Māori male death rate from ischaemic heart disease appears to climb

Data from the New Zealand Mortality Collection is for "all deaths" and 10 subcategories: all cancer, assault, cerebrovascular disease, chronic lower ... View article...

Poor results for Māori, Pasifika lead to funding cuts for education providers

Independent Tertiary Education New Zealand is a group representing most private tertiary institutions. Its president Craig Musson said student pass ... View article...

New Zealand minister visits Nanaimo to learn about Indigenous child services

“I don't think you'd speak to any Maori that says New Zealand is perfect with recognition,” Martin said. “We've only just made the decision as a ... View article...

Maori Council calls time on the vaping industry

The New Zealand Maori Council calls time on the out of control vaping industry – sends a warning that Council is ready to intervene unless the sector ... View article...

The image that's sparked domestic violence allegations against Ben Stokes

"I am proud of my New Zealand and Maori heritage but it would not sit right with me to be nominated for this prestigious award," Stokes told British ... View article...