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Hundreds of Whanganui locals march against high homicide numbers

"People still think that it's just a Maori issue, but it's not, everyone is affected by violence but when you fix the issues with us, then we fix the issues with ... View article...

We'll be watching the police's new armed response units very, very closely

In 2015, Commissioner Mike Bush admitted there was a bias among police against Māori and that they needed to work hard to address the issue. View article...

Pākehā New Zealanders reflect on their colonial past and future ...

The decision proved controversial, particularly among Māori who have suffered under colonisation. After 250 years, Māori make up more than half of ... View article...

Former Te Karere reporter becomes Whakatāne councillor on coin toss

Political commentator Tau Henare said, "It's been good and more power to the the Maori community to say, 'hey we're here and we're part of the ... View article...

Waikato country school which taught militia children celebrates 150 years

Before them, the hill was a pā site of Ngāti Apakura, but the 1863 Confiscation Act banished Māori from their land south of the Puniu River. Militia from ... View article...

Call to mark Centenary of Women's Parliamentary Rights in NZ

Iriaka Ratana was New Zealand's first Maori woman MP. “Hilda Ross and Iriaka Ratana were not only inspirational leaders, they were remarkable for ... View article...

Police officers share their tattoo stories

“In our role as Maori police officers, we bring everything to our mahi. It's not just about our reo (language), it's about everything that encompasses ... View article...

Passing of Parihaka Reconcilliation Bill as politically, socially significant as it gets

Generations of Maori leaders and, for the most part, well-meaning politicians have struggled to make sense of an ugly and brutal confrontation ... View article...

Recap : Aboriginal Community

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Recap : Aboriginal Community

Recap : Māori | NZ

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Recap : Māori | NZ

Costa Rica campaign seeks to bolster marriage equality support

Sí, Acepto (“Yes I accept” in Spanish) formally launched in August and includes ads that feature LGBTI Costa Ricans' relatives, friends and teammates. View article...

Census questions about sexual preferences and gender identity are scrapped by ABS

Labor senator Jenny McAllister and shadow assistant treasurer Stephen Jones said the revelation was reminder of LGBTI Australians being 'ignored' ... View article...

Cody Simpson's Mom loves Miley Cyrus and gave a green signal?? Is that the sign of wedding ...

LGBTI community took her words in the wrong way. Cyrus had to issue a statement clarifying her thoughts about her previous statement. The singer ... View article...

“We're running out of time” on Religious Discrimination Bill

A draft Religious Discrimination Bill was released in August and was criticised by activists for allowing discrimination against LGBTI people on the ... View article...

Cherabin commercial farming by traditional owners in WA's far north to be an Australian first

Indigenous Australians have been fishing and eating giant freshwater prawns from creeks across the Top End for thousands of years. View article...

Inside the working farm that inspired the father of Australian colonial art, John Glover

Glover painted Aboriginal people into his artwork, even though they had been forced from the area by the time he claimed a land grant in 1831. View article...

The stolen generations never ended – they just morphed into child protection

The cost of late intervention for Indigenous children hurts Australian ... In 2014 when the then commissioner for Aboriginal Children and Young People ... View article...

Preschool kids lobby to fly Aboriginal flag on Harbour Bridge

But Australia's leading child psychologist says it's “totally unacceptable”. The pre-school students at Kelly's Place Children's Centre in Crows Nest ... View article...

Coalition of Peaks hosts national stakeholders at Closing Gap meeting in Canberra

The Coalition of Aboriginal and TorresStrait Islander Community Controlled Peak ... ProfessorIan Anderson, Deputy CEO of the National Indigenous Australians ... It is critical that Aboriginal andTorres Strait Islander people across the ... View article...

Illinois State Museum Returns Artifacts To Australian Indigenous Tribes

The project, led by the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies, exists to return cultural heritage material, Simpson said. View article...