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Anti-equity health policy needs to be urgently fixed

“Despite rhetoric about reducing inequities, the New Zealand health system has failed to ... These show that we need significant, Māori-led, changes”. View article...

Rare Rākau atua loaned from Southland Museum

This area in Fiordland was traditionally visited by Māori hunting seals for food and from the early 1800s by Pākehā sealers who gathered fur seal skins ... View article...

Rare Rākau atua loaned from Southland Museum

Curator of New Zealand Historical Art at Te Papa Rebecca Rice said it ... it is known that Māori believed that atua would inhabit a rākau atua when ... View article...

Abuse in care inquiry: 'Arduous process' to reach ultimate context

The soft-spoken scholar homed in on the intergenerational legacy of the system for Māori, in particular, who accounted for at least half the kids who ... View article...

Green membership supporting kaupapa Maori platforms

As election year looms, Green Party MPs have held a retreat to prepare themselves for the fray. Co-leader Marama Davis says it's a numbers game, ... View article...

How a Northland GP discovered his unconscious ethnic bias through self-audit

“I discovered that I was prescribing lower rates of the medication for Māori ... and unconscious bias is an issue within New Zealand's health system. View article...

How a Northland GP discovered his unconscious ethnic bias through self-audit

“I discovered that I was prescribing lower rates of the medication for Māori ... The chair of the commission's Te Rōpū Māori advisory group, Ria Earp, ... View article...

Haka nationals kick off: 'It's a competition, not just a game'

It will be Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Wairarapa's second national competition ever, after performing for the first time with the top teams in Gisborne two ... View article...

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Walking away won't bring Indigenous Voice any closer

All government engagement with Indigenous Australia and its policies were “mainstreamed”. That involved eradicating any Aboriginal and Torres ... View article...

Stolen as a child, homeless at 15 and a suicidal alcoholic young dad: How musician Archie Roach ...

Roach also went into detail on his stance on the controversial 'Change the date' debate over Australia Day. He believes Aboriginal people can't feel ... View article...

Reducing Australia to special interest tribes serves no one

But instead of celebrating as Australians they are encouraged by the vast industry that has evolved to serve Aboriginal Australians to eschew their ... View article...

Indigenous residents seeking 'humane' housing take fight to supreme court

Dan Kelly, a solicitor with Australian Lawyers for Remote Aboriginal Rights, said the supreme court action would appeal that decision using a ... View article...

More private landowners looking at giving their properties back to Tasmanian Aboriginals

Walking alongside her is the Aboriginal Land Council of Tasmania (ALCT) manager Graeme Gardner, who keenly points out the rich tapestry of ... View article...

“Charlie's Country” to Conclude Indigenous Film Festival

Living in a remote Aboriginal community in north​ern Australia, Charlie is a warrior past his prime. As the government increases its stran​glehold ... View article...

Scott Morrison is thanking veterans at the same time as acknowledgment of country – but what ...

Aboriginal soldiers fought for Australia as far back as the Boer War. At the end of that war, Aboriginal soldiers were left behind in South Africa because ... View article...

Charles Perkins Soccer Academy to open doors for Indigenous footballers

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander footballers throughout Australia will be presented with new opportunities to pursue their chosen sport thanks to ... View article...

Push for better knowledge of the history behind our longest placename

For Ross Scott, the sacred place where a legendary Māori explorer sat has more meaning to him than we will ever know. The place where the ... View article...

Digital platform to ease access of te reo Māori for 21st century conversations

New Zealanders could soon be saying 'kia ora' to their smartphone voice assistants, like Siri and Alexa, thanks to new funding from the government. View article...

'Historical baggage' cause of male Māori physical trauma rate - health advocate

Māori health advocates are calling out a "torrent of negative messages from society" and low self-worth as a cause of high injury rates in Māori men in ... View article...