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Ahead of next year's big vote, here's what we know about drugs in NZ

The report shows alcohol is still the most harmful drug in New Zealand. Methamphetamine use is an ongoing issue, and Māori continue to suffer ... View article...

National MP says benefit cuts could be good for Māori, strengthen whānau

National MP Joanne Hayes says some Maori could end up better off if their welfare payments were reduced - claims condemned by the Māori Council ... View article...

New Zealand public hearings highlight dark history of child abuse

Public hearings in New Zealand on abuse of ... Thousands of Maori people protested across New Zealand in July calling for ... View article...

How NZ's colonial government misused laws to crush non-violent dissent at Parihaka

This week, Māori in the Taranaki region remembered the “day of plunder” – the 1881 government invasion of Parihaka, the small settlement that had ... View article...

'Shut it down' - a call to close Oranga Tamariki

"I would prefer that we didn't have a state department anywhere near, particularly tamariki Māori. We have to accept, Māori have to accept that we will ... View article...

Mongrel Mob break-off chapter meets with Māori leaders to discuss becoming 'acceptable'

One member who welcomed community members and Māori leaders onto their patch was Sonny Fatupaito, who has led the Mongrel Mob Kingdom ... View article...

In New Zealand's Rotorua town, vents in the ground puffing out clouds of steam are a common sight

Te Puia, a centre for Maori cultural experiences in Whakarewarewa Geothermal valley, lies just three km from the town centre. It was established and ... View article...

'Māori for Māori' - radio host and youth worker Josh Te Kani wants to break the stereotype

Josh Te Kani has dreadlocks, tattoos - including a traditional tā moko pūhoro - and wears a whale bone necklace that's the size of his fist. They're ... View article...

Recap : Aboriginal Community

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Recap : Aboriginal Community

Recap : Māori | NZ

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Recap : Māori | NZ

Amazing Activities To Be Done In Australia In 2020

More than just a walk, it is a spiritual journey into Palawa which is the oldest aboriginal culture here. This 20 miles guided walk will be lead by an Elder ... View article...

Sydney Council Proposes To Scrap Australia Day Plans

Yabun is held on January 26, the same as Australia Day, and is 'the largest one day gathering and recognition of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander ... View article...

Unemployed father-of-five down to his last $90 after being rejected for 1000 jobs takes to the side ...

As Mrs Pallett is an Aboriginal Australian, she can access the Indigenous Employment Program, which helps Aboriginal people secure work. View article...

Aboriginal remains to come home

Aboriginal remains to come home ... Several elders from across Australia will travel to Leipzig in Germany for an official handover of 42 ancestors' ... View article...

JT to star at 9th Aboriginal Economic Development Forum in Darwin

Rugby league legend Johnathan Thurston AM is among the high profile Indigenous Australians in Darwin this week to take part in the Northern ... View article...

Remote Aboriginal Community in SA runs out of drinking water

Residents of Scotdesco in South Australia say they've been without clean drinking water for days. They're urging the State Government to include ... View article...

PM awards dual winners of Australian Mental Health Prize

Ita Buttrose, Chair of the Australian Mental Health Prize Advisory Group said ... As Aboriginal people, we have some of the highest suicide rates in the ... View article...

$877 million: Annual Cost of Perinatal Depression and Anxiety in Australia

There are also different risk factors among fathers and partners, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities, Culturally and Linguistically ... View article...

Police launch strategy to reduce Māori re-offending by 25 percent

It's one of many targets set out in their new Māori strategy - Te Huringa o Te Tai - launched at Pipitea Marae in Wellington last night. Māori make up 51 ... View article...

How Shane Jones' fire is burning New Zealand's Indian community

Still, I would argue that these Kiwi-Indians have played a major role in shaping modern New Zealand – along with Māori, Pākehā and other ... View article...