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Air New Zealand and National Geographic Society partnership to give underserved youth a voice ...

Twenty young people local to the eastern Bay of Plenty region spent five days exploring what it means to be a young Māori in New Zealand, learning ... View article...

Mossy toilets, bowls of mince for dinner and insect infestations: Inside one of New Zealand's ...

One of New Zealand's toughest prisons has been slammed for treating ... The prison was built in 2005 with the aim of rehabilitating Māori inmates as ... View article...

New Zealand MPs approve 'End of Life Choice' bill, paving way for referendum

"My mother changed dramatically from the passionate, strong Maori leader she was," he said. "Last night I spoke with three of the most high-profile ... View article...

Ngāi Tahu launches pilot internship with MFAT

The MFAT Aorere Internship is aimed towards applicants of Māori descent and specifically targets rangatahi who ...  View article...

Overdue bowel screening finally hits halfway mark

It is also vital that bowel screening be available for Māori aged 50 and over now. Māori are directly disadvantaged by screening starting at age 60 as a ... View article...

Ex-cop Huri Dennis found guilty by IPCA of misconduct; he claims Authority is racist

He says the police watchdog is racist and biased because it regards Western values as superior to Māori tikanga. In October, Dennis laid a complaint ... View article...

Ignored instructions factor in Oranga Tamariki debacle

National's Maori development spokesperson says a critical report into Oranga Tamariki's attempted uplift of a baby in Hawke's Bay in May shows the ... View article...

Selling the dream

His story covered how Maori came to be in New Zealand, their ancestral connection with certain voyaging canoes, and how Maori relate to land and ... View article...

LGBT+ in Australia

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Ex-president Morales flees crisis-torn Bolivia as deadly clashes continue

Bolivia faces its worst unrest in decades amid a political vacuum as Evo Morales, who transformed the Andean nation as its first indigenous president, ... View article...

Calls grow to protect indigenous sites

Indigenous activists and traditional owners in Australia, encouraged by the recent closure of the country's iconic Uluru rock structure to tourists, are ... View article...

Acclaimed indigenous artist Joanne Cassady shares the incredible story of her life journey

Joanne Cassady is an acclaimed indigenous artist leaving her mark on the world through murals, paintings and ... commissioned murals in dozens of locations all over Australia and supply the artwork for an NRMA billboard. View article...

These 'voices' are what is keeping us apart

Yesterday federal Indigenous Australians Minister Ken Wyatt announced he'd asked Professor Marcia Langton to help design an Aboriginal-only ... View article...

Business leader says co-design process can work

Instead, the government has launched a co-design process for a legislated voice, and a separate process for including indigenous Australian's in the ... View article...

Co-design Senior Advisory Group revealed by Ken Wyatt

Minister for Indigenous Australians, Ken Wyatt has released the membership list of the Senior Advisory Group that will be leading the way on ... View article...

Aussie and Kiwi Film Fest in Prague will celebrate freedom and diversity

At the opening, audiences will hear Aboriginal mission songs sung by indigenous Australian singer Jessie Lloyd. An exhibition of photographs from ... View article...

We join the tireless search for ticking time bombs

We're on our way to a remote Aboriginal community in the central north of Western Australia. After being granted permission to enter – having applied ... View article...

Māori curve model featured for first time in British Vogue

Aucklander Taylah Kereama has become the first Māori curve model to ... Kereama has previously modelled for New Zealand designers such as ... View article...

What is going to happen to our education system?

“It's been particularly challenging for Māori, Pacific peoples, and people with disabilities and additional learning needs. This is reflected in a 2018 ... View article...

Māori representatives appointed to important council committees

The Maangai Māori will have full voting rights on the council's three ... The three representatives will be appointed in the new year by the Mayor Allan ... View article...