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Government building special housing to accommodate kaumātua

"In 2034 it is estimated there will be 178,000 New Zealanders over the age of 85. Of those, over 109,000 will be Māori and that presents us with a great ... View article...

Pakeha maunga protest sign of future tension

A Māori lawyer says a predominantly Pākeha protest against the clearance of pest trees on an Auckland volcano may be a sign of things to come as ... View article...

Armed Police & Cannabis prohibition - 2 examples of bias against Maori

Arming Police and continuing with cannabis prohibition have enormous impacts on Māori and the impacts are all negative and seeing as social policy ... View article...

'Talk to us': Kanoa Lloyd's emotional message to Grant Robertson following latest Ihumātao ...

The Project co-host Kanoa Lloyd has made an impassioned plea for Māori to stop "getting ignored" in light of the Government's consideration to loan ... View article...

'It all sounds so familiar': Aboriginal campaigner stunned by stories of taken Māori children

A fish market in Sydney hardly sounds like the place to contract a speaker for your child friendly cities forum in Napier, but that's the way it was when ... View article...

Royal Waitangi visit viewed as 'circuit-breaking' moment in treaty relations between Crown and Māori

The head of New Zealand's Māori Council believes Prince Charles' ascension to the British throne could spark breakthroughs in indigenous health ... View article...

Moana backs drones for dolphin protection

Maori-owned seafood company Moana New Zealand is backing a controversial plan to use drones to protect the estimate 63 remaining Māui dolphins ... View article...

The Maori Council is hopeful a royal visit to Waitangi will symbolise new beginnings

Maori Council executive director, Matthew Tukaki, says the original Treaty was between the Crown and Maori chiefs, and this could signal a return to ... View article...

Colonial Frontier Massacres researchers add dozens of sites to map of Aboriginal killings

Western Australia's Minister for Aboriginal Affairs Ben Wyatt said his State Government is continuing to come to terms with its role in these events. View article...

The Uluru Statement from the Heart and the 'end of silence'

The idea behind the Uluru Statement is to provide full inclusion of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander voice in the Australian Parliament, as well ... View article...

Doctor to face medical board over Miss Dhu's death

... ill Aboriginal woman back to a police lockup the night before she died of septicaemia and pneumonia will face the Medical Board of Australia in ... View article...

'Where is the love... for Aboriginal people?': Black Eyed Peas

... Brisbane to Sydney, Black Eyed Peas' will-i-am leads the group in a show of solidarity with Aboriginal people and other minority groups in Australia. View article...

Ben Quilty paints trauma of Myall Creek and other Australian massacre sites in Rorschach ...

Johnstone's painting presents a romantic vision of Australian landscape with ... One of the cruel ironies for Quilty, who studied Aboriginal culture and ... View article...

The perfect holiday in Western Australia – our expert's ultimate itinerary

There's also the intrigue of Australia's “other side”, one that's off the ... Join the Aboriginal guide for a 10am walking tour of Elizabeth Quay, Perth's new ... View article...

Convicted fraudster Craig Robert Dale linked to corruption scandal accused Paul Whyte as East ...

... Paul Whyte as East Kimberley Aboriginal community rebuild embroiled in ... have digital access included in their subscription to The West Australian. View article...

Great Northern Highway upgrades continue

An incentivised Aboriginal participation scheme has been included in the ... Western Australian Transport Minister, Rita Saffioti, said the works were ... View article...

Nancy Brunning put Māori woman at 'forefront of story-telling'

The performing arts community has paid tribute to Nancy Brunning as a powerful actress, and advocate for wāhine Māori characters to be centre stage ... View article...

Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei welcomes Environment Court decision

Importantly, the Court noted that Councils “must face up to the complexity of issues in all facets of resource consenting, whether of a Maori cultural ... View article...

Armed Response Teams: change in remit worries Māori leaders

Māori leaders are alarmed that armed police squads set up to tackle serious crime will also deal with low-level offending. A still taken from video ... View article...

South Auckland residents in strife over Māori housing project

South Auckland residents in strife over Māori housing project ... for about 30 years and after buying the property from Housing New Zealand in 2016, ... View article...