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How coverage has reflected our changing society.

"The Pacific has a great impact on New Zealand," she says. ... From the early days of network news in New Zealand, Māori were often reported about ... View article...

Kaumātua 'elated' at Rua Kēnana pardon passing first hurdle

Rua Kēnana was a pacifist, and a prophet, who led the resistance to Māori fighting overseas in World War I. His staunch anti-war rhetoric offended the ... View article...

Mental health and wellbeing commission bill

In particular, it aims to improve equity for Māori, Pacific peoples, disabled peoples, rainbow communities, and other groups that experience poor ... View article...

Kōkiri search is back in 2020

Te Wānanga o Aotearoa has partnered with Callaghan Innovation - the government's business innovation agency - and industry leaders in the Māori ... View article...

Christchurch musician sings to Rolling Stone Ronnie Wood

Kaa, known as H, describes himself as a "proud Māori musician who is riddled with ADHD" and teaches music to young mana wahine at Rangi Ruru ... View article...

Ousted Whakatāne councillor decides to 'bow out graciously'

"We also emphasised that the current legislation guiding elections does not adequately address Te Ao Māori requirements." Mrs Turner is awaiting ... View article...

Soldier and art student continues legacy of ancestral carving

Taylor balances his Toi Paematua (Diploma in Māori Art) study at Te Wānanga o Aotearoa with his role as a corporal in the New Zealand Army. View article...

If we legalise Cannabis, Maori must be given a leading role in industry to influence it

Martyn 'Bomber'Bradbury. If we are going to legalise cannabis, then Māori must be given a leading role in the newly established legal industry. View article...

LGBT+ in Australia

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No more decay – our health system fails our Indigenous communities

“The state of oral health among the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community in Australia is unacceptable,” AMA President, Dr Tony Bartone, ... View article...

Manchester Museum returns sacred artefacts to indigenous Australians

The Manchester Museum has become the first museum in the country to hand back sacred objects to aboriginal communities in Australia, in the first of ... View article...

Truth is at the heart of an indigenous voice Chris Kenny

“I wrote the book because I found it hard to convince Australians that Aboriginal people were farming,” Pascoe has said. “Using colonial journals, the ... View article...

Controversial YouTube star raises money for animals burnt in raging bushfires after selling ...

Pyrogeography Professor David Bowman from the University of Tasmania said Aboriginal fire farming practices could help Australia manage its fire ... View article...

Interviews with Alice Springs workers and youth about public meeting to defend Assange and ...

According to its website, CAAMA is the largest Aboriginal media organisation in Australia with more than 600,000 listeners nationally, including 60,000 ... View article...

PM hikes for Aboriginal men's organisation

Speaking to Nine News while hiking, Mr Morrison said he disagrees with those who say the disadvantages faced by indigenous Australians cannot be ... View article...

Climate change affecting diversity in some of Australia's most remote areas, despite work of ...

But don't be fooled by the flippant answer — Aboriginal leaders like Bangu are the future of Australia's conservation, even if acknowledging this in a ... View article...

Stunning image of the Milky Way captured using radio waves giving us a 'brand new view' of our ...

Aboriginal residents of Australia would have seen one of the supernova explosions as it happened 9,000 years ago. This image shows what it would ... View article...

'I think I'm your sister' - the call that led me to the truth about my adoption

Why were Māori boys regarded with such aversion by typical New Zealanders? We had only just been born and hadn't done anything to be judged by ... View article...

Cheeky! Prince Charles gets more than he bargained for during New Zealand visit

... where he was met with a traditional welcome ceremony at Takahanga Marae by a starkly clad Maori warrior demonstrating his martial prowess with ... View article...

A day in the life of a Māori journalist

From well-meaning to outright hateful, when you're a young Māori journalist working in the mainstream media, the sheer volume can be overwhelming ... View article...