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Health Minister appoints 13 new DHB chairs in 'changing of the guard'

"Māori and Pacific people often have worse health outcomes. That's entirely unacceptable and that's something that I personally am keen to see the ... View article...

Wellington police line holding cells with art by prisoners, students

He put the call out to artists to create work resembling 'Awhi', meaning help and support in Te Reo Māori. "When people come down here, they're ... View article...

Three Stocking Stuffers from Te Papa Press

The first describes the people and cultures encountered during Cook's voyages to the Antipodes, the other two highlight in more detail two of the Māori ... View article...

Anglers keen to block Maori trout farms

Freshwater fishing lobbyists are pushing back against suggestions the rules on fish farming be loosened as part of the Māori commercial aquaculture ... View article...

NZ First death knell for Tirikatene Bill

Te Tai Tonga MP Rino Tirikatene is accusing New Zealand First and ... Pledge in their opposition to his Bill seeking to entrench the Māori seats. View article...

Lakes DHB farewells chairman Deryck Shaw, welcomes new appointees

He said iwi partnerships were fundamental and the DHB was not doing as well as it needed to in terms of Māori Health. However he added that the ... View article...

No change to Maori seat veto

A call from Local Government New Zealand for referenda on Māori wards to be dropped has been turned down by Local Government Minister Nanaia ... View article...

Let teachers innovate, inspire

Maori learners don't feel that they have opportunities to “do what they want”. I wonder what those surveyed understood by the term “do what they want” ... View article...

Recap : Aboriginal Community

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Recap : Aboriginal Community

Recap : Māori | NZ

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Recap : Māori | NZ

Goals open up for Clontarf students with funding boost to grow across WA

Hundreds of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander boys across WA will have access to mentors and support to complete secondary education after a ... View article...

Indigenous citizenship test: lawyers argue up to a third of Australians at risk of deportation

Court hears Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islanders cannot be deported as aliens ... He asked the court to give “weight to Aboriginal Australians as the first ... View article...

Pauline Hanson faces the sack for suggesting Aborigines should be DNA tested before receiving ...

The group, headed by Minister for Indigenous Australians Ken Wyatt, does not have any formal powers but is aimed at achieving consensus in ... View article...

Mount Arapiles near Grampians National Park may be closed to climbers, sacred Aboriginal rock ...

Sacred Indigenous rock art has been found at one of the country's most ... Grampians is home to 90 per cent of south-eastern Australia's Aboriginal ... View article...

Wāhine Māori in violent relationships fearful of system designed to help - report

The E Tū Wāhine, E Tū Whānau report, by the Auckland University of Technology, found Māori women experience racist and judgemental attitudes, ... View article...

Wahine share life stories through art

Verity Johnson says they 18 include two Wāhine Māori who share their experiences of starting a business and dealing with issues mental house, ... View article...

Rangatahi voice heard in reo summit

The co-chair of iwi-led te reo Māori promotion agency Te Mātāwa co-chair Mereana Selby says the days of pakeke and kaumatua working seperately ... View article...

Building Māori research capability

Supporting Maori health researchers helps grow workforce capability and enables emerging leaders to engage with policy-makers. View article...

LGBT+ in Australia

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Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) rights in Australia have advanced since the late-twentieth century. LGBT people in Australia are afforded protection from discrimination and are equally regarded as individuals who possess the same rights and responsibilities as others egaylity.org/au

Poorer and regional Australian students lag behind richer peers, report finds

Poorer and regional Australian students lag behind richer peers, report ... If academic results could be improved by 50% for poorer and Aboriginal ... View article...