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New Zealand police open probe into volcano deaths

New Zealand police open probe into volcano deaths .... White Island, also known by the indigenous Maori name Whakaari, is the tip of an undersea ... View article...

Ministry steadfast on value of action plan for better outcomes for Māori

Waitangi Tribunal claimants cautioned the Ministry of Health in March about producing a new Māori health document to refresh an old Māori health ... View article...

Ministry steadfast on value of action plan for better outcomes for Māori

New Zealand Doctor heard suggestions the process looked like more of the same ministry control rather than the tribunal's vision of partnership. View article...

New Zealand should remain as New Zealand, not Aotearoa

Radio New Zealand was an early adopter and remains in the front line of the push for change, as it is with usage of the Māori language generally. View article...

Tauranga Māori honour White Island fallen with poignant karakia

Tauranga Māori honour White Island fallen with poignant karakia ... that have fallen and also those injured and lying in hospitals around New Zealand. View article...

When will we wake up to our broken health system?

"This is crucial to improving health outcomes for New Zealand's Māori ... in the area was uttered, just that there were lots of women and lots of Māori. View article...

Rescue pilot recounts traumatic scenes

Whakaari, as it is known in the Maori language, is New Zealand's most active cone volcano, built up by continuous volcanic activity over the past ... View article...

Trio of NZ business women leading AI in NZ

She is a major advocate for the role of Maori in all aspects of New Zealand and previously sat as an advisory board member of the Maori health tech ... View article...

LGBT+ in Australia

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School curriculum in Australia is overcrowded with new tasks for teachers once handled by parents

In terms of the cross-curriculum priorities he said: “what is it that every Australian should know about Aboriginal people culture and history and let's be ... View article...

Australia is meaner, dumber and more racist than 25 years ago

It's not just the Liberal Party: over the past 25 years Australia as a whole has ... In 1991 the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody ... View article...

Fears for indigenous treaty if LNP wins election

Aboriginal leader Mick Gooda says there's a “big concern” Queensland's move to negotiate a treaty with the state's indigenous people would be in ... View article...

Students the biggest losers as teaching standards decline Chris Mitchell

The Saturday Paper's Rick Morton countered with an unnamed Aboriginal source ... genealogist is available on the website Australian History — Truth Matters. I have no problem with reconsidering Aboriginal life before European ... View article...

Blood on the Dance Floor explores living with HIV

There's his own, as an Aboriginal man (he descends from the Narangga and Kaurna nations), gay, and HIV positive for 21 years and counting; and ... View article...

Australian cop who stoned wombat to death in viral video won't be charged

“As a historic Aboriginal man, [Johncock] has an appropriate allow to hunt wombats for meals,” South Australia Police Commissioner Grant Stevens ... View article...

19 Facts That Will Up Your Small Talk Game

Here are 19 Australian ice-breakers - arranged by topic - that will restart the flow ... When colonisation began, there were over 250 distinct Aboriginal ... View article...

Whyalla Council considering flying the Aboriginal flag

At its last meeting, the council was asked by local Angela Antonio to fly the flag alongside the Australian and council flags. “Flying the Aboriginal flag is ... View article...

The journey of a Maori woman to zero waste

Miriama Kamo is a Maori woman from New Zealand, who this year embarked on what became a very public journey to zero waste. View article...

New meth programme reflects high need

Fourteen people were referred to the District Health Board programme from its addictions service, and 12 from the Māori health provider, Te Piki ... View article...

Belgian beer named 'Maori tears' is slammed for being 'culturally offensive'

A brewery has been slammed for its 'poor taste' after labelling a beer 'Maori Tears'. Brussels Beer Project, in Belgium, is the company behind the ... View article...