5G deal a unique opportunity, say Māori negotiators
A deal under which Māori will be allocated a significant slice of 5G radio spectrum marks a change for the past, says New Zealand Māori Council ... View article...
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Unblocking finance at scale to cool the planet
Three of New Zealand's top innovators have teamed up with the founders of ... and Māori economy specialist and tech entrepreneur Mike Taitoko have set up Toha Foundry to develop and launch the Toha impact investment platform. View article...
Māori King's adviser Rangi Whakaruru admits fraud charges
A close confidant to Maori King Tūheitia has pleaded guilty and been convicted by the Serious Fraud Office with lying and misappropriating tens of ... View article...
Are we losing potential sportswomen to avoidable injury?
From being the first in the world to gain the female vote to Jean Batten setting aviation records, to Iriaka Ratana becoming the first Māori woman ... View article...
Maori leaders tackle blind spot in government's approach to alcohol harm - Hapai Te Hauora
This week a collective of mana whenua, MÄ ori health providers, advocates and community take their concerns about alcohol harm inequities to a ... View article...
Maori voice to help shape tertiary education
“We have heard that Māori want to be involved in the Crown's work to ... This is particularly important for regional New Zealand, and for primary and ... View article...
Māori King's advisor pleads guilty to fraud charges, including for gastric bypass surgery
The Māori King's private secretary has pleaded guilty to six fraud charges – some related to his own gastric bypass surgery - with the Auckland District ... View article...
Maori voice to help shape tertiary education
“We have heard that Māori want to be involved in the Crown's work to ... This is particularly important for regional New Zealand, and for primary and ... View article...
LGBT+ in Australia
#Egaylity –— 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
The violence of the frontier wars has never really ended
This incident is now classed as one of the over 420 Aboriginal deaths in ... to as Australia, it claimed it was terra nullius, meaning it was uninhabited. View article...
Partnership brings Australian Aboriginal 'Memorial Poles' exhibition to UVA community
presents 112 memorial poles by 55 artists from remote Aboriginal communities in the tropical northern region of Australia known as ... View article...
Australian government offered up outback for nuclear testing to save a small English village
How the Australian government offered up an outback Aboriginal settlement for nuclear bomb testing in the 1950s – saving a small English town but ... View article...
Were Aboriginal Australians the primary astronomers?
What's in the stars? Barnaby Norris. By Ray Norris. On a good night, I can name about 20 stars. can name roughly 3000. I am originally from ... View article...
Former High Court chief justice Robert French to head access to justice inquiry
The peak body for the legal profession, the Law Council of Australia, ... the founding chairman of the Aboriginal Legal Service of Western Australia and ... View article...
New Eora walk for Sydney
Independent Aboriginal curator Emily McDaniel will curate a series of ... and artworks along Sydney Harbour foreshore, from the Australian National ... View article...
Climate change hysterics need a lesson in Australia's bushfire history
It's a severe drought in much of eastern Australia coupled with the ... Prior to European settlement, Aboriginal people would routinely set fire to the ... View article...
Aboriginal rugby coach Jarred Hodges boycotted the term 'Indigenous'. Here's why
After being put in charge of a fledgling program to discover Indigenous playing talent this year, Hodges sent a timely message to mainstream Australia ... View article...
Moko kauae becoming a 'rite of passage' for increasing numbers of Māori women
Moko kauae becoming a 'rite of passage' for increasing numbers of Māori ... A 2013 survey by Statistics New Zealand found 15 per cent of tangata ... View article...
Colonial Combat reinvents colonisation as a level playing field
To envision wrestling matches between Māori and Pākehā in 1836 at the pivotal moment in the history of colonisation would seem to make light of the ... View article...
Maori Tezuka retires from porn aged 80
Maori Tezuka, a former opera singer who made her debut in Japan's flourishing 'silver porn' industry at a sprightly 71, blamed her decision partly on a ... View article...
Māori and the poor suffer the most crime - report
Just 4 percent of Kiwis experience 47 percent of all crime and 67 percent of interpersonal violence, according to data from the New Zealand Crime and ... View article...
Video games encourage Indigenous cultural expression
At one point in “,” a game about the Indigenous people of New Zealand and their experience with European colonization, a missionary hits Maori ... View article...
Tuia 250 flotilla reaches final stop in Hawke's Bay
Hoturoa Barclay-Kerr, who is the other co-chair, said Māori achieved feats of navigation and voyaging that even today are considered incredible. View article...
White Island eruption: Dead guide was a hero who had previously saved two tourists' lives
"All during the tour, when we were on that island with Hayden, my youngest was just hammering him with facts and figures about volcanoes and Maori ... View article...
Bay pivot a back-to-back world champ.
In their semifinal New Zealand beat the New Zealand Maori Schools team 26-12. Ah Kiong's former HBHS teammate Andrew Hayward played for the ... View article...
LGBT+ in Australia
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
Indigenous businesses face tough and unfair fight for government contracts
There's evidence the Federal Government's policy to turbo charge Indigenous businesses is being exploited by non-Indigenous Australians. Known as ... View article...
Johnny Whalan considers competing in WA
Johnny Whalan, Australia's highest-profile indigenous bodyboarder and a former 13th-ranked world tour competitor, says he is considering multiple ... View article...
Exploring culture and history in Northern Territory, Australia
Exploring culture and history in Northern Territory, Australia ... With its indigenous culture and wildlife-rich national parks, the Top End in the Northern ... View article...
How to enjoy life the Australian way
All in all, the best part about Australia is the people. We tell stories – sometimes long ones – to make connections. Indigenous people tell stories of ... View article...
QBE Foundation empowers indigenous girls in new tie-up
QBE Foundation, the charitable arm of Australian insurance giant QBE, has joined forces with the Stars Foundation to empower more Aboriginal and ... View article...
Minister for Indigenous Australians says the national anthem MUST be played ahead of the NRL ...
The Minister for Indigenous Australians Ken Wyatt said removing the song from the pre-match buildup would create a divide in the community. View article...
Indigenous leader's plea for unity and support
The Aboriginal Evangelical Fellowship (AEF) is about to celebrate its 50th anniversary at its biennial convention in South Australia in January. View article...
Judge who told an Aboriginal defendant she got drunk 'in that great indigenous fashion' WON'T be ...
Judge who told an Aboriginal defendant she got drunk 'in that great ... her job to travel 40,000km alone across Australia's Outback in a hired 4WD. View article...
Hundreds of Kiwi children harmed while in the care of Oranga Tamariki
... in care were Māori, 11 per cent were Māori and Pacific Islanders, 3 per cent were Pacific Islanders, and 16 per cent were New Zealand European. View article...
Maori leader says volcano tragedy a "sad time" for NZ
Local Maori community leader Pouroto Ngaropo said on Tuesday the recent White Island volcano eruption that killed six people was a "sad" time for ... View article...
New Zealand says food strategy will help focus resources
New Zealand has unveiled a strategy and action plan to help focus ... to new thinking in international forums, work in partnership with Māori and be ... View article...
Sky New Zealand launches free-to-air channel Prime on Freeview platform
Sky New Zealand has introduced free-to-air channel Prime for Freeview ... the content from TVNZ OnDemand, ThreeNow and Māori TV On Demand. View article...
Congo and New Zealand demand return of cultural artefacts
The request from New Zealand concerns human remains of indigenous Maori people. Congo, meanwhile, is asking for the return of archives kept ... View article...
Maori leader says New Zealand eruption was the volcano 'passing on a warning from the spiritual ...
Pouroto Ngaropo is a Maori leader whose tribe owns the company that took tourists to the White Island volcano before it erupted; He performed ... View article...
A report's highlighted an inequity of mental heath service quality and outcomes for Maori
The Mental Health Commissioner's released an update to his 2018 report on the country's mental health and addiction services. It found 41 per cent of ... View article...
How the White Island disaster unfolded
... an ant-trail of tourists checking out New Zealand's most active volcano. One minute later, the ever-puffing cone, whose Maori name means the ... View article...
LGBT+ in Australia
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
Aboriginal foster carers needed to help kids find forever homes
An early call-out for more foster parents, particularly Aboriginal carers, has been made following this year's record number of children in child ... View article...
Evaluating the Impact of the International Year of Ecotourism: Anniversary Report (2007)
Ecotourism is largely a major money spinner with few operators ... AUSTRALIA – Aboriginal people in Australia have traditional fire ... View article...
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...
Aboriginal health 'misses out' on health 'boost'
THE First peoples' Health and Wellbeing organisation says Aboriginals in ... government's “commitment to improving the health of all Australians”. View article...
Commissioner questions Aboriginal Family Violence Prevention funding cuts
“Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women are 35 times more likely to be hospitalised for family violence than other women in Australia. This is a ... View article...
Western Australia's Imintji camping ground named one of the top places in the world to visit in 2020
The Kimberley, in Western Australia, in considered one of Australia's most distant locations, recognized for its gorges, historical Aboriginal artwork, ... View article...
Aboriginal place names map set for launch
A new interactive map of Tasmania, which features place names in palawa kani — a revived language of Tasmanian Aborigines — is the work of the ... View article...
The remote Australian destination named as one of the top places in the world you ...
The Kimberley is Western Australia's most sparsely populated northern region known for its dramatic rugged gorges, ancient Aboriginal art, iconic ... View article...
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
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
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...
High Court rules against mayoral hopeful in long-standing Māori land dispute
The High Court has ruled that landowners can pursue enforcement action against a former New Plymouth mayoral candidate and her whānau who ... View article...
Maori ward inaction decried by Maori Party
Maori ward inaction decried by Maori Party ... councils try to introduce Maori wards because she expects New Zealand First to oppose any change. View article...
D Company pics sought for history
... the Māori Battalion company histories will provide highly valuable historical and educational information to both Māori and the wider New Zealand ... View article...
DHB picks to make Maori voices heard
He says if there are to be better health outcomes for Māori, those working in the system and guiding it need to look more like the population they are ... View article...
Can Indigenous Australians be deported as 'aliens'? A High Court decision will show us the ...
New Zealand born Maori citizensmay pass citizenship on to their children born overseas, but not to their grandchildren. They have no automatic right ... View article...
LGBT+ in Australia
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
Qld on the path to First Nations treaty
*A treaty aims to reshape the relationship between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians, and encourage a shared pride for Indigenous culture ... View article...
Australia's massacres and the conspiracy of silence
Did you know that there were state-sanctioned massacres of Indigenous people as recently as 1928? These stories, and many more, have been ... View article...
Achieving social justice through the rule of law
In Australia, I felt honoured to represent the interests of the indigenous community i.e. Aborigines, who have a history of 40,000 years of existence in ... View article...
Ranger helps others find their feet offering his experience after failing to land a job for years
At a remote station in South Australia, an Indigenous ranger is sharing his experience of unemployment with jobseekers trying to find a way into the ... View article...
Senate should investigate 'missing, murdered, maimed' Indigenous women, Linda Burney says
A Senate inquiry is needed to understand the extent of violence against Indigenous women "right across Australia", Labor MP and shadow minister for ... View article...
'Voice' named 2019 word of the year by Australian National Dictionary Centre
Word as used in 'Indigenous voice to parliament' was central to public ... Australian National Dictionary Centre, beating “quiet Australians” and “fish kill ... View article...
Indigenous Year 10 students from Parkes complete Active Citizen Program
A group of Indigenous students from Parkes, Condobolin and Lake ... The camp concluded with a visit to the Australian War Memorial where students ... View article...
Wet cough rate among Indigenous kids in WA's Kimberley high, but study yields positive signs
A study has found a high prevalence of chronic wet cough in Aboriginal children in four remote communities in Western Australia's Kimberley region. View article...
Maori ward inaction decried by Maori Party
Maori ward inaction decried by Maori Party ... councils try to introduce Maori wards because she expects New Zealand First to oppose any change. View article...
Vision and courage behind Maori Language Awards
A lifetime of teaching and demonstrating the best of te reo Maori has won Rahera and Te Waihoroi Shortland a joint Lifetime Achievement Award at ... View article...
Help required to complete D Company history
“The Māori Battalion company histories will provide highly valuable historical and educational information to both Māori and the wider New Zealand ... View article...
The Putiki church that love built
It is a richly ornate fusion of Maori and Pakeha architecture, religious beliefs, culture, legends and mythology. Its origins begin with a love story. View article...
Tourists unaccounted for after volcano erupts on New Zealand island
... and daily tours allow more than 10,000 people to visit the volcano every year. The island is also known by the indigenous Maori name Whakaari. View article...
Pegasus Health welcomes new Director of Hauora Māori and Ōritetanga
Pegasus Health's commitment to equity and access will be further strengthened with the appointment of Irihāpeti Mahuika as its Director of Hauora ... View article...
Lights on Oranga Tamariki
In order for Maori to grow in capacity, something has to reduce and brave conversations began at the meeting around the role of Maori providers and ... View article...
Labour Party criticism shows PC culture trumps productivity
Why was electing a Māori president important other than to tick a perceived box? Where in Morgan's mind did talent fit or wasn't that important? View article...
LGBT+ in Australia
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
One in two Aborigines suffered racism in last six months
More Aborigines are experiencing racism – with 46 per cent claiming discrimination in the last six months. Almost one in two indigenous Australians ... View article...
Lost, missing or murdered?
And they are not the only Indigenous family asking the same question: is she ... Australian authorities are yet to truly understand how many Aboriginal ... View article...
Indigenous filmmaking set to rise in Canada in 2018 and beyond
Indigenous filmmaker Alanis Obomsawin never thought she ... Wente hopes the office will be similar to Screen Australia's Indigenous ... View article...
Persistence pays off as mining's big cheese unveiled
“To date, four key contracts have been awarded to indigenous enterprises, focused on major plant, minor plant, labour hire and cleaning services,” she ... View article...