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Deadly blind spot in government's approach to alcohol harm

Recently released statistics from the New Zealand Health Survey 2018/19 show that Māori continue to be more likely than non-Māori to drink ... View article...

Sir Howard Morrison's daughter admits $1.25 million fraud

A prominent Māori performing arts educator, and daughter of the late Sir Horward Morrison, has admitted defrauding a tertiary education provider and ... View article...

More progress in delivering te reo Māori in schools

600 new te reo advocates are being sought following the success of a programme that supports the Government's plan to integrate te reo Māori into ... View article...

600 advocates being sought to support te reo Māori into education

Registrations for Te Ahu o te Reo Māori 2020 are now open, with courses starting from ...  View article...

Ninety Mile Beach: Protection set to increase

Māori considered the beach to be spiritually significant, as the path travelled by the spirit of the deceased as they returned to their ancient homeland, ... View article...

10 ways the world got (a little) better for Māori this decade

Yes, it seems unfair for New Zealanders to put the onus on Māori women to carry the weight (however unconsciously) after such a tragedy, when the ... View article...

NZ comedian forced to change name

The game celebrates New Zealand's most iconic Kiwiana, celebrities, ... a drinking game being co-created with popular comedian Memoirs of a Maori. View article...

Do ethnic MPs genuinely represent their communities?

Our Parliament also sees more New Zealanders of Maori descent serving, including MPs who grew up with a strong Maori worldview, as well as those ... View article...

LGBT+ in Australia

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Young Aboriginal leaders in the Kimberley call for change to curb suicides

Aboriginal youth leaders in Western Australia's far north have made sweeping recommendations to curb the chronic rates of suicide among their peers ... View article...

Volt Bank begins accepting some customers

Volt became Australia's first challenger bank to receive a full fledged ... and a couple who questioned his Aboriginal heritage in Mildura went viral. View article...

New project aims to break the cycle of intergenerational and complex trauma

... Australia has identified key themes that will be used to inform strategies to support Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander parents in the first ... View article...

McDonald's Restaurant Owner Loses His Store After 'Racist' Rant At Neighbor

Okay you can do nice paintings but you claim to be Aboriginal? ... on the post, and #toostrong4karen trending across Australia over the weekend. View article...

ASX expected to open higher on trade news

The Australian share market is expected to open higher after the ... artist and a couple who questioned his Aboriginal heritage in Mildura went viral. View article...

Support for Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal Australian students' wellbeing at school

Appropriate support is crucial for Australian Aboriginal students to do well. The purpose of this paper was to investigate relations between 3 sources of ... View article...

Colonial gallery to be revamped with First Nations input

“The colonial period, strictly speaking, in South Australia goes from 1836 to 1900 – but Aboriginal people tell us that it hasn't ended,” Paul explains. View article...

10 things you need to know this morning in Australia

Australia is getting its own equivalent of the NASDAQ. ... The Commonwealth Bank and the National Australia Bank (NAB) will be the only two major ... him and trying to pull down an Aboriginal flag hanging from the side of his house. View article...

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...

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...