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100 years of LGBTQ firsts: Breakthroughs from the tennis court to the Supreme Court

Her sexual orientation didn't seem to be an issue with voters, and “ gay liberation ... “I am not too sure if Australia is ready for it,” Blurton, who previously ... View article...

Self-determination 'must be a priority for best results'

A blueprint for Indigenous self-determination in Australia was set out 30 years ago in the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody, but it ... View article...

Mob let down by vaccination efforts

As vaccine rates for Indigenous Australians hover below 10 per cent, Australia's top Aboriginal MPs are failing to lead the push for Indigenous  ... View article...

Megan Schutt silences critics pointing fingers at the possibility of baby with same-sex partner

Australia's women cricketer Megan Schutt has been grabbing headlines lately after she announced that she is expecting her first baby with wife Jess ... View article...

Hundreds apply for new health entity interim boards

About 80 of the total were for the interim board of the Māori Health Authority, with 175 applying for a role with Health NZ and another 90 seeking roles ... View article...

Maori Activists' Cautionary Lesson

The New Zealand experience suggests otherwise. In 1842, the British Crown entered into the Treaty of Waitangi with NZ's Maoris. By this brief document, ... View article...

Whakamāramatanga Series: Māori business procurement targets

Annually, the total value of procurement contracts awarded by the New Zealand Government is around $42 billion. While the aim of this policy regards ... View article...

New Zealand provides fellowships for budding researchers to support recovery from COVID-19

Maori and Pacific researchers make up 40 percent of the fellows receiving funding, while 60 percent of the fellows are female, she said. For the purpose ... View article...

Anti-racist icon Adam Goodes rejects Hall of Fame invitation

Adam Goodes has seen and heard enough when he retired in 2015 as one of the most famous indigenous players in the ... View article...

The top 12 city parks in Melbourne

Crowds watch the Australian Open on a large screen in Birrarung Marr ... you'll find Indigenous Australian art dotted along the park's main pathway. View article...

The debate over fighting fire with fire in the Kimberley

As part of Australia's attempts to reduce its carbon emissions, landowners like pastoralists and Indigenous groups can get paid for carbon credits by ... View article...

Arnhem Land leaders lodge voter suppression complaint against Australian Electoral Commission

Complaint to Human Rights Commission alleges the AEC discriminates against people in remote Indigenous communities by making enrolment ... View article...

Aotearoa is changing - and it's making some of us uncomfortable

... they are unnerved by climate change policies, cycleways, gender inclusivity and te reo Māori greetings. They feel alienated in a society that is now a ... View article...

Thirteen doctors under investigation after complaints about spread of Covid-19 misinformation

Papakura GP and National Māori Pandemic Group, Whakakaupapa Urutā, co-leader Dr Rawiri Jansen said it was important people complained, and ... View article...

Why Damien Grant's fears of a Police State in NZ are so well founded

…so that's 3 off the record intelligence networks that have all been uncovered in the last 3 months. Māori youth are targeted and identified illegally on ... View article...

Kāhu, nzherald's home of Māori content, takes flight

Most Kiwis will be familiar with the Māori legend of how Māui, a demigod, fished ... Kāhu is NZME's digital platform that showcases Māori stories and talent ... about racism in New Zealand for the Herald", published in June last year. View article...

Bars, clubs, restaurants return to 'pre-COVID' limits in WA

Pubs, cafes and restaurants in Western Australia will no longer have ... travel restrictions currently in place for some remote Aboriginal communities. View article...

Goldfields Indigenous leader says treaty could fix ongoing woes

Federal Indigenous Australians Minister Ken Wyatt said Aboriginal people deserved equal access to basic municipal services, but said it was a State ... View article...

Māori not being in immigration discussions fully is a 'sad reflection', says Productivity Commission ...

New Zealand's population growth has been one of the fastest in the OECD in recent years, largely fuelled by international arrivals.  View article...

Aboriginal groups reject bill to protect cultural heritage in Western Australia mining state

Indigenous Australians say a bill to protect cultural heritage in the mining state of Western Australia is flawed and should not ... View article...