A group of indigenous students from the University of Victoria in Canada have set foot on New Zealand soil with this week. They spent three nights with Māori students to exchange knowledge and wisdom about real-world issues.
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Indigenous conference brings the world to Waikato
The Native American and Indigenous Studies Associations conference regulars are in Aotearoa for the first time. Welcomed by King Tuheitia and Waikato University, the visiting 2000 scholars, researchers and students are keen to learn from Māori and exchange ideas.
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Rangatahi demand change
A national youth convention in Auckland has given rangatahi the opportunity to tell the older generation what needs to change and why. It follows a strike this week by hundreds of thousands of youth worldwide who are demanding action on climate change.
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Mental health priority for Wellbeing Budget 2019
Finance Minister Grant Robertson has confirmed mental health will be one of five top priority areas in Government’s first Wellbeing Budget next year.
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Mahuta opens WIBF conference in Rotorua
Minister for Māori Development Nanaia Mahuta opened the World Indigenous Business Forum in Rotorua today.
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Māori nurses claim on pay disparity gets Tribunal hearing
The New Zealand Nursing Organisation (NZNO) have lodged a Kaupapa Inquiry Claim into pay disparity of Māori nurses which will be heard by the Waitangi Tribunal in October. NZNO Kaiwhakahaere Kerry Nuku says the crown has breached its obligations to Māori in the health system under the Treaty of Waitangi.
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National "hasn’t done well enough” previously for Māori vote- Bridges
National leader Simon Bridges admits his party has not done enough for the Māori vote in the past but says it's worth chasing. His remarks come at the beginning of National's AGM weekend but when asked, he wasn't sure where Māori interests feature on the agenda.
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Moana Jackson links suicide to colonisation
The global indigenous suicide prevention symposium is in its second day in Wellington.
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NewsIndigenous peoples gather in Taiwan for 2017 International Austronesian Conference
A large delegation of Taiwan’s indigenous peoples welcomed guests from Aotearoa, Canada, Hawaii, Tahiti, Guam, Malaysia and the Philippines this week for the 2017 International Austronesian Conference in Taipei.
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Petroleum protestors dragged away
Climate change protests in New Plymouth got ugly today with people being dragged away amidst streams of tears. The protesters were trying to block the entrance of dignitaries to the New Zealand Petroleum conference.
