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UN expert targets Maori disadvantage
Extreme social and economic disadvantage faced by Maori has been highlighted as an ongoing concern by a visiting UN expert.
Sharples to review te reo spend
Moves are under way to give Maori Affairs Minister Pita Sharples closer scrutiny of the estimated $250 million government spend on te reo initiatives.
Mighty kites grace Waitemata
Sea creatures will be dancing high above the waters of the Waitemata Harbour today.
Stripper and other acts renew pressure to close Uluru
The run of what traditional owners regard as serious insults to their beliefs and culture has renewed pressure to close Uluru.
Pair escape charge over death of Aborigine
Two security guards won't face charges over the heat stroke death of a West Australian Aboriginal elder in a prison van.
Ayers rock strip-dance appalls Aboriginals
Native Australians are calling for the deportation of a French tourist who offended their cultural sensitivities.
North Island Maori 'sorely tested' - tribunal
Rapid colonisation left Maori in the lower North Island virtually landless and stripped them of decision-making power, the Waitangi Tribunal has found.
<i>John Armstrong</i>: Labour gets headlines, National gets job done
Political commentator John Armstrong says nothing happening in politics this week had a hope of upstaging the fall and fall of Chris Carter.
Racism storm sweeps through sporting codes
'Cannibals' remark fuels racism-in-sport row across the Tasman.
Queensland police conduct in Aboriginal man's death 'unacceptable'
Queensland's crime watchdog has slammed the way police handled the death in custody of Palm Island man Cameron Doomadgee.