Today is World’s Indigenous Peoples Day
The day was made official by the UN General Assembly in December 1994.
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Opinion: Nations, corporations leading us into an unsustainable future – Dr Daniel Hikuroa
OPINION: Māori are responsible for ensuring the viability of land and resources.
Māori world pro circuit darts player taking aim at the best
Haupai Puha is living the dream on the world darts stage.
Act Party wants Te Whatu Ora staff to ditch karakia
David Seymour questions whether other cultural practices would be incorporated.
Woman’s bail revoked after faking Aboriginal heritage
A 32-year-old is facing perjury charges after falsely claiming Aboriginal heritage.
'Ngarewa-Packer smiles like Tinker Bell but rhetoric is from blinking hell' - Shane Jones
NZ First deputy leader says Māori Party is blood shaming.
Māori scholar awarded honorary UK doctorate
Jacinta Ruru is top of the class for indigenous research.
Māori to the front of leading indigenous peoples rights
Wahine Māori named UN chair to further indigenous rights
Northland's Pita Tipene leading world's first indigenous trade agreement
The arrangement helped US and Canadian indigenous people meet for the first time.
Birth of rare white buffalo fulfills Lakota prophecy
Lakota people caution the calf is a warning more must be done to protect Earth.
Opinion: New treaty does little to protect traditional knowledge
OPINION: Newly signed global Treaty might improve the patent system
Ex-footballer says two relatives killed in New Caledonia
Former France and Real Madrid midfielder says relatives shot in the head by snipers.
Pronouns and tribal affiliations forbidden in US university employee emails
South Dakota University staff told they had ‘5 days to correct the behaviour’.
A lifetime of protest: 95-year-old is still fighting for the rights of others
His first act of protest was to learn te reo when he arrived from England in 1950.
Aussie billionaire rages against unflattering portrait
The gallery has declined to pull the unflattering painting from display.
New survey suggests the Treaty brings NZ together
Today’s official narratives acknowledge the Treaty was broken during European colonisation
Microsoft enters ‘groundbreaking’ Māori data sovereignty deal that could have global implications
Te Tumu Paeroa CIO Ruth Russell described Māori data as a 'taonga'.
‘Māori Seabed, For Shore!’ - Two decades on from the largest hīkoi in a generation
Twenty years on from the biggest protest in Aotearoa, how far have we come?
Machu Picchu: 'Our ancestors built this'
Local Peruvian women from the Awamaki business initiative visit Machu Picchu for first time. Video / Thomas Bywater
Magic mushroom trialled as rongoa to treat addiction and mental health
Marae growing indigenous magic mushrooms to treat addiction and mental health issues.
Foreign doctors struggle with Kiwi culture
New Zealand's cultural integration model for GPs needs work, study finds.
Record entries confirmed for Tainui kapa haka festival
The best of Tainui waka will be out to win places in Te Matatini 2025.
The church, the kaiwero and the apology: Pat Mohi exclusive interview
The man whose image was digitally removed from a wero speaks out.
Māori in Australia ready for kapa haka regionals on the Gold Coast
Three teams will qualify to compete at Te Matatini 2025 at Ngāmotu.
Two tribal nations sue social media companies over Native youth suicides
Giant platforms accused of 'fuelling a childhood mental health crisis'.
Whakaata Māori's 20th birthday not just a milestone for Māori but for everyone
How the broadcaster has changed the Aotearoa television landscape for the better.
'Substantial miscarriage of justice': After 40 years behind bars man claiming innocence could walk free
'A significant possibility that an innocent person has been convicted.'
'Wronged from the very first day': Men discover they were switched at birth almost 70 years later
'They both have had who they thought they were stripped away because of this.'
Australian youth crime, conversion laws pass in late-night sitting
The tougher bail laws will make it harder for older children to be released.
Māori rights to face global spotlight as UN sends special envoy to Aotearoa
'Indigenous rights are human rights, and we must work together to protect them.'
Why Māori don’t want to live on Māori land
Negative rhetoric deters whānau from living on Māori land or in small communities.
'Just let the reo speak for itself'
Te Po Theatre presents a new hybrid show of Māori theatre and circus.
Rich learnings from international exchanges of Indigenous people - Dr Moana Eruera
Why not boost support for Indigenous solutions of traditional health?
Funeral Guides collective helps whānau cut costs
Whakatāne-based group aims to help whānau reclaim traditional death-care practises.