"Selma," as in Alabama, the place where segregation in the South was at its worst, leading to a march that ended in violence, forcing a famous statement by President Lyndon B. Johnson that ultimately led to the signing of the Voting Rights Act.
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Everything: The Real Thing Story
(PG) Dubbed 'the black Beatles' by the British tabloids, the 'other' four lads from Liverpool recount their incredible story from the tough streets of Toxteth to the bright light of New York.
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ShowsTaumata 3001
In the future, we will see more clearly the power and character of the Māori generation who came of age after the 1984 Hui Taumata.
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New podcast shares 100-year history of Māori radio
Justine Murray is the producer and presenter of Te Ahi Kaa at Radio New Zealand and she has compiled a podcast series, Ngā Taonga Kōrero, exploring the stories and history of Māori radio from the p
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Fulbright scholar will study corporate violence against US indigenous people
Aikman is the recipient of the Fulbright-Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga Scholar Award to conduct research at Harvard University in the US.
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News$1m crowdfunding campaign to buy historic site in Waikato
A Waikato hapū has launched a crowdfunding campaign to buy back a piece of land at the site of Pukeiāhua Pā.
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Lawyer creates online platform to teach tamariki history of Aotearoa
Wai Ako, created by Roimata Smail and her husband Sam, has launched an online learning resource to teach primary students about New Zealand history, as it relates to Te Tiriti.
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Let hapū write the history to be taught in schools, not the Ministry of Education
‘We, the family, know the stories of our ancestor.’
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Raukawa wāhine complete 370km journey walking in ancestor’s footsteps
Their tupuna Māhinaarangi of Ngāti Kahungunu is renowned for having travelled, while heavily pregnant, more than 500 kilometres from her people’s lands in Kahungunu to those of her husband, Tūrongo, at Rangiātea.
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Whanganui band NLC chosen to rerecord Māori 'protest song'
Baz Muir, who heads NLC, was chosen to refresh and rerecord the waiata to be used as part of the Māori Party 2020 election campaign.
