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New Zealand once led the world in marine protection. Now it looks like we will fail to meet our international promise to protect 30 percent of our ocean estate by 2030. Why is stopping fishing so politically fraught? How might our ideas about marine protection need to change? And why, when our seas are in need, is it taking us so long to learn to talk to each other?

To the Editor: Across the United States, Indigenous tribes have had a 30-year economic boon – well, everywhere except in Maine. Here, our legislators would rather take the most restrictive view of the 1980 Settlement Act that governs Wabanki Nations in Maine than allow the economic gains all other federally recognized tribes have recorded. The […]

House Speaker Rachel Talbot Ross presented a sweeping bill Monday to expand the rights of Maine tribes to govern themselves, but negotiations are focused on a few specific reforms that supporters say have a chance to pass this year.

Administrative Tribunals Act, 1985Administrative Tribunals Act 1985 - The relevant State Government has the implied power to issue a request to abolish the SAT in its state to the Union Government....

The stories of Te Wai Pounamu flow through the  land like water, pathways to history, mātauranga and place.   Water’s fundamental role in the...

The Maine legislature is considering adding an office on tribal relations to improve the thorny relationship between the tribes and the state. House Speaker Rep. Rachel Talbot Ross (D-Portland) presented the Judiciary Committee on Wednesday with a proposal for the new office, which would be primarily tasked with monitoring legislation that pertains to the tribes. The proposal puts this office within the Office of the Secretary of State, which Talbot Ross said is how comparable offices in other...

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Care and support workers across Aotearoa New Zealand are urgently calling for a new pay equity settlement, with their current agreement expiring tomorrow (31 December). Over 65,000 workers who provide much needed care for groups like the elderly and ...

MEDIROM Healthcare Technologies Inc. Reports Financial Results for the Six Months Ended June 30, 2023 and Provides Corporate Update New York - December 29, 2023...