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Buffy Sainte-Marie lets me in on a little secret:  “Here's the key to me — it has to be fun...

"Buffy Sainte-Marie: Carry It On," premiering at TIFF, explores the rich life and legacy of an Indigenous singer/songwriter who once nursed her child on "Sesame Street," was blacklisted by the

Iconic singer-songwriter Buffy Sainte-Marie, whose work has been covered and sampled by stars like Elvis Presley, Barbra Streisand, Courtney Love and Kanye West,  is the subject of a documentary feature premiering ...

Preventing “Cultural Catastrophe” in the pandemic: A Cultural Rights Approach CULTURAL ONLINE EVENT Recently, I attended an online event that tackled the topic of cultural rights across the world affected by a pandemic that has brought on a “cultural catastrophe”. According to the UN special rapporteur in the field of cultural rights, “Cultural rights are fundamental for the respect of human dignity, in the diversity of its expressions” which is the stated purpose of the UN mandate. The current UN-appointed mandate holder, Karima Bennoune, Special Rapporteur in the field of cultu...

ROBERT KITCHIN/STUFF PM Jacinda Ardern announced Auckland would go down one Covid-19 alert level on Sunday at 6am, while the rest of NZ would go back down to level 1. A year on from the first case in Aotearoa, the Government is still developing a Covid-19 communications plan specifically for Māori. It comes as the roll-out of Covid-19 communications to Māori has been criticised as mana-trampling, reactive and rushed by some of those tasked with doing the work. However, the Government says it has been meeting regularly with iwi and key Māori networks, and is launching a targeted vaccine c...