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Nanaia Mahuta Becomes New Zealand's First Female Indigenous Foreign Minister
Fahadullah Hussaini
On Monday, Nanaia Mahuta became New Zealand’s first female Indigenous foreign minister, replacing Winston Peters who had held the position since 2017. Mahuta, who is also the first-ever member of the New Zealand parliament to don a moko kauae - a traditional tattoo - on her chin, has previously served as a cabinet minister in the Fifth Labour Government, as the Minister of Customs, the ... ...more
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Today Is Leif Erickson Day! Who Was He?
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The 9th of October marks the day designated day to celebrate the Norse explorer Leif Erikson, from Iceland, who actually ventured on to continental North America and took Vinland as a residence far before Christopher Columbus arrived to the Americas. He is said to have blown off course on a trip to Greenland and found himself in Vinland, now Eastern Canada. There it was said that he had come ... ...more