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Augustus gets WA heritage green light for first gold drill program

Augustus Minerals has received gold drilling approval in WA after a heritage survey was completed with the Watarra Aboriginal Corporation on ... View article...

Aboriginal staff given extra paid leave to recognise the impacts of colonisation

Aboriginal staff at Australia's biggest university can now take three extra days of paid leave each year to help them cope with the perceived ongoing ... View article...

How Victoria's treaty with Aboriginal Australians could pave the way for the rest of the country

Victoria has become the first jurisdiction to introduce treaty legislation to parliament , paving the way for a formal agreement between the ... View article...

Celebrating 10 years of impact and innovation

New scholarship to improve Aboriginal health in NSW prisons · WA inquest into death of 10-year-old First Nations ... View article...

How New Zealand's Justice System Produces Māori Over-Incarceration

In the 19th century, British settlers established detention centers to suppress Māori resistance and dismantle tikanga , the Indigenous law that saw ... View article...

'I Am the River': How Indigenous Knowledge Reshaped New Zealand's Law

The Whanganui River is officially a living being and legal person. Māori leaders explain how Indigenous knowledge and persistence made it happen. View article...

Remembering Ruapekapeka, 180 years on

Hūhana Lyndon says the war was not only a fight between Māori and Pākehā but was also a fight between relations. “Ko te kaupapa mō tēnei wā maumahara, ... View article...

'How do the people break through?' - third of Māori land considered landlocked

Tāmaki Makaurau regional field advisor Dot Dalziell said up to a third of Māori landholding is locked, but the problem was particularly acute in the ... View article...

Significant increase in reports of racism targeting First Nations children

New data reveals a concerning rise in the number of racist incidents targeting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and young people ... View article...

National study shares wellbeing perspectives of First Nations youth

For years, public discussions about Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander young people have been shaped by statistics on health, education and ... View article...

New First Nations suicide prevention campaign urges early conversations and culturally safe support

A new suicide prevention campaign aimed at strengthening the social and emotional wellbeing of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples has been ... View article...

Global study reveals widespread burning of plastic for heating and cooking

Curtin University acknowledges Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, the First Peoples of this place we call Australia , and recognises them ... View article...

Hawke's Bay Māori Housing Project Wants To See The Model Rolled Out Nationwide

... Māori land and received funding through government-backed Māori housing initiatives such as Te Puni Kōkiri . The village of 10 brand new homes is ... View article...

Indigenous intellectual property needs better protections, say advocates

Lynell Tuffery Huria , the first Māori patent attorney and an expert on Indigenous intellectual property rights in New Zealand, says Māori culture ... View article...

New Zealand Varsities embrace Duolingo as language learning evolves

A Te Reo Māori course was being developed in 2020, but the initiative had not yet eventuated. Chinese , Korean , and Portuguese were among the fastest- ... View article...

Linwood Māori immersion school honoured again at global event in Abu Dhabi

In January 2025, Linwood Māori immersion school Te Pā o Rākaihautū was a finalist in the Abu Dhabi Zayed Sustainability Prize , winning in their ... View article...

A New Cycleway Has Just Opened On The Sydney Harbour Bridge – With Striking Aboriginal Artwork

The long-awaited cycleway offers a seamless ride across the bridge, with Aboriginal artwork laid directly into the surface. View article...

Census shows early inequality endures

However, more than 40% remain developmentally vulnerable . Geography has a disproportionate impact, with 65.6% of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander  ... View article...

Northland's talking tūī remembered as Otorohanga bird Pleakly goes viral

“It's a well-known fact that our great-grandmother spoke only Māori , and so it was no surprise that her pet tūī only spoke Māori too,” Tipene said. View article...

Economic power face of practical self-determination

There was a national high point in late 2024 , just before Te Pāti Māori's recent great unravelling when a hīkoi of nearly 100,000 protesters against ... View article...