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Future doctors recognised with AMA Indigenous Medical Scholarships

Two future doctors committed to improving health outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples have been awarded the Australian ... View article...

Optus commits 3% of consumer brand spend to First Nations media

Rhanna Collins, head of commercial, brand and digital at NITV, said Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander languages represent identity, belonging, ... View article...

Hundreds left in limbo as NT Government accused of ignoring offer to split cost of homeless shelter

In a statement last month, then Aboriginal Housing NT chief executive officer Leeanne Caton said many vulnerable people in the Territory relied on ... View article...

Vale Tony Mundine, a champion fighter and a great Australian

Mundine's career took him from Baryulgil, a tiny Aboriginal community near Grafton, to a world title fight. View article...

New Zealand opens five marine reserves with groundbreaking Maori co-management ...

The approach reflects the role of Māori communities as long-standing guardians of their coastal environments, while bringing that knowledge together ... View article...

Introduce a range of new taxes, including a wealth tax, stamp duty

Te Pati Māori also proposes something called “No GST on kai” which it explains as a targeted tax credit for those earning $60,000 or less. That would ... View article...

Māori PHOs say Te Whatu Ora breaching deal that got new capitation over the line

Maori PHO collective Te Kāhui Hauora Māori is accusing Health New Zealand Te Whatu Ora of breaching a verbal agreement made to get this year's ... View article...

Newcastle's Maori strongman with Red Bull flair and England ambitions

In Te reo Maori , the word 'Pouri' tends to carry a solemn resonance. It often conveys a sense of sorrow or sadness; the echo of some grave event ... View article...

New survey investigates Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples' scientific priorities

An online survey has launched today so Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people can nominate their priority topics for scientific inquiry , ... View article...

Students support children's sensory needs

A collaboration with Bendigo and District Aboriginal Co-operative is giving Occupational Therapy students the opportunity to work with educators ... View article...

Māori nurse educator Pipi Barton recognised with top honour

Advocating for Māori nurses, as both tauira and in the workforce, has been a career mission for Northland nurse and academic Pipi Barton — this ... View article...

Case of severe respiratory diphtheria reported in Perth Metro area

All Aboriginal people across Western Australia are eligible for the diphtheria vaccine booster , in addition to non- Aboriginal people residing in ... View article...

What the election slogans say – and what they whisper

Te Pāti Māori has unveiled an ambitious tax policy, claiming it would lower the income tax of 97% of New Zealanders , writes Henry Oliver in today's ... View article...

New Poll: Kiwis reject Opportunity push to raise Youth Court age

A majority of voters in every party tested reject extending the Youth Court to age 25: NZ First : 86 percent; ACT : 78 percent; Te Pāti Māori : 78 ... View article...

Record number of Indigenous players in AFL All-Australian side

Five Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander players have been named in the 2026 AFL All-Australian team , setting a new record for First Nations ... View article...

Business student's ambitions bloom

The future is bright for Sullivan Margaritis Award recipient Kaiya Walker , who recently launched a Māori -inspired gift box business while studying ... View article...

Te Pāti Māori proposes 48% income tax rate, tax credit for kai

Te Pāti Māori has proposed a raft of new taxes, including a wealth tax, a vacant house tax, a land banking tax, and a stamp duty. View article...

Aboriginal group seeks more compensation from miner Fortescue

An Aboriginal group has appealed the amount of compensation it was awarded for cultural harm and economic loss linked to iron ore mining by Fortescue ... View article...

WA government to appeal landmark native title ruling against Andrew Forrest's Fortescue

The Yindjibarndi Ngurra Aboriginal Corporation says it is disappointed with the compensation while both the WA government and Fortescue had argued in ... View article...

Science Meets Mātauranga Māori In Breakthrough Model To Map Flood Risk And Cultural Loss

... Māori through wānanga and interviews with kaumātua . That second phase of the work was funded by Natural Hazards Commission Toka Tū Ake , enabling ... View article...