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Aboriginal Cave Paintings of Now-Extinct Tasmanian Tiger May Shift Extinction Timeline

By analyzing the paint used by Aboriginal artists, researchers dated the images to around 1,000 years ago, raising the possibility that thylacines ... View article...

Championing Health Equity On National Close Gap Day

... Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. The National Agreement on Closing the Gap sets targets across health, education, housing and ... View article...

Pacific students get a boost as university programme tackles equity gap in access

University entrance rates for Māori and Pasifika have fallen but a partnership between Auckland schools and the University of Auckland is helping ... View article...

Coroner says New Zealand rugby player who died by suspected suicide had brain abnormality CTE

It can only be diagnosed after death. Christie was a former New Zealand Maori representative who believed he was suffering from CTE and campaigned for ... View article...

Historic support for Aboriginal families in landmark $350 million child protection reform

The Minns Labor Government is investing $350 million in Aboriginal Community Controlled Organisations (ACCOs), with twenty-two ACCOs winning new ... View article...

'No longer any excuse': Mainstream providers urged to hand out-of-home care services to ...

Aboriginal peak bodies have long argued that ACCOs are best placed to deliver services for Aboriginal children and families, and governments have ... View article...

'Concerning and ongoing declines' in vaccination rates

Similar patterns were observed for vaccination rates among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children over the last year. Fully vaccinated ... View article...

Implementing Queensland's Child Safe Standards: from compliance to culture in 2026

... Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children. Together, these reforms require early childhood education and care (ECEC) providers, and all child ... View article...

Ngāi Tahu react to the first successful prosecution for illegally exporting pounamu

Representative Susan Wallace told Morning Report pounamu is a sacred resource and taonga recognised by many New Zealanders, not just Māori , who wear ... View article...

Debbie Ngarewa-Packer says the fuel crisis is causing anxiety among Māori communities

The Te Pāti Māori co-leader and energy spokesperson sat down for a wide-ranging interview with Mata host Mihingarangi Forbes. View article...

Ōtara school brings back bilingual learning after 21-year break

A new Māori and Sāmoan bilingual unit in South Auckland is reconnecting a long-broken pathway, as communities push for culturally grounded ... View article...

Electoral Commission runs out of 'enrol and vote' brochures

... Māori , and is exclusionary given the growing generation of te reo Māori speakers.” She was also concerned the enrolment form in large print still ... View article...

Cubby house project an introduction to the trades

“It's supporting local Aboriginal students to make informed decisions about post-school opportunities ,” she said. “The initiative recognises the ... View article...

Preparing students for an increasingly complex world

Though now independently run, the partnership continues through student exchanges . The college also has ... View article...

Yerrabi Yurwang Health Hub closing due to lack of funding, leaving First Nations patients in ...

Rose is an Aboriginal woman living with a chronic pain condition that prevents her from working. She says a bulk-billed doctor is necessary to ... View article...

The deep spiritual roots of Māori tradition

The Māori are the indigenous people of Aotearoa New Zealand, possessing a rich cultural heritage rooted in Polynesian navigation , vibrant oral ... View article...

Māori Anglican church attends historic installation of first female Archbishop of Canterbury

“Our Māori tipuna fell in love with the indigenous Christ. So, when a service gathers many languages and cultures into one act of worship, we see ... View article...

New marae a homecoming for New Plymouth hapū

... Māori in a Māori kaupapa space, such as a marae . "For mana whenua here, we've always had to go onto marae as visitors." He said the marae build ... View article...

Khylee Quince reflects on tikanga reforms as AUT law dean tenure ends

Leading the change to “embed tikanga ” in law students' first year of study is the proudest achievement of New Zealand's first Māori Dean of Law , ... View article...

Clean drinking water restored to WA's most remote Aboriginal community

Clean drinking water has been restored to Western Australia's most remote Aboriginal community, as part of the Cook Government's long-term ... View article...