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How to celebrate Indigenous Literacy Day in your classroom

Every classroom has the opportunity to help students discover the richness and diversity of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander stories, cultures ... View article...

National Roundtable renews call for urgent action on murdered and disappeared Aboriginal ...

A national roundtable of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women leaders, people with lived experience, government representatives, ... View article...

Hobart council votes to begin returning Queens Domain land to Aboriginal ownership

The 9-3 vote marks the first Aboriginal land return in Tasmania in two decades… View article...

Julalikari council and Tennant Mines team up to help Indigenous residents work at Nobles Nob

Julalikari Council Aboriginal Corporation is working with Tennant Mines to provide the tree planting jobs, as part of rehabilitation works at Nobles ... View article...

Stats NZ Implements Fee-Based Data Request Fines

The organisations that submitted included five iwi and other Māori organisations (including one Māori youth organisation), five public sector ... View article...

Community grants programme open again

... Māori cultural heritage. The Hibiscus and Bays Local Board has also opened the second round of its 2026 local grants, providing funding for arts ... View article...

Kōanga Festival returns to Tāmaki Makaurau

Kōanga Festival, Aotearoa's annual celebration of Māori performing arts, has revealed its full programme for 2026. View article...

Haka to Dragon Boat: Māori and Chinese cultures meet across the Equator

The image of Māori warriors paddling dragon boats alongside Chinese teams, and Chinese visitors joining in the Haka, lingers long after the ... View article...

Historic city proposal for return of Aboriginal land.

A looming council vote could be the first step in the return of land to Aboriginal people and the creation of a long-campaigned-for cultural ... View article...

New teaching method could help Aboriginal languages survive and thrive

Curtin University -led research has unveiled a new teaching approach that could help incorporate Aboriginal languages into Australian classrooms , ... View article...

CEQ and TCHHS partnership to improve health outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait ...

Torres Strait and Northern Queensland communities will be better supported to “make healthy choices and improve their health and wellbeing” under ... View article...

Pine Gap protest condemned by Alice Springs Aboriginal leader

A recent protest outside a secret outback spy base was “out of line” and “disrespected” local Aboriginal people, the boss of the Alice Springs  ... View article...

How the Māori seats could hold the key to this election

“The idea is, if you add, say, seven extra MPs from the Maori electorates, then you'd have seven more left-leaning MPs, and they would help make ... View article...

5 New Marine Reserves to Protect Dolphins and Kelp Forests off New Zealand's South Island

The reserves will be managed in partnership with the local Māori community, and be exclusive "no-take" areas. View article...

New Zealand tells 'snivelling wokesters' to accept Captain Cook ferry

But the decision to name one vessel after Cook , who killed Māori when he and his crew landed on the country's shore in October 1769, has raised ... View article...

Rawiri Waititi Urges Māori to Join Māori Roll Before Electoral Option Closes

Te Pāti Māori Co-leader Rawiri Waititi is urging Māori across Aotearoa to check their enrolment details and consider joining the Māori Roll before ... View article...

Mana Whakahono ā Rohe: Let's replace the myths with the law

He is also co-chairperson of Te Maruata , a Local Government New Zealand committee which promotes increased representation of Māori as elected members ... View article...

NT passes controversial child protection bill

The Northern Territory government has passed its controversial child protection law changes in a late-night sitting of parliament, arguing it will ... View article...

Traces of grass used in Indigenous rituals 25000 years ago unearthed in Victorian cave

Evidence of ancient burnt grasses unearthed in a Victorian cave on GunaiKurnai country suggest old ancestors used the cave for fire rituals during ... View article...

'Thousands of lives can be saved': Politicians urged to put public health ahead of industry profits

Māori are about twice as likely to smoke as non- Māori . Health Coalition Aotearoa interim co-chair Jason Alexander said prevention was essential to ... View article...