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Pre-European Indigenous population much larger than previously thought

Members of Aboriginal communities are warned that this story may contain images and names of deceased people. This article also discusses mass death, ... View article...

Aboriginal Housing NT CEO resigns over breakdown in relationship with NT Government

After 40 years working in Aboriginal affairs, Leeanne Caton has quit her job as chief executive of Aboriginal Housing NT saying the role is now " ... View article...

Aboriginal leaders, experts alarmed by Labor's broken election promise on compulsory ...

The federal Labor government has broken an election promise by extending compulsory income management. Aboriginal groups and other experts say the ... View article...

Colin Barnett calls for child protection reform amid WA crisis

Former Western Australian Liberal premier Colin Barnett says WA Labor needs to “open the door” for many more non- Aboriginal couples to adopt ... View article...

Community Groups, Rural Māori Communities Hit Hard By Brutal Govt Cuts To Funding ...

“ Māori communities in remote areas will bear the brunt of this. These are exactly the communities that rely most on a trusted local advisor who ... View article...

'I was born to speak te reo Māori': Reclaiming a language silenced across generations

Impacted by a generation of Māori beaten to stop speaking their language, an upbringing immersed in te reo Māori brought it back. Wednesday, September ... View article...

Māori Elders, Academics and Scientists Invited to Global Gathering on Ancestral Wisdom

Prof Magesan, President of Hindu Council of New Zealand and the coordinator of Maori delegation to India in 2012, said Māori participation would add ... View article...

School curriculum rewrite 'ideological', Crown breached multiple Treaty principles

... Māori on designing a truly indigenous Māori -medium and kaupapa Māori curriculum through Te Marautanga o Aotearoa. “We believe that partnership is ... View article...

More than 2 million Indigenous people lived in Australia in 1788: new research

More than two million Indigenous people probably lived in Australia at the time of the British invasion in 1788, according to new research based on genetic, archaeological and environmental evidence. View article...

Platform Grants for Neurological Research in New Zealand

Alignment with Māori research ethics. Applicants should show how Māori partnership is meaningfully incorporated into the platform and its research ... View article...

Ten years since key apology to First Nations peoples but more to be done

... Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and the erosion of culture. The formal apology recognised that the profession had not worked in ways ... View article...

One Candidate, One Pint: Jessica Hammond on being the last Opportunity original left

Thinking about te reo towns, the theme for Te Wiki o te Reo Māori 2026, my mind goes to Rūātoki – a small town just south of Whakatāne where I learnt ... View article...

A century of helping Goulburn babies thrive

Goulburn's Child and Family Health Service will celebrate an important milestone this month, marking 100 years of supporting local children and ... View article...

Indigenous leaders condemn Pauline Hanson for 'primitive race' remarks on First Nations' Australians

Politicians from across the divide have condemned Pauline Hanson's remarks about Indigenous Australians, labelling them "vile", "divisive" and ... View article...

Aboriginal Affairs Planning Authority Amendment Bill 2026

The State Government is working on changes to the Aboriginal Affairs Planning Authority Act 1972 (AAPA Act), which will enable greater social, ... View article...

Outrage as Australian senator asks: 'What have Aborigines ever done?'

Pauline Hanson accused by ministers and opposition senators of belittling the national story after calling Indigenous people primitive. View article...

From Ōmāhu to New York: Archdeacon Zhane Selected as a Trinity Leadership Fellow

For Te Pīhopatanga, it provides an opportunity to share the witness of Māori Anglican ministry while drawing on Trinity's experience in leadership ... View article...

Greens pledge $200 million to revive te reo Māori funding

The Green Party is promising to commit, if elected, an extra $200 million for te reo Māori initiatives over four years, including restoring ... View article...

Māori elders invited to India's global gathering on Ancestral wisdom and modern challenges

Māori elders, academics and scientists will join a global gathering in Surat in 2027 to explore ancestral wisdom & modern science. View article...

The slow death of Te Wiki o te Reo Māori

The Māori language week has gone from mainstream embrace to being ghosted by this Government, writes Joel Maxwell. View article...