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Next generation of cancer scholars announced

... Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander graduates undertaking further cancer-related postgraduate studies or research. Funded through Cancer  ... View article...

'Widely loved' Stolen Generations survivor honoured in parliament

... Aboriginal culture, history and language. “She's someone who teaches all of our children about the Country that we're on, about the Dharawal  ... View article...

Māori culture and scientific progress fuel Christchurch's post-conference growth

Delegates ranked  Māori  heritage and values among the highest-rated impacts, describing Indigenous-led programming as “transformative”. This research ... View article...

Stark differences in COVID-19 vaccination rates between Māori and non-Māori, research finds

A new study analyzing COVID-19 vaccine uptake has found markedly lower vaccination rates among  Māori , which researchers link to existing ... View article...

Belonging is not optional

Most significantly, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples have endured racism over generations, and their voices must remain central to what ... View article...

Māori AI innovator Peter Lucas-Jones says Aboriginal avatar crosses cultural line

Aboriginal avatar Jarren , who hosts online videos about Australian wildlife under the name Bush Legend , is overstepping indigenous boundaries, ... View article...

The Public Works Act and Its Enduring Impact on Māori

From the 1860s onwards, earlier versions of public works legislation were used extensively to take Māori land for railways , roads , defence purposes  ... View article...

Indigenous teen kayaks the entire Klamath

“I come from a beautiful place and a beautiful family of hard workers,” said Keeya, who is of Yurok and Māori descent. “We know what's right, and ... View article...

How a Christian charity is propping up Arnhem Land after decades of neglect

Aboriginal prisoners make up about 85 per cent of the NT prison population , 60 per cent of those had been there within the previous two years and ... View article...

Aboriginal Organisations Receive $350M to Enhance Support for Children and Families

Aboriginal children and families in New South Wales will gain increased access to Aboriginal Family Preservation, a new model of intensive support ... View article...

Cape Barren Island uses greenhouse and traditional foods to keep fridges full

Nationally, more than half of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander households in remote areas of Australia experience food insecurity. View article...

Prime Minister pressed to show leadership on Indigenous custody rates

The National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Legal Services ( NATSILS ) says the government's continued focus on dialogue with states and ... View article...

How Indigenous ideas about nonlinear time can help us navigate ecological crises

However, many Indigenous peoples—including Māori , the Indigenous people of Aotearoa New Zealand —experience time nonlinearly. Rather than picturing ... View article...

In Mārama, Yorkshire Gothic meets te ao Māori as Victorian England gets a bloody reckoning

It's set mostly in 1859 Yorkshire , to where a young Māori woman has been invited with the promise of being told what happened to the whānau who ... View article...

Big Gay Out: protests erupt with the politicians' panel getting cut short

The protester, who wished to remain anonymous, told Te Ao Māori News they did not regret going on stage. “Politicians must be reminded that they ... View article...

In Mārama, the greatest horror is always colonisation

Taratoa Stappard 's Māori gothic horror film seeks to personify the worst of Aotearoa 's colonial history in a way that's never been done before. View article...

Data tell story of decade-long failure to bring Indigenous change

This is a direct response to climbing Indigenous suicide rates. And Labor has been listening to Aboriginal women about extreme violence in their ... View article...

6000 Indigenous trainee jobs to help Close the Gap

Labor will help 6000 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in the national “ work for the dole ” scheme to shift into government-created jobs  ... View article...

'Alarming figures': NSW Indigenous prison population hits record high

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are over respresented in the NSW prison system, accounting for more than a third of the population. View article...

State Government partners with Aboriginal organisations to help young ...

A partnership between the Kimberley Aboriginal Regional Governance Group and the State Government to improve outcomes for young Aboriginal people ... View article...