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Significant increase in reports of racism targeting First Nations children

New data reveals a concerning rise in the number of racist incidents targeting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and young people ... View article...

National study shares wellbeing perspectives of First Nations youth

For years, public discussions about Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander young people have been shaped by statistics on health, education and ... View article...

New First Nations suicide prevention campaign urges early conversations and culturally safe support

A new suicide prevention campaign aimed at strengthening the social and emotional wellbeing of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples has been ... View article...

Global study reveals widespread burning of plastic for heating and cooking

Curtin University acknowledges Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, the First Peoples of this place we call Australia , and recognises them ... View article...

Hawke's Bay Māori Housing Project Wants To See The Model Rolled Out Nationwide

... Māori land and received funding through government-backed Māori housing initiatives such as Te Puni Kōkiri . The village of 10 brand new homes is ... View article...

Indigenous intellectual property needs better protections, say advocates

Lynell Tuffery Huria , the first Māori patent attorney and an expert on Indigenous intellectual property rights in New Zealand, says Māori culture ... View article...

New Zealand Varsities embrace Duolingo as language learning evolves

A Te Reo Māori course was being developed in 2020, but the initiative had not yet eventuated. Chinese , Korean , and Portuguese were among the fastest- ... View article...

Linwood Māori immersion school honoured again at global event in Abu Dhabi

In January 2025, Linwood Māori immersion school Te Pā o Rākaihautū was a finalist in the Abu Dhabi Zayed Sustainability Prize , winning in their ... View article...

A New Cycleway Has Just Opened On The Sydney Harbour Bridge – With Striking Aboriginal Artwork

The long-awaited cycleway offers a seamless ride across the bridge, with Aboriginal artwork laid directly into the surface. View article...

Census shows early inequality endures

However, more than 40% remain developmentally vulnerable . Geography has a disproportionate impact, with 65.6% of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander  ... View article...

Northland's talking tūī remembered as Otorohanga bird Pleakly goes viral

“It's a well-known fact that our great-grandmother spoke only Māori , and so it was no surprise that her pet tūī only spoke Māori too,” Tipene said. View article...

Economic power face of practical self-determination

There was a national high point in late 2024 , just before Te Pāti Māori's recent great unravelling when a hīkoi of nearly 100,000 protesters against ... View article...

Australia needs a better unifying symbol if we are going to take down Aboriginal flags

The Aboriginal flag was under sustained attack throughout 2025. Critics argue it is divisive , that it represents only a small… View article...

Keeping Noongar language alive: a family legacy

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander languages are the original voices of this land, carrying thousands of years of culture, identity and ... View article...

Hours of subsidised child care for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children

Families where all CCS eligible children have been identified as an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander child won't need to provide recognised ... View article...

False memory syndrome, mass hysteria, and greed propel indigenous grievances

... aboriginal girls followed by the incineration of their babies in the school boiler or drowned them in the adjoining Thompson River . The former ... View article...

My ancestors were colonisers

Māori should become “ civilised ”, adopting British habits and practices . Elsewhere in the family, Richmond Hursthouse described the people of Parihaka  ... View article...

The Growing Challenge of Dementia — A Māori Lens on a National Health Issue

Known in te reo Māori as mate wareware , this condition involves progressive decline in memory and cognition . It affects not just the person living ... View article...

Is Te Matatini too big for its own good?

If you travel across the country to attend the pinnacle of Māori performing arts and end up watching from a screen behind the VIP area and judges' ... View article...

We should fund results, not ideology

The ongoing references to “ Māori tikanga” everywhere suggests all Maori think the same way (or should), as some kind of hive-mind . It's also part ... View article...