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Striving for excellence

Ms Archdall said Aboriginal and Islander Education Officers work with classroom teachers to introduce Noongar language and cultural perspectives. A ... View article...

Indigenous leadership for lived experience centre

The IALEC will continue to elevate the voices of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people with lived and living experience of mental ill health. View article...

Efforts to close the gap will fail without genuine collaboration

Attempts to improve the lives of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples have consistently failed because governments “have not shared power, ... View article...

Repatriating human remains

On 27 March 2025, the Tasmanian Aboriginal Centre returned to Tasmania the remains of a young man after his absence of about 200 years. View article...

Archaeologists examine evidence for Indigenous long-distance voyaging below 50°S

The Māori were known as great navigators who inhabited New Zealand and the nearby Chatham Islands . Among the Rarotongan is a story, recorded by ... View article...

New Zealand's Kapa Haka Festival 2025 Brings Māori Heritage and Cultural Tourism to ...

The rhythmic echo of haka chants and the harmonious blend of traditional Māori songs will once again fill the air in Kerepēhi, New Zealand , ... View article...

I know where you live': Wāhine Māori Councillors ramp up security after threats

Māori councillors Mawera Karetai and Toni Boynton have both received threats and harassment during this year's election . View article...

Seymour says his ministry shouldn't offer te reo lessons on taxpayer dime

Public agencies are offering staff te reo Māori and Māori -Crown relations training, but senior ministers say this isn't how public funds should be ... View article...

New Tools To Support Development And Protect Heritage

... Aboriginal cultural heritage.Minister for Treaty and First Peoples Natalie Hutchins today announced a $5 million package of reforms to the state's ... View article...

UN human rights chief praises Australia for first formal treaty with Indigenous Peoples

The agreement was aimed at resolving the disparity that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people have faced through the years, including ... View article...

Aboriginal professor says Truth-telling, a bill of rights and reform can transform Australia's democracy

Australian laws have shaped Aboriginal people, sometimes with 'protection and strength' and other times with 'marginalisation, silence and harm,' ... View article...

Waight Urges Legal and Policy Reform in Victoria

She spoke about the resilience of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples , and the urgent need to dismantle structural barriers such as over- ... View article...

Aboriginal knowledge is reshaping climate education in NSW schools

Their lesson is part of a research project which turned the local wetland into an outdoor classroom , showing how Aboriginal stories and ecological  ... View article...

Wife of Te Pāti Māori co-leader dissects party's internal woes on social media.

A key figure within Te Pāti Māori is still dissecting the party's internal woes on social media, despite an agreement with iwi chairs yesterday to ... View article...

Banning homelessness in CBDs would be 'irresponsible', Labour MP says

Labour has raised the question of if the Government is planning to ban homelessness in city centres – how would this work? The Te Pāti Māori stoush is ... View article...

How a teen's passion for Māori wards led to a shock win for his mum

Mawera Karetai didn't have a single billboard or spend a cent on her Māori ward election campaign in the Bay of Plenty . View article...

Teen Smoking Decline in New Zealand

What our previous research did not examine, however, was whether progress in lowering adolescent smoking was the same across ethnic groups ( Māori , ... View article...

Australian scientist who made global name during Covid wins top prime minister's prize

In a category awarded for the first time this year, Prof Michael Wear received the prime minister's prize for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander  ... View article...

The history of Bla(c)k Burlesque

... Aboriginal performers. A portrait of Josephine Baker ( Public Domain ). Turns out in the 1920s, Aboriginal women were often part of ' Leg Shows '. View article...

Enhanced walking trails for Palm Island to boost North Queensland ecotourism opportunities

The Queensland Government is partnering with the Palm Island Aboriginal Shire Council to deliver the Palm Island Tourism Masterplan – aimed at ... View article...