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2025's Indigenous success stories, change makers and trailblazers

Gaypalani Waṉambi's win at the 2025 Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Awards marked a major cultural moment. Her work ... View article...

Bizzi Lavelle uncovers the hidden history of Blak burlesque in Australia

In her search, Lavelle uncovered a history of Aboriginal women taking part in 'Leg Shows', a kind of travelling strip show that was often held in ... View article...

Māori leadership, language and service recognised in New Year Honours 2026

Māori leadership, service to whānau , and decades-long commitment to te reo Māori , health , education and community wellbeing feature strongly in ... View article...

'He tau nui, he tau roa' Rawiri Waititi on the year that was

Mariameno Kapa-Kingi and Tākuta Ferris were expelled after Te Pāti Māori ruled they had committed “ serious breaches ” of its constitution , including ... View article...

Scientists have discovered when and by what routes people first settled Australia and New Guinea

... Aboriginal Australians believe that they have always lived on their land. However, for Western scientists and archaeologists , the details of ... View article...

Proud Indigenous cousins teach university classes to keep the Noongar language alive

... , who wrote the first Aboriginal language course ever taught at an Australian university three decades ago. View article...

No nurse on duty as Indigenous woman dies in custody from 'medical episode' in Tennant Creek

... Aboriginal people, particularly women; and investment in Aboriginal -led, community-controlled responses to crisis, health, and safety". "How many ... View article...

The disappearing of children: How the state makes kids vanish

Across Australia, Aboriginal children are being disappeared by the carceral state .They are transferred without notice. Moved in secret. View article...

New Zealand continually seek Māori healing

More New Zealanders are turning towards indigenous healing practices through the country's state-funded universal accident compensation scheme. View article...

Widespread rain, gales to hit New Zealand holiday hotspots

Most of the North Island and the top of the South are cloaked under weather alerts , impacting major holiday and festival hotspots . View article...

Dr Huhana Hickey — Continuing to Inspire Whānau with Disabilities in 2025

Northland local government leaders are reacting cautiously to news of Te Tai Tokerau's proposed first rates freeze in a decade. View article...

Summer brings sense of 'home' for Whangārei's new migrants

He said many migrants highlighted the manaakitanga from Māori communities. " Tangata whenua share tikanga , stories and support - helping newcomers ... View article...

Aboriginal-led breastfeeding program shows promise in NSW pilot

A community-led breastfeeding program designed by Aboriginal women has completed its pilot phase in regional New South Wales , with researchers ... View article...

TAC slams 'secret transfer' of Aboriginal youths to adult prison

The Tasmanian Aboriginal Centre (TAC) has condemned what they call a “secret transfer” of three Aboriginal youths from the Ashley Detention Centre  ... View article...

Buried fire, shared roots: A Maori and Papuan stone-cooking bond

One pit followed the careful steps of a Maori hangi , a centuries-old cooking method from New Zealand . The other drew on bubigi , or masak bakar batu , a ... View article...

Why swim safety matters this summer

Rising temperatures are drawing crowds to beaches across Aotearoa, and the call for water safety is stronger than ever as we enter our highest ... View article...

Meri Kirihimete | Merry Christmas

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25,000+ sqkm of land returned to Traditional Owners...

After returning more than 25000 square kilometres of land to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in 2025, the Indigenous Land and Sea  ... View article...

“This Isn't India”: Sikh Parade in New Zealand Disrupted by Far-Right Protest

Sikh religious procession in New Zealand briefly descended into tension on Saturday after a far-right group blocked its route. View article...

Buried fire, shared roots: A Maori and Papuan stone-cooking bond

A Maori hangi and Papuan bubigi cooked side by side highlight deep-rooted culinary parallels , where food becomes both sustenance and a language of ... View article...