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Indigenous land defenders are being killed, AI is scraping their knowledge

Māori data sovereignty expert Dr. Karaitiana Taiuru says artificial intelligence can offer opportunities for Māori , but only if it is grounded in ... View article...

A decade of Matike Mai Aotearoa: How far have we come?

Māori have long advocated for constitutional transformation . The working group adopted the name Matike Mai Aotearoa ... View article...

ACT's Parmjeet Parmar responds to former Te Pāti Māori president's haka

An ACT MP believes she was targeted by a haka over the weekend. The haka, performed by former Te Pāti Māori president Che Wilson at a Waikato  ... View article...

Director of new Māori Battalion movie didn't feel worthy of his hero's story

Actor Alex Tarrant plays Haane Manahi of the 28th Māori Battalion in the film Sgt. ... Māori Battalion secured a key victory for the Allies in World War ... View article...

Bridging the gap between school and uni

... Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students and students from regional and remote areas. In 2025 , more than 25,000 students enrolled in a free  ... View article...

Indigenous-led AI platform signals new direction for language, data and governance

A new Aboriginal -led digital platform combining language revitalisation and artificial intelligence was officially launched  ... View article...

A hidden side of Anzac history

"Why didn't my father get what everyone else got?" After World War One , returned soldiers were given land to settle on as farmers. But Aboriginal  ... View article...

Indigenous-led cultural learning in schools is vital - but no govt is listening

Schools far too often rely on symbolic gestures rather than meaningful action to support Aboriginal students, and there is an urgent need for ... View article...

'No accountability, no checks and balances, no responsibility': how Indigenous peoples think about AI

But we asked Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people how they are encountering AI in their everyday lives, and a different picture started to ... View article...

Diphtheria outbreak grows in WA

Last month, the WA Department of Health issued a clinician alert warning of seven cases of toxigenic diphtheria among Aboriginal communities in the ... View article...

Job shortages a challenge for rangatahi on Matakana Island

A large pine plantation and forestry on the east side of the island once offered jobs for residents at its sawmill. The mill closed in the early 1990s ... View article...

At the UN, Indigenous leaders tackle how to enforce global climate court rulings

At the United Nations, Indigenous leaders and advocates are asking: What will it take to force governments to comply with international ... View article...

'A gift for our whānau': Te reo book scheme hits 400000 copies milestone

Hudson said the reading continues when the children start school. “I do love that the books are in Te reo Māori because we actively speak to our ... View article...

Treaty clauses to be weakened, repealed – despite officials warning of 'significant risks'

... Māori -Crown relations minister Tama Potaka in a ministerial oversight group . A ministerial advisory group ( MAG ) comprising lawyer David Cochrane  ... View article...

Homeless after eviction, First Nations mother dies two weeks after giving birth

Just two weeks later, the homeless Aboriginal woman died from sepsis . She is mourned by her mother, who blames WA's Department of Housing. "They made ... View article...

Strengthening health systems with a $10.5 million funding boost

The project involves Aboriginal leaders and health experts and will work with hospitals and Aboriginal health services to improve care, reduce ... View article...

The cervical cancer gap can be closed

“A lot of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women reported the reason they had their last screening test was because they were seeing a provider  ... View article...

Culture celebrated at Brewarrina festival

The festival of Aboriginal culture takes its name from the local language term for the national heritage listed Brewarrina Fish Traps. With its ... View article...

Helping young people in out-of-home care into TAFE and university

Aboriginal flag Torres Strait Islander flag Pride flag inclusion. We acknowledge the Traditional Aboriginal Owners of Country throughout Victoria  ... View article...

North's largest saltmarsh restoration breathes new hope for waterway

“To get all the fresh plants well established, our team has been working closely with Gudjuda Reference Group Aboriginal Corporation's land and sea ... View article...