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Ohakune marae takes traditional food gathering to young Māori

A new cohort of Māori trade trainees has begun their next learning journey with Ngāti Rangi in Ohakune . Tūwhitia te Hopo is a funded tertiary ... View article...

JCU's Indigenous Education and Research Centre celebrates a decade of impact

Between 2016 and 2025, 750 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students graduated from JCU with a total of 1171 degrees, while Indigenous students ' ... View article...

Public sector overhaul sparks fears for remaining Māori and Treaty-focused roles

Māori public servants fear recent years of cuts to Treaty and kaupapa Māori roles will deepen under the Government's plan to slash thousands more ... View article...

Almost 20 years after the NT intervention, governments are making the same mistakes

Aboriginal children make up only about 20% of the NT's child population, yet they represent 90% of children in the child “protection” system and 95% ... View article...

Balancing whānau, work and study

Her volunteer work includes supporting community-led efforts to advance the Sustainable Development Goals in Aotearoa , co-founding a kaupapa Māori  ... View article...

Māori climate risk worsened by colonization, report finds

A national climate assessment finds that exclusion from decision-making has increased Indigenous vulnerability to floods, storms, and erosion. View article...

Signs of 'feeding' ritual at dingo burial site shed new light on bond between First Nations ...

The project's lead, Dr Amy Way , an archaeologist at the Australian Museum and lecturer at the University of Sydney , said that while Aboriginal  ... View article...

This First Nations artist wants your racist 'Aboriginalia'

Indigenous artist Tony Albert is making a public callout for Australians so-called 'Aboriginalia' – objects ostensibly depicting Aboriginal people ... View article...

Māori nursing students welcome support amidst ongoing financial and cultural barriers

Nikki Aranui says she felt like she'd won Lotto when she was accepted to enrol in a nursing degree programme at Ara . View article...

The Hui - the town with no rest home

Plus, destigmatising dementia and an expert panel dissect the latest developments in Māori politics. Full weekly episodes of The Hui are live on Stuff  ... View article...

Story of land rights origins has a $150m lesson for today

The story of four humble bark petitions that 63 years ago inspired the Aboriginal lands right movement , leading to the creation of native title  ... View article...

11 Best Places To Retire In New Zealand

Blenheim anchors Marlborough wine country with one of the country's largest cluster of vineyards. Taupō wraps around the country's largest lake with ... View article...

Pacific creators push into gaming as South Auckland tech showcase returns

A Wiri showcase is putting Pacific storytelling and digital skills in the spotlight as organisers say the global gaming industry is “hungry” for ... View article...

Why Aboriginal English is not broken, by the academic fighting for recognition

Professor Debra Dank has spent four decades proving that Aboriginal English isn't “broken” but represents sophisticated communication systems that ... View article...

NT laws to allow police to hold young people for 48 hours will be 'funnelling Aboriginal ...

The Northern Territory government has been accused of “funnelling Aboriginal children into prisons” over draft youth justice laws that would give ... View article...

Rūnaka upset by chair's remarks on Aboriginals

Kā Rūnaka says they are ''disappointed'' by online comments made by Santana Minerals ' board chairman about Aboriginal Australians. View article...

Crisis of First Nations children in care will worsen under NT child protection reforms, advocates warn

The amendments erode the Aboriginal child placement principle, a national framework that has been enshrined in legislation since the 1980s in response ... View article...

'Ripping you to shreds': MP outlines wave of abuse aimed at wāhine Māori in politics

'Ripping you to shreds': MP outlines wave of abuse aimed at wāhine Māori in politics ... Green MP Tamatha Paul says she is now desensitised to the ... View article...

Te Atiawa opens high-end development on former colonial parade ground

Livingstone Homes apprentice, Tama-James Tuffley , who had Te Atiawa whakapapa , had benefited from the project's 15 percent Māori procurement target. View article...

How will the NT amend child protection laws? Will the Aboriginal Child Placement Principle change?

While Ms Cahill said the amendments would "absolutely not" remove the principle, a number of Aboriginal peak bodies say the NT government 's proposal ... View article...