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Record participation in program connecting First Nations students to science pathways

Since launching in 2023 the program has been connecting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students with scientists, students and industry ... View article...

Tasmanian electorate of Franklin renaming to Tongerlongeter abandoned, AEC cites ...

A plan to rename the Tasmanian electorate of Franklin to honour an Aboriginal resistance leader has been abandoned in part because of disagreement ... View article...

'A feeling you will never forget': Australia's top First Nations artists celebrated at NATSIAA

Dr Shannon Brett, guest curator of the 2026 National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Awards, delivered that message to artists on Larrakia ... View article...

Aboriginal children have their own voices and truth to tell: Catherine Liddle

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children are being encouraged to celebrate their culture, families and connection to Country as communities mark ... View article...

New enrolments from Māori more than double for 2026 election

More than double the number of Māori have enrolled to vote in this election than the previous election in 2023, new provisional data shows. View article...

What to watch on Netflix NZ, Neon and more this week

... Māori orphan who travels from Aotearoa to North Yorkshire in hopes of finding out more about her whakapapa. But when she arrives at the ghostly ... View article...

Govt agency questioned whether Māori born overseas should sit citizenship test

Māori who are not New Zealand citizens won't be exempt from taking the citizenship test being introduced next year. A 20-question multi-choice ... View article...

NZ housing policy failing renters and disabled people, report finds

Kāinga Ora evictions have also risen sharply, from zero two years ago to 74 households in 2024/25, disproportionately affecting Māori and Pacific ... View article...

South Australia launches first Aboriginal Early Childhood Strategy with $35 million investment

Emotional community leaders welcomed the announcement, saying it is a milestone beginning for Aboriginal families and children in South Australia. View article...

Racist abuse worse since voice referendum, inquiry told at Hobart hearing

When a community group posted a photo of Indigenous rangers standing in front of the Aboriginal flag on social media, it received abusive comments ... View article...

Indigenous athletes and journalists detail experiences of racism

A national inquiry into racism, hatred, and violence directed at Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people has heard about its impact in sport ... View article...

Aboriginal Tasmanians report escalating racial abuse online

Tasmanian aboriginal people have told a federal inquiry racial abuse is escalating online and, in the community, and racism is normalised and ... View article...

Māori roll grows by almost 15,000 voters since last election

Enrolled Māori voters wanting to switch between electoral rolls have until midnight on Thursday (August 6) to decide before this year's election. View article...

Unhealthy food marketing targets Māori youth: How advertising drives type 2 diabetes rates

Māori youth see over 68 unhealthy food ads daily. Researchers urge a return to ancestral eating and mātauranga Māori to combat rising type 2 ... View article...

Reconciliation or recolonization? What Canada can learn by looking abroad

Anti- Maori rhetoric has emerged from across the coalition government to justify this legislative overhaul. The governing National Party has ... View article...

Māori film pioneer Leo Koziol dies aged 57

The New Zealand screen industry is mourning the death of Māori filmmaker and festival founder Leo Koziol, who has been remembered as a tireless ... View article...

High court blocks plan to extract two Sydney Harbours' worth of groundwater from the desert

The Mpwerempwer Aboriginal Corporation challenged whether the NT government had lawfully granted the decades-long water licence, arguing the project ... View article...

Unemployment rate highest in more than a decade – labour market in crisis

Māori and Pacific Peoples unemployment rates are still double the rate of the general population. Altogether, there were 4.8m fewer hours worked ... View article...

Taranaki councils look to work with Māori after merger

She said mana whenua and council must build on strong relationships regardless. “Because the enduring relationships will last after the ... View article...

Racism inquiry hears of hurtful 'white fraud' comments and Tasmanian Aboriginal division

A national inquiry into racism, hate and violence towards First Nations people has come to Hobart to hear from the state's Aboriginal groups and ... View article...