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Koonibba set to host one of the largest commercial rockets ever to launch from Australian soil

The Koonibba Test Range was developed in partnership with the Koonibba Community Aboriginal Corporation and brings economic investment and job ... View article...

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Olympians and Paralympians unveil athlete-drafted ...

Australian High Performance Sport has recommitted to increasing opportunities and improving the experience of Aboriginal and Torres Strait ... View article...

Brand new vacation program for Aboriginal university students

We're excited to announce a brand new career development opportunity for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander university students. The Public ... View article...

Koonibba Aboriginal community space rocket launch

An Aboriginal community in the state's Far West will become a focal point for the country's space industry, when the largest commercial rocket to ... View article...

HDC asks to korero with Maori on hauora and whaikaha rights

Commissioner Morag McDowell says HDC's public consultation is an opportunity for Māori to influence the way the Code of Health and Disability Services ... View article...

'When the ship docks': Publishing the poetry of the late Schaeffer Lemalu

Within the Māori screen sector, it's hard to imagine a more high stakes clash. Mackey is a presenter turned production mogul, a savvy operator who has ... View article...

Why we need more Māori doctors

Why is it important to have Māori doctors? It is important to have a medical workforce that reflects the population ... View article...

Ministry of Māori Development proposes to cut 38 positions

A recruitment pause put in place last year had reduced the scale of job losses necessary, says the secretary for Māori development. View article...

Premier 'prepared' to apologise for colonisation wrongs

Aboriginal Victorians could receive an official apology from the premier once a truth-telling inquiry finishes shining a spotlight on the damage ... View article...

Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan fronts Indigenous truth-telling inquiry for first time

... Aboriginal and non- Aboriginal Victorians. “There is an unbroken line between the dispossession and violence of the past and the lives of First ... View article...

Interpretative guide for Aboriginal community controlled health services

The guide explains the Standards in a meaningful way for Aboriginal community controlled health services by taking into account their context, ... View article...

Victorian premier says she didn't know of brutal massacres of Aboriginal people near her home

She gave several hours of evidence related to the theft of land from Aboriginal nations across Victoria and agreed the sovereignty of those clans was ... View article...

Chhour Māori purge 'arrogant and conceited'

Te Pāti Māori MP Mariameno Kapa-Kingi is calling for Children's Minister Karen Chhour to resign over her handing of Oranga Tamariki. View article...

Govt plans 'fundamental changes' with education goals

... Māori students. The minister said she has already met with "several ... "Expectations for strengthened educational outcomes and achievement for tamariki ... View article...

Education priorities focused on lifting achievement

Expectations for strengthened educational outcomes and achievement for tamariki and rangatahi Māori is a shared bottom line. “With that in mind, it is ... View article...

Poll puts New Zealand First out of Parliament, Labour could form coalition Government

Based on the results, Labour, the Greens, and Te Pāti Māori would have enough seats together to rule. View article...

City to explore Kalgoorlie-Boulder antisocial behaviour and homelessness solutions through ...

The City of Kalgoorlie-Boulder will undertake a research project looking for solutions to address antisocial behaviour and Aboriginal homelessness ... View article...

Archie Moore on his Golden Lion-Winning Pavilion at the Sixtieth Venice Biennale

Aboriginal relatives on my mother's side needed permission from an official “Chief Protector of Aborigines ” to marry, and they were sometimes ... View article...

From peacekeeping to wars, this is why four generations of the Moffitt family continue to serve

Harold James Stewart was one of thousands of Aboriginal children taken under the NSW government's Aborigines Protection Act. His daughter Sandra says ... View article...

Spears taken 254 years ago finally returned to Indigenous people in Australia

... Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies, Australian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom Stephen Smith, and Noeleen Timbery of La Perouse ... View article...

Northland Council Continues Four-year Māori Ward Fight In Face Of Government Changes

The Northland council that played a key role in getting Māori ward polling removed is now lobbying against Government plans to reinstate binding ... View article...

An essential yet troubling exploration of Māori identity

... Māori woman to be given the emeritus title at a New Zealand university. In 1981, she was the first Māori woman to be awarded a PhD in New Zealand. View article...

Relatives of executed Māori soldier fight for apology

Relatives of the only Māori soldier executed for abandoning his unit during the first world war are now fighting for an apology, ... View article...

Kāhui St David's church honours 28th Māori Battalion

Kāhui St David's in Tāmaki Makaurau held a musical remembrance to celebrate and honour the 28th Māori battalion. A dedicated bronze plaque was ... View article...

Horses are medicine – they're helping give young Aboriginal people the love and support they need

All children and young people need to develop skills to manage their social relationships, school, work and outside interests. But for Aboriginal  ... View article...

Ten-year-old Aboriginal child was loved by his family, not the state

No words can express the devastating suicide of a 10-year-old Aboriginal boy in child protection custody, denied access to his family. View article...

Aboriginal spears taken by Captain Cook in 1770 formally returned to Indigenous Australians

Four Aboriginal spears that were taken to England by Captain James Cook more than 250 years ago were return... View article...

Aboriginal Justice Open Days mark milestone with free birth certificates

“While this is a culturally appropriate program designed to provide additional support to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and improve ... View article...

Māori Battalion descendants in Whanganui lead Anzac Day parade for first time

Descendants of members of the Māori Battalion will lead Whanganui's Anzac Day parade on to the War Memorial Centre forecourt. View article...

Te Kūwaha and Māori

Te Kūwaha, NIWA's Māori Environmental Research team, works in collaborative partnerships with hapū, iwi, Māori communities and businesses to ... View article...

Mataaho Collective win big at Venice Biennale

Mataaho Collective's major win at the Venice Biennale showcases the power of Indigenous Māori artists to the world says art historian, ... View article...

Northland council continues four-year Māori ward fight in face of government changes

A council that played a key role in getting Māori ward polling removed is now lobbying against government plans to reinstate binding referendums. View article...

Aboriginal groups criticise Australian state's heritage bill

... Aboriginal groups because a government minister will keep final say over development decisions. Indigenous heritage protection has become a hot ... View article...

Cambridge college returns 18th Century Aboriginal spears

Four spears taken from an Aboriginal community by James Cook and Joseph Banks during their first contact with Australia are being repatriated. View article...

Historic' law recognizing Haida Aboriginal title introduced in B.C. legislature

The B.C. government says legislation formally recognizing the Haida Nation's Aboriginal title over the archipelago of Haida Gwaii was introduced ... View article...

Aboriginal spears snatched by British in 1770 to return to Australia

Four spears taken from Australia by a British explorer more than 250 years ago will be returned by Cambridge University to ... View article...

Napier Prison closure 'unnecessary'

New Zealand's oldest prison, the Napier Prison could be closing its doors for good. Toro Waaka who has operated Napier Prison Tours for 22 years ... View article...

Te Papa takes down damaged Treaty of Waitangi panel

The video projection shows differences between te Tiriti in te reo Māori and Captain William Hobson's 1840 English version. It points to a 1988 ... View article...

Christopher Luxon believes new Three Strikes law will benefit Māori

... Māori who were overly represented as victims. Both Luxon and Associate Minister of Justice Nicole McKee emphasised the legislation would only ... View article...

Partnership is a game changer': Founding Te Aka Whai Ora boss says kaupapa will endure

The Māori Health Authority came into being because people were taking claims to the Waitangi Tribunal to address the inequity of the system, she says. View article...

Beyond the Broncos' NSW Road Trip

Beyond the Broncos provides in-school mentoring and support for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students across Queensland and Northern New ... View article...

Non-Indigenous Australians taking classes to help revive Dhurga language

The Commonwealth government banned Aboriginal languages in school classrooms and playgrounds while pursuing a policy of assimilation. The report ... View article...

Indigenous Artists Take Golden Lions at Venice

On April 20, the 60th Venice Biennale named Aboriginal artist Archie Moore and the Māori Mataaho Collective as the winners of its most prestigious ... View article...

Kununurra's 'white' elephant' back up and running to support young Indigenous job seekers ...

It is all about enhancing the lives of Aboriginal people," she said. ABC Kimberley — local news in your inbox. Get our local newsletter, delivered ... View article...

Far North mayor hits out at government's Māori ward changes

Far North District Council and Northland Regional Council were set to oppose the coalition government's signalled changes to Māori wards. The ... View article...

Iwi-supported accommodation for released prisoners opens in Tāmaki

Te Hāpai Ō, led by Te Rūnanga ō Ngāti Whātua, is a new iwi-supported accommodation service in Auckland that will cater to tāne Māori , aiding their ... View article...

JCDeaux and Haumi celebrate two-year partnership

JCDecaux is celebrating its two-year partnership with concept and creative studio Haumi to showcase Māori art and cultural connection. View article...

Former All Black Ian Jones reconnects with his Māori heritage

All blacks legend Ian Jones, 57, is on a journey to reconnect with his Ngāi Tahu ancestry by trekking through the Hollyford Valley in New ... View article...

Identifying barriers and enablers to truth-telling

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples highlight truth-telling as a much-needed step toward recognition and reconciliation. But new research ... View article...

How art can help us talk about the green transition

Aboriginal title and rights must be recognized and respected, the land and resources must be managed more responsibly, environmental protection is ... View article...

Roger Cook backs expediting inquest into death of 10yo Aboriginal boy in ...

Premier Roger Cook would support expediting a coronial inquest into the suicide of a 10-year-old Aboriginal boy who died in the care of the ... View article...

Right Fire and Cultural Education for Youth

... Aboriginal and non- Aboriginal students. With delivery across three primary schools and two high schools in the Eurobodalla, Yiridbu Minga ... View article...

Māori lawyers call Shane Jones' Waitangi Tribunal comments 'inappropriate'

The Māori Law Society says his comments breach the principle of the separation of powers and the Cabinet Manual. View article...

Anthony Hōete made a Fellow by the Royal Society Te Apārangi

Professor Anthony Hōete has been made a Ngā Ahurei a Te Apārangi Fellow for his advancement of New Zealand and Māori architecture worldwide. View article...

Whales in Pacific countries gain rights of legal personhood

However, He Whakaputanga Moana marks a departure from these precedents. Unlike earlier initiatives, it is grounded in tikanga Māori (customary law), ... View article...

Māori woman mistaken as thief by supermarket AI not surprising, experts say

Māori AI and data expert Karaitiana Taiuru believes there are other Māori who have been affected but have not yet come forward. View article...

Treaty talks to centre on power shift

Historic Victorian treaty talks are set to centre on the state government ceding relevant decision-making powers to Aboriginal people. View article...

'Very totemic and very Aboriginal': Australia's entry at Venice Biennale is a family tree going ...

... Aboriginal deaths. Among them are the redacted coronial reports of the 557 Aboriginal people who have died in police and prison custody since the ... View article...

Strong partnership underpins new $7M facility for national parks and Worimi Conservation ...

... Aboriginal joint management board. Seventeen years ago, the NSW Government returned 4,200 hectares of land at Stockton Bight to the Worimi ... View article...

State 'fails' to grasp Aboriginal self-determination

The meaning of self-determination for Aboriginal people is still not understood by the Victorian government and its public service, ... View article...

Māori consultant is encouraging Stuff to share pou tiaki with Newshub

Pou Tiaki is part of Stuff's aims to provide equal representation in news for all marginalised communities including Māori , Pacific, LGBTQIA+ and ... View article...

Auckland Blues begin reo Māori journey

Learning te reo Māori comes with it challenges and starting the journey can be the biggest one. But a new initiative, set up by the Auckland Blues ... View article...

New guidelines in NZ for trade marks featuring Maori elements

As use of Te Reo Maori is becoming widespread and increasingly popular throughout New Zealand, trade mark applicants have sought to incorporate ... View article...

Māori woman mistaken as thief by supermarket AI not surprising, experts say

Māori AI and data ethicist Karaitiana Taiuru believes there are other Māori who have been affected but have not yet come forward. View article...

2 Indigenous Chilliwack athletes among those immortalized in new BC Sports Hall of Fame exhibit

Lara is a former two-time world champion in ultimate frisbee, and served as a project manager for Aboriginal Sport and Youth as a part of the ... View article...

Children failed by the system, say First Nations groups

In the troubled town of Alice Springs, Aboriginal organisations are calling for a focus on community-led solutions, rather... View article...

Extraordinary finds at Juukan Gorge to be revealed at international conference

Representatives of the PKKP Aboriginal Corporation will this week use an international conference to reveal significant findings, including the ... View article...

Naala Badu at AGNSW

The Art Gallery of NSW has belatedly come up with an Aboriginal name for its new $344m building – and a matching name for the 132 year old sandstone ... View article...

Motorola's new smartphone has full Te Reo language capabilities and is legit affordable

Motorola is rolling out three new smartphones where the home screen, texts, settings and everything else will read in Te Reo. Although Māori  ... View article...

Dream Comes True with New Māori Health Center

Hamilton's Māori community celebrates the opening of a $12 million Taakiri Tuu wellness and diagnostic centre, aiming to reduce health ... View article...

Māori modernist vibe recaptured at Wairau Gallery

The work of eight iconic Māori modernists is now on display at the Wairau Māori Art Gallery in Whangarei's Hundertwasser Centre. View article...

Sonny days ahead for rising Broncos talent Willison

Upon his return from injury this year, Broncos fans got a glimpse of Willison could do when he played for the Māori All Stars, taking his cues from ... View article...

Dieback summit looks for solutions as ancient bunya pine 'skeletons' spread beyond national parks

For thousands of years, Aboriginal nation groups journeyed to Queensland's Bunya Mountains and Blackall Range, gathering large nut-filled cones from ... View article...

Roundtables seek agreement for defining Indigenous agricultural products

“We are calling all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people involved in agriculture, as well as non-Indigenous people interested in promoting ... View article...

A tale of compassion, empathy and inclusivity: Farewelling Riki Richards after a 26-year ...

... Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community in Auburn. “The Auburn area didn't have anything for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people ... View article...

CAP says housing budget failing Indigenous Peoples

The national vice-chief of the Congress of Aboriginal Peoples (CAP), says the federal government is failing to meet its housing budget and policy for ... View article...

Kaupapa Māori diagnostic centre opens in Hamilton

Kiingi Tūheitia Pootatau Te Wherowhero VII today led several hundred people in celebrating the opening of Te Kōhao Health's $17 million wellness ... View article...

New Māori health facility opens in Hamilton

Hamilton's new Te Kōhao Health, Wellness and Diagnostic Centre is designed to give Māori in the region tino rangatiratanga over their own health. View article...

Jenny-May Clarkson reveals her moko kauae: 'This is still me' -

Te Waka refused to give his children Māori first names because of how his own name was made fun of when he was growing up. “As a teenager trying to ... View article...

University of Auckland Academics Pay Tribute to Linda Tuhiwai Smith

“When I watch young Māori , they want the world,” Linda told the Taumata audience. “And we need an education system that makes that possible. When I ... View article...

Host a Screening of Rebel with a Cause

Oodgeroo Noonuccal was a key spokesperson for Aboriginal issues. The first Aboriginal person to publish a book of verse, her poetic viewpoint and ... View article...

'No one wants these things': Warren Mundine calls the NSW government's move for ...

Consultations with Aboriginal communities across the state will be the first step in the process of developing a formal agreement with the ... View article...

Evidence Aboriginal people made pottery and sailed thousands of years ago discovered

Researchers have discovered new evidence that shows Aboriginal people made pottery and sailed to distant offshore islands thousands of years ago. View article...

Children's community mental health hub opens in the South West

... Aboriginal Mental Health Workers who can provide cultural intervention and liaison services for families and clients. ICAMHS will also work ... View article...

New approach to increase Māori and Pacific success

Success in tertiary education is an important pathway for improving the life chances of Māori and Pacific students and their communities. Associate ... View article...

Maori party supports bill to remove racist law

New Zealand political party Te Pāti Māori has thrown its support behind a proposed bill aimed at reinstating New Zealand citizenship for certain ... View article...

Opportunity seen for Māori as media trust collapses

A freelance Māori journalist says the continuing decline in trust in traditional news services and a drift towards online informational sources ... View article...

UN expert visits Motueka to learn about Nelson Tenths case

One of those was Kaiteriteri (Kaiteretere), where more than 180 years ago, the New Zealand Company and Māori chiefs agreed to European settlement in ... View article...

Queensland celebrates Youth Week 2024

Queensland Youth Week 2024 was launched by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Partnerships, Communities and Arts Minister Leeanne Enoch at a ... View article...

Discovery of pottery rewrites Aboriginal history

The discovery of the oldest pottery ever found in Australia on Jiigurru/Lizard Island off the Queensland coast is challenging the idea that Aboriginal  ... View article...

WA Health pitching creative

The tender's strategic priorities include: prevention and community care services, health services, chronic disease services and Aboriginal health ... View article...

NSW government will try to avoid acting as a 'white colonial' body in treaty consultation

Aboriginal affairs minister David Harris is hopeful the process will build community trust after crushing voice defeat. View article...

New Zealand invention helps student with chronic fatigue syndrome

Waiata reo Māori gains popularity in mainstream radio. Amani Sadique • April 10, 2024. Te Ao Māori . View article...

Potaka takes wide view of emergency housing challenge

Māori Development Minister Tama Potaka says the state and extent of emergency housing is a social, moral and cultural disaster. View article...

Māori choreographer Eddie Elliot inspires an international 'stomp of approval'

A unique combination of Māori contemporary dance and the application of clay has received standing ovations and stomps of approval on the world ... View article...

Māori publisher scoops big prize at leading international children's book fair

There has been an increase in Māori language publishing but there had not been a lot of uptake from commercial publishers for children's novels and ... View article...

Premier Jacinta Allan confirms Aboriginal Victorians could receive exemption from land tax ...

Aboriginal Victorians could receive an exemption from state taxes as a result of the government's treaty process, with Premier Jacinta Allan ... View article...

Kurrawang redevelopment to help strengthen community connections

Kurrawang Aboriginal Christian Community will soon have access to a dedicated space to host community events and on-country gatherings. View article...

Traditional Owners in Victoria encouraged to apply for open positions on Aboriginal Heritage Council

The council, which plays a role in protecting Aboriginal cultural heritage for the benefit of all Victorians, with registered Aboriginal Parties (RAPs) ... View article...

Parrtjima Aboriginal light festival to return to Alice Springs

Celebrated as the only Aboriginal light festival of its kind in the world, Parrtjima (pronounced Par-Chee-ma) will return to Alice Springs this ... View article...