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Rural workforce incentives

advocating for antibiotic resistance issues impacting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to policymakers and the National Antimicrobial ... View article...

Destroy monuments to my family': Settler descendant's pain over massacres

... Aboriginal people. Suzannah Henty, a sixth generation descendant of squatter James Henty, said her family had “enslaved” Indigenous people, and ... View article...

Jessica Mauboy on how Stan's Windcatcher highlights rarely-seen side of Aboriginal culture

“I think for First Nations mob and particularly for Aboriginal culture, we don't ever get to see that and we don't get to see it in this light ... View article...

Inspiring Indigenous scientist empowers First Nations youths

From an early age, Katrina, like many Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, faced significant challenges that could easily have derailed her ... View article...

Māori TV celebrates 20 years on air amid media sector struggles

Now known as Whakaata Māori , those there in the broadcaster's early days are celebrating its groundbreaking shows while keeping an eye on the ... View article...

New Zealand's Maori King calls for whales to be given personhood

The King of New Zealand's Indigenous Maori people made an impassioned call Thursday for whales to be granted the same legal rights as ... View article...

Māori parrot-feather cloak will be star exhibit at Perth Museum

A unique 19th-century Māori feather cloak, created from thousands of green parrot feathers woven into a grass fabric, has been conserved for display ... View article...

Skipworth passes on baton for IronMāori

The death of her mother at the end of last year, as well as her departure from the Maori Party after she was replaced as candidate for Ikaroa ... View article...

Labor mayor and Indigenous groups to challenge NSW bail laws for children at party conference

... Aboriginal Legal Service (ALS) and other groups “in opposition to the ... Aboriginal kids.” He said Labor members who “believe in overcoming ... View article...

Finishing touches for South Australia's first permanent spaceport ahead of inaugural launch

Located northwest of Ceduna, the range is a partnership between Southern Launch and the Koonibba Community Aboriginal Corporation. It is the ... View article...

Peak Indigenous health body slams Queensland ban on...

The Queensland Aboriginal and Islander Health Council (QAIHC) has expressed disappointment over the exclusion of Aboriginal and Torres Strait ... View article...

ANU to host historic first nations gender justice institute

The Australian National University (ANU) will host a world-first Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander gender justice centre. View article...

New Zealand Government Continues To Stoke Racism

Peters linked the Labour Party's race-based identity politics to the racist statements by Labour's ally Te Pāti Māori that Māori have superior DNA. “I ... View article...

'Absolutely necessary': AUSA president defends designated space for Māori and Pasifika students

A sign outside a campus study area - now removed - read: “This is a designated area for Māori and Pasifika students”. ACT Party spokesperson ... View article...

Don't label Māori students as 'priority learners', it's harmful

For more than a decade Māori and Pacific students have been recognised as 'priority learners' in New Zealand, a label which Dr Melissa Derby says ... View article...

Music outstanding in fun, accessible Two Guitars

We ponder these questions as we watch Two Guitars - McCaskill's latest play. Only a whakapapa Māori playwright could write this work and take a light ... View article...

Fresh Indigenous designs from Kirrikin paraded on red-dirt airport runway

Aboriginal cultural festival The Karijini Experience took fashion to the stunning Kalamina Gorge in 2021 with a striking parade highlighting ... View article...

Dark Emu brought Bruce Pascoe years of trouble. He says backlash to Black Duck is 'inevitable'

He argued traditional Aboriginal culture was largely defined by structured agricultural and aquacultural practices, and not only by hunting and ... View article...

First members of SA Voice announced as counting begins

The first representatives elected to an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander voice have been announced in South Australia as counting in the ... View article...

Police permission for protests would set undemocratic path for Victoria

Protest has been crucial to achieving many important social changes from voting rights for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, to the eight- ... View article...

Finlayson called a 'Māori loving C', slams Act's Treaty referendum

... Māori -loving C, " Finlayson tells current affairs host Moana Maniapoto on Te Ao with Moana. The prominent former politician's unvarnished warning ... View article...

Red tape cuts good for Māori aquaculture

Māori aquaculture pioneer Harry Mikaere says the Fast-track Approvals Bill will boost the Māori aquaculture industry. View article...

Māoriland buzz for Indigenous film

A veteran Māori producer says this year's Māoriland Film Festival shows Indigenous cinema is getting stronger. The festival at Ōtaki over the past ... View article...

The Convert: Actress calls on non-Māori to see film to better understand Māori views

The lead actress of new film The Convert says it is not only for Māori and encourages all New Zealanders to immerse themselves in its Māori  ... View article...

Harmony Day at our public preschools

The school's Aboriginal dance group performed and taught the children to dance. Mrs Hayton said the preschool joined the primary school in cultural ... View article...

Two Aboriginal Artists Urge Viewers to See the Universe Differently

Naminapu Maymuru-White and Daniel Boyd grew up hundreds of miles and a generation apart. Yet they share a goal: reframing the way we see the ... View article...

PA Hospital taking action to Close the Gap

PA Hospital hosted a public event this week to acknowledge Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander culture and reflect on the hospital's ongoing ... View article...

Aboriginal learning centres supported by families

On National Close the Gap Day, we explore how our Aboriginal Learning and Engagement Centres are making a difference for students and their ... View article...

New Tumuaki A Boon For Māori Wellbeing And Prosperity In Poneke

Supporting Māori wellbeing and prosperity has been strengthened with the creation of a Tumuaki position at Te Matarau a Māui, the Wellington Regional ... View article...

Māori Party GST off kai bill falls short, no support by other parties

Te Pati Māori co-leader Rawiri Waititi's member bill to remove GST off kai has fallen short in Parliament, receiving no support from Labour, ... View article...

Racism in schools still a problem, young people say

Rangatahi shared examples of teachers targeting them, having low expectations and not respecting tikanga and te ao Māori . View article...

Solving racism: Mokopuna want te reo Māori compulsory in schools

Both mokopuna Māori and mokopuna tauiwi (non- Māori ) want learning of te reo Māori to be made compulsory from early childhood through to secondary ... View article...

Toobeah, Queensland: Battle ramps up over claims 95 per cent of this small town could be ...

... Aboriginal Corporation (BAC) as Indigenous freehold title. A Change.org petition launched this week by Toobeah publican Michael Offerdahl opposing ... View article...

Justice on the gender agenda for First Nations women

... Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner June Oscar says. ... New legal framework in Victoria has been labelled a betrayal of ... View article...

First Nations green hydrogen project wins federal grant

Securing the feasibility funding is a crucial milestone for the Aboriginal ... Aboriginal Corporation and climate investment firm Pollination formed ... View article...

Youths charged with serious crimes to wear monitoring bracelets under Victorian trial

The Victorian Aboriginal Legal Service opposed the trial and said it meant young people would be "deprived of their liberty" without being found ... View article...

Polyfest 2024: Diversity, Māori groups shine in day one of festival

Polyfest opened with performances on the Māori and Diversity stages. · It's the biggest secondary school cultural competition in the world. View article...

Hauora Māori champions look ahead

Māori health providers have celebrated the progress made since the kaupapa for hauora Māori was laid down at the Hui Whakaoranga 40 years ago. View article...

Cutting sorely needed supports for carers is cruel and harmful

... Māori and whānau can continue to access disability supports within the ... “ Māori fishing, Māori farming, and farms led by whānau Māori all focus ... View article...

Treaty principles should be principles of good government

Māori legal scholar Carwyn Jones says the coalition Government 's intention to exclude Treaty of Waitangi clauses in legislation may be shutting ... View article...

Connecting to ancestors and culture through art

Piper Stewart is a young Indigenous ARTEXPRESS artist who wants to inspire other young Aboriginal women to embrace creativity and culture. View article...

Anachronistic red tape must be cut away for good of Indigenous communities

There has long been a view inside bureaucracies that home ownership in remote Aboriginal communities is unworkable. View article...

Petition to prevent Toobeah transfer to Aboriginal freehold picks up momentum

Toobeah community launches petition to fight land transfer to Aboriginal freehold. A Queensland community's fight to stop “95 per cent” of the town ... View article...

Bardi Jawi people of Dampier Peninsula try to free traditional lands from state Aboriginal ...

Aboriginal communities north of Broome have asked the Albanese government to help them unravel outdated land rules that prevent them from owning ... View article...

Voters urged to enrol for council elections

... Māori electoral roll or general electoral roll for the city council election. “Voters on the Māori roll will vote for a candidate in the new Māori  ... View article...

Thousands sign letter to support students in Seymour haka

The letter, addressed to mokopuna Māori at Freyberg, began by ... Māori parent." "Your stand has come with a price, and we also want to ... View article...

Te Pati Maori says the Prime Minister has no right to police their language

Co-leader Debbie Ngarewa-Packer says unless Luxon's experienced racism as a Maori , he can't tell Maori how they should be speaking out about it. >> ... View article...

Polyfest 2024: Diversity and Māori stages open for start of Polyfest

A mass haka will herald the start of this year's Auckland Secondary Schools' Polyfest, which kicks off with the opening of the Diversity and Māori  ... View article...

Scholarship supports Indigenous students to aim high in the capital

Ten aspiring Indigenous secondary students have been provided support through the annual Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Secondary ... View article...

Inquiry into removal of Indigenous children in South Australia

... Aboriginal babies deemed at risk, without their mothers' knowledge. The state's Aboriginal Children's Commissioner is investigating the ... View article...

Amnesty's Innovate Reconciliation Action Plan 2024-2026

To be an effective human rights organisation, we will continue working with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in their fight for ... View article...

Australian Communities Unite, Led by Treasurer Chalmers, Stan Grant |

"ChangeFest shows that when we work together as Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and allies, communities and government, young people, and ... View article...

NZ aims to take Guinness World Record for the largest haka from France

... Māori All Blacks. Neither of those attempts were officially recognised. There are now moves afoot to officially take the title off the French and ... View article...

Whakarongorau chief executive defends shorter queue for Māori callers

Chief executive Glynis Sandland says this measure is designed to put callers in touch with a Māori clinician- and they get moved to the regular ... View article...

Ōtaki hapū present their case to Waitangi Tribunal

The claims cover how hundreds of thousands of hectares of land from Manawatū to Kāpiti was taken from Māori by the Crown via pene raupatu, or ... View article...

NZ aims to take Guinness World Record for the largest haka from France

... Māori All Blacks. Neither of those attempts were officially recognised. There are now moves afoot to officially take the title off the French and ... View article...

Pioneering two-way language initiatives recognised

“Patricia has a unique gift for translating academic ideas about Aboriginal English to an Indigenous world view and then somehow incorporating this ... View article...

Focus on the regions for expansion of Escaping Violence Payment Place-Based Trials

... Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Escaping Violence Payment (EVP) place-based trial. Assistant Minister for the Prevention of Family Violence ... View article...

Western Australia announces funding for RSV protection

Nirsevimab will be available at birthing hospitals, GP practices, community health clinics and at Aboriginal Medical Services across Western Australia ... View article...

Rescued travellers returned to Kalgoorlie-Boulder after four days stranded in WA's flooded Goldfields

The three elderly adults and four children were found about 220 kilometres south-west of the remote Aboriginal community of Tjuntjuntjara. Two men ... View article...

No promises for lower rent from reintroduced interest deductibility rule

A housing expert says mortgage tax deductions could slow down the growth in rents but doesn't guarantee rent drops ... Property economist Kelvin ... View article...

New play pays tribute to Pasifika and Māori staff who worked at Crown Lyn factory

A new play inspired by the Māori and Pasifika staff who worked at Crown Lynn, an iconic Kiwi crockery factory in Auckland, will debut at Te Pou ... View article...

Councillor's 'no' vote in te reo misrecorded

The Māori ward councillor said he often used the word “ae”, meaning yes, when voting. It was similar in pronunciation to “aye”, and left little ... View article...

School lunches get a grilling on Pacific Mornings political panel

Twenty-six per cent are Māori , and almost 37 per cent are Pacific children," Pope says. The Ka Ora, Ka Ako Healthy School Lunches programme feeds ... View article...

NT governments announces 10-year, $4 billion remote housing agreement

... Aboriginal land councils and the peak body representing remote housing in the NT, Aboriginal Housing NT. The federal government estimated the funding View article...

South Coast Native Title holders file class action against NSW for cultural loss

Traditional Owners say the state breached the Act by prosecuting Aboriginal fishers who were participating in protected cultural fishing practices. View article...

NSW Indigenous groups warn of danger posed by harsh bail laws for children

A coalition of 12 groups including the ALS, the Public Interest Advocacy Centre and NSW Aboriginal Land Council revealed that multiple ... View article...

WA floods: severe weather hampers search for seven people missing in remote Western Australia

... Aboriginal community. Western Australia police said in a statement on Wednesday that they had not been able to deploy any air assets as part of ... View article...

Te Papa launches book on war taonga and their significance to New Zealand history

Te Papa kaihautū Māori ... Attendees were able to gain firsthand perspectives of the challenges faced by both Māori and Pākehā communities during this ... View article...

Play Inspired By The Māori And Pasifika Workers At Iconic NZ Crockery Factory

... factory in Auckland, will debut at Te Pou Theatre in May. The Handlers , written by Māori /Afro-Caribbean playwright Poata Alvie McKree and ... View article...

Waikato-Tainui back Chiefs Manawa haka: 'The bravery of this team ought to be celebrated'

Chiefs management has acknowledged that the karanga before the haka "spoke of the importance of Te Ao Māori ", but refused to answer questions around ... View article...

Te Aka Whai Ora is dead, long live...whatever comes next

... Māori input into the legislative process? Who knows? Dr Reti stuck to his script about a “new vision” for Māori healthcare, better outcomes ... View article...

Victoria to forge on with raising the age of criminal responsibility, new bail laws.

Victorian Aboriginal Legal Service (VALS) chief executive Nerita Waight went on the front foot, arguing it was the policies of the LNP that put ... View article...

Indigenous Australian fire-stick farming began at least 11,000 years ago

Analysis of a sediment core dating back 150,000 years showed that fire patterns in Australia changed with the rise of Indigenous people’s use of fire. View article...

Indigenous employment centre receives 'life-changing' cash from feds

... Aboriginal Community Career Employment Services Society, or ACCESS as it's known. “It's life-transforming. We have students who have gone on to ... View article...

Scientists team up with local Indigenous rangers

Scientists are unlock the mysteries of remote Top End coastlines by teaming up with Aboriginal rangers. Share. View article...

Song of New Zealand 'Pokarekare Ana' and Korea's 'Yeon-ga'

Although my English was very limited then, Rule and Wade alluded to "Pokarekare Ana," a Maori love song, fostering cultural exchanges that transcended ... View article...

Supporting anti-racism and decolonisation of public health teaching ...

The research used a kaupapa Māori methodology in four stages including the development of draft levels of competence for all core competencies, ... View article...

Tamahori's Convert is a film of two halves

The Māori population of the country is around 80,000, while the European settler numbers are closer to 2000. The Europeans only exist here by the ... View article...

PM Luxon denies delays to treaty settlements

Prime Minister Christopher Luxon denies there will be delays to treaty settlement because of public sector cost cutting. Māori Crown Relations-Te ... View article...

$18M to build new and improve existing boarding school facilities in Central Australia

... Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students from remote Northern Territory communities. The Central Australia Boarding Response Fund comes ... View article...

Indigenous man calls on Federal Government to help reduce age pension discrimination

... Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. He had called for access to his aged pension at 64, instead of at 67, arguing this was in-line with ... View article...

Vanessa Hudgens Announces Pregnancy at 2024 Oscars

... Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Elders past, present and future. We acknowledge the stories, traditions and living cultures of Aboriginal  ... View article...

Albert Kelly Returns to the Broncos to Inspire the Next Generation

Former Bronco Albert Kelly is using his skills and experience to mentor the next generation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students to ... View article...

Taking the Treaty out of child protection law risks making NZ a global outlier

But without the section, Māori will again be left without recourse within the act to challenge that state power. Australian prime minister Anthony ... View article...

Pukapuka offers pointed to Māori-led violence response

The compiler of a new book on family and sexual violence says Māori need to look for solutions within their own communities and history. View article...

Discover the New Zealand Town Featured in the Film "Boy"

The film “Boy” is a New Zealand classic directed by Taika Waititi. Set in the year 1984, it follows an 11-year-old Maori boy's life. The quiz by 1News ... View article...

Smokefree law scrap endangering next generation – Māori health experts

Māori health experts are saying the Government is writing off another generation of Māori and Pasifika to an early death. View article...

HSF joins leading law firms to launch Bilya Boorn scholarship for Aboriginal and Torres ...

The scholarship is open to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students who are enrolled or intend to enrol in an undergraduate or postgraduate law ... View article...

New data shows Australia failing on key Closing the Gap targets

... Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, it's not been enough to put the goal of ending the gap by 2031 on track. Of the 19 targets, five ... View article...

White tradie at the centre of shocking footage of Aboriginal kids bound with cable ties ...

'If it was the other way around, if an Aboriginal man was holding three white children, like that, and saying to the families, you can wait until the ... View article...

Northern Native Seed Grants to boost Aboriginal businesses

... Aboriginal economic empowerment. "By fostering the growth of Aboriginal -owned enterprises in the native seed sector, we are contributing to the ... View article...

NZ is tourism booming — but what do visitors want more of?

... Māori Court, " to see our Māori cultural experience.. where they spend half an hour learning about Māori s ong, dance, and haka," with tourists at ... View article...

Police force catch waves in Far North surfing comp

Police from across Aotearoa have flocked to Ahipara, Far North for their very own surfing competition. One local Māori policeman says catching a ... View article...

Pacific museums discuss return of taonga

The Auckland War Memorial Museum is hosting the Commonwealth Association of Museums 2024 conference and 12 Pacific Island representatives from nine ... View article...

Health coalition launches petition to protect school lunches

... Māori , which is gutting,” HCA co-chair Professor Lisa Te Morenga said. The same survey showed just 5 per cent of children aged 0-14 years get the ... View article...

Rising Resistance to GSK's Dolutegravir Sparks Concern in HIV Treatment Landscape

The WHO reports growing resistance to dolutegravir, a key HIV drug by GSK, raising concerns about the future of antiretroviral therapy and the ... View article...

Dr. LaRon Nelson on Community-Engaged Research, Future HIV Prevention Options, and More

At the 2024 Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI), HIV .gov caught up again with Dr. LaRon Nelson to discuss ... View article...

Statin Therapy Recommended for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention in HIV

Statin therapy was recommended for patients with HIV infection older than 40 years at risk for ASCVD in updated guidance released by the US HHS. View article...

Tanzania to tackle HIV, hepatitis, and STIs in unified approach

Making a health care island of HIV control has held back efforts to catch and treat related illnesses, advocates say. That's about to change. View article...