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Shearing school caters to increased demand for shearers and provides new hope for students ...

Young Aboriginal people keen on careers in the shearing industry have just graduated from a prototype shearing training camp aimed at producing ... View article...

How toilets in space hit scientific chord

“Aboriginal people are Australia's first scientists, with over 65,000 years of ... We encourage our readers to put in a nomination for The Australian's ... View article...

Former New Zealand First candidate launches new political party

A former New Zealand First candidate's behind a new political party, the ... Some of those include his role as Deputy Vice Chancellor - Māori at ... View article...

Ministry of Health stands by funding of 'hocus pocus' traditional Māori system

An ancient system that aligns daily activities with the natural world, moon, sun, stars and planets could help improve Māori health inequities. Carmen ... View article...

The lessons that have carried World of Wearable Arts boss Gisella Carr through her career

That epiphany led her on a path to the top of some of New Zealand's ... into the industry and there was an "explosion" of Māori and Pasifika arts. View article...

In pursuit of natural health

The Maori ancestors were great navigators and explorers, they found the beautiful and plentiful New Zealand on the rough Pacific Ocean. Since the ... View article...

Recap : Aboriginal Community

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Recap : Aboriginal Community

Recap : Māori | NZ

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Recap : Māori | NZ

LGBT+ in Australia

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#Egaylity –— Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) rights in Australia have advanced since the late-twentieth century. LGBT people in Australia are afforded protection from discrimination and are equally regarded as individuals who possess the same rights and responsibilities as others egaylity.org/au

Democritus Centre remembers invasion and genocide ahead of Australia Day

The Day of Mourning, a protest held by Aboriginal Australians on 26 January, first began in 1938. Since then, the anniversary of the arrival of the first ... View article...

Looking Toward a New Era of Australian Cuisine

I've eaten wonderful Thai food in the middle of Australia's largest national ... Mr. Shewry pays tribute to the Aboriginal people from whom he gets his ... View article...

Australia Burns Furiously but Still Remains an Attractive Destination to Sri Lankans

The similarities between some Aboriginal place names and Sinhala words may be purely ... Sri Lankan migration to Australia has a long history. View article...

Sounds Australia Announces New Additions To Team: 'I Am Thrilled'

Sounds Australia has today announced two big additions to its team. ... a significant increase in the number of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander ... View article...

Calls to turn around removals of Maori children from whanau

He says Maori are two and a half times more likely than non-Maori to be hospitalised because of assault, and they're almost twice more likely to report ... View article...

Waka Te Hono ki Aotearoa connects Dutch and Māori cultures

The events are cohosted with Toi Māori Aotearoa in collaboration with Ms. Bieringa, Waitangi Treaty Grounds and the National Library of New Zealand ... View article...

Primary Sector Council's starry-eyed vision

It centres on the Māori concept of Taiao, which emphasises respect for, and ... Jager claimed “Fit for a better world” was a uniquely New Zealand ... View article...

Better attitudes to ageing enhance autumn years

Although the Maori population was youthful compared to the overall New Zealand population, Maori positive ageing was not only concerned with ... View article...

LGBT+ in Australia

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#Egaylity –— Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) rights in Australia have advanced since the late-twentieth century. LGBT people in Australia are afforded protection from discrimination and are equally regarded as individuals who possess the same rights and responsibilities as others egaylity.org/au

First Indigenous musical sees the light of a brand new day

Thirty years on, the first Indigenous musical is seeing the light of a brand new ... Bran Nue Dae was written in 1990 and based on the life of Australian ... View article...

How Australia's Indigenous Consultants Might Assist Australia Deal With Devastating Wildfires

Australia has all the time had bushfires, the results of being the driest inhabited continent on earth mixed with excessive temperatures. Its indigenous ... View article...