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Hopes to expand Kimberley Girl program for Aboriginal women in Western Australia

The highly regarded leadership program uses fashion as a hook to attract Aboriginal teenagers and young women aged from 16-25. Entrants go through ... View article...

Amnesty International, Angelina Jolie and Geraldine Van Bueren partner to author child rights book

“For us kids in Australia we had the stolen generations and Aboriginal kids are still being taken away from their parents by the government. This history ... View article...

Kakadu sacred site battle over Parks Australia walking track lands in court for the first time

Aboriginal Areas Protection Authority prosecutors alleged Parks Australia built the track on the sacred site at Gunlom Falls without permission and ... View article...

Woolworths partners with Australian Government to get Indigenous locals into jobs

Fifteen Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people looking for work in Canberra have new jobs thanks to a Woolworths Indigenous Employment ... View article...

Jacinda Ardern eyes historic election win in COVID-free New Zealand

None of them have been a staunch enough voice for Māori,” Leigh-Marama McLachlan, a communications leader for her Maori tribe, wrote in an opinion ... View article...

Maybe if we had another week I'd be emphatically positive and confident' - Māori Party co-leader ...

Māori Party co-leader John Tamihere says if his party was given a week longer ... The party is promising to halt all immigration into New Zealand until ... View article...

Data Shows Maori Early Voting Skyrockets – Tight Contests In East Coast, Northland And Waiariki

The New Zealand Maori Council has released data on current Maori voting trends across key electorates having had data released to it by the New ... View article...

Maori turn to local government

Māori elected members increased to 13.5 percent in 2019, from just 5 percent in 2007. Māori members are also more likely to be younger and female ... View article...

A touch of light: whispers in pollen, amber and stone

Groom, author and travel writer came to Central Australia in 1946 and employed Aboriginal people as guides and camel handlers to assist his travels ... View article...

BHP averts shareholder battle over historic sites in Australia

The world's biggest mining group has stuck a deal with Aboriginal groups in Australia to see off a shareholder resolution demanding a moratorium on ... View article...

Aboriginal group say Fortescue has applied to mine near destroyed caves

An Australian Aboriginal group whose sacred rockshelters Rio Tinto destroyed in May said on Monday that iron ore miner Fortescue ... View article...

Responses to the National Preventive Health Consultation

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people experience a burden of disease that is 2.3 times the rate of non-Indigenous Australians yet clear action ... View article...

Distinguished Author Outlines Why The Musket Wars Still Matter, And Should Be Taught In Schools

Subjects to be covered included initial contacts between Māori and ... Ron Crosby burst onto the New Zealand book scene in 1999 with The Musket ... View article...

New Children's Book Dives Into The Mysterious World Of The Colossal Squid At Te Papa

Side topics range from Te Papa's colossal squid specimen to Māori exploration of the sub Antarctic. Readers will discover how the squid survives in ... View article...

Clearhead takes up equity challenge with online support in te reo Māori

About 40 per cent of people in New Zealand receiving mental health support identify as Māori, but more needs to be done to provide welcoming and ... View article...

What is being done about Māori health?

Professor of Māori Health at Auckland University of Technology (AUT), Denise Wilson, looks at how far policies targeting Māori will go towards improving ... View article...

One Indigenous Woman. Two Businesses Making A Difference.

... professional full time, with the aim of making statement earrings that tell a story and celebrate the culture, history and identity of Aboriginal Australia. View article...

AFL inclusion and social policy general manager Tanya Hosch named SA Citizen of the Year

An Indigenous woman who has dedicated her life to fighting racism is South Australia's Citizen of the Year. AFL inclusion and social policy general ... View article...

Destroying our nation's statues won't change our history'

Indigenous Australians rightly say he did not “discover” the east coast of Australia (and he certainly did not beat William Dampier and Willem Jansz to ... View article...

Indigenous groups left traumatised over Rio Tinto destroying Juukan caves

Indigenous groups say Rio Tinto's decision to destroy culturally significant caves in Western Australia has left the community traumatised that a key ... View article...