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You, too, can learn to play the didgeridoo

The first didgeridoos, played by aboriginal peoples in northern Australia an estimated 40,000 years ago, were made from fallen eucalyptus branches ... View article...

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples

Estimates of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians. There were 798,400 Indigenous people in Australia in 2016. Three quarters of ... View article...

Remote NT Aboriginal corporation facing large bill after ranger vehicles stolen

"The Bawinanga Rangers are one of the most pioneering Indigenous land management programs in Australia," she said. "They fight fires in ... View article...

WA business accused of destroying Aboriginal site parts ways with former boss, ends legal action ...

Mr Christianos has a lengthy history in gem mining in Australia, and has been a director for Yerilla Gems, a major shareholder and alternate director ... View article...

Urgent need to decolonise urban planning: Otago researcher

... it is simply required to involve Māori in decision-making, consult with Māori, and take account of Māori culture and traditions, which falls short of the ... View article...

Northland Regional Council votes for Māori constituencies: Councillor resigns, walks out

“The decision is a milestone for Northland and for local government in New Zealand,” NRC chairwoman Penny Smart said after the historic decision. View article...

Maori GPs not keeping up with need

The Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners today's graduation of seven new Māori GPs is cause for celebration but still not enough. View article...

Northland Regional Council votes for Māori constituencies: Councillor resigns, walks out

Bain on his way out the door. The NRC decision in favour of Māori constituencies was greeted with a spontaneous waiata from tangata whenua ... View article...

Is It Time To Change Australia's Margaret Court Arena To Honour Evonne Goolagong?

The Australian Aboriginal child who simply poked her head through a fence and was invited in for a game of tennis which would launch her career; the ... View article...

Gold Fields' environmental, social and governance drive includes an Aboriginal charm offensive

Rio shareholders – including Australia's largest pension fund – reacted with revulsion at the detonation of the archaeologically significant shelters at ... View article...

Recognition for Māori in new district plan for West Coast

Pre-1900 Māori archaeological sites significant to Māori need Heritage NZ approval for any modification. But while some sites of significance to Māori ... View article...

A world beyond our feet: Rethinking our relationship with where we grow our kai

Very little has been written by Māori about soil previously so this new book ... to the business-as-usual approach to food production in New Zealand. View article...

New government a chance for 'transformational change' - Māori Council

The New Zealand Māori Council believes this election has presented a once in a generation opportunity to the government to make transformational ... View article...

Hawke's Bay Māori criticise controversial regional council plan change

Iwi and hapū in Hawke's Bay fear a new plan to sort out water flowing through the region's rivers will do nothing to address what they say is the abuse, ... View article...

How the death of Tommy Walker exposed a grave-robbing coroner — and a chilling trade in bodies

British settlement had dispossessed Aboriginal people and turned many into ... The South Australian Aborigines Friends Association wrote to the ... View article...

Covid 19 coronavirus: Vic hotel quarantine guests at risk of HIV after test stuff-up

In Australia, more than 200 people who underwent hotel quarantine in Victoria have been urged to get tested for HIV and other viruses after a testing ... View article...

Aaron Pedersen is not the same type of top male

“We, Indigenous Australians, view the world quite differently. ... a cop comes freighted with contradictory pressures awarded Australia's brutal colonial ... View article...

A copyright dispute ensnares the Aboriginal flag

Australia's government has officially adopted the flag, but its design is still owned by the man who created it, Harold Thomas, an Aboriginal artist. He ... View article...

Rishikesh's musical instrument maker was someone Dia Mirza will 'never forget'

Didgeridoo is an Australian aboriginal musical wind instrument. ... the oldest known musical instrument in mankind's history with its roots in Australia. View article...

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...