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Museum guy' John Carty on the power of social media

The Head of Humanities at SA Museum regularly posts snapshots of Aboriginal Australian stories condensed to 100 words or less.  View article...

Aboriginal teenager loses bid to have trial heard by female judge for cultural reasons

Another Indigenous person has died in custody - the fifth in Australia since the start of March. A month before her trial was due to start in the Wagga ... View article...

Meet RuPaul's Drag Race Down Under Queen – Jojo Zaho

... in Darwin, held the previous year in 2017, where six Aboriginal drag queens from around Australia battle it out over five days for the coveted crown. View article...

Wirraka Maya Health Service embraces digital health

Wirraka Maya Health Service, an Aboriginal community health service in Port Hedland, Western Australia, has produced record results in the use of ... View article...

What are land acknowledgments, and how do they help Indigenous peoples?

Americans at large were introduced to the concept at last year's Academy ... I'm thinking about our Maori relatives in New Zealand and how, through ... View article...

Three of the best volcanoes to climb

With more than 170 terraces based around three former Māori pā sites, this volcano ... Tāmaki Makaurau: Welcome to New Zealand's city of volcanoes View article...

Smokefree 2025: Chemical found in kowhai trees could help people quit smoking - researchers

"The alkaloid is found in a lot of native plants in New Zealand, so for Māori, there's a connection to that medication because of that," Dr Walker says. View article...

Chris Trotter says equal opportunity misfortunes, experiences related much more closely to one's ...

Limiting such a programme to lifting Maori alone out of poverty, however, would ... Addressing racism requires a constant, consistent, Māori-focused ... View article...

Old Roeburne Gaol's future uncertain, but scars of its past remain indelible

... in West Australia's North West and was the destination for Aboriginal people ... The stone for the gaol was quarried and laid by Aboriginal prisoners. View article...

Aboriginal cultural experiences

We encourage visitors to Western Australia to learn from the traditional custodians on one of the oldest surviving cultures on Earth. Discover Western ... View article...

Aboriginal man imprisoned at Casuarina dies following medical procedure at Fiona Stanley Hospital

Since 1991, almost 500 Aboriginal people have died, either in the custody of police or in prison. Get the latest news from thewest.com.au in your inbox. View article...

Aboriginal justice groups criticise NT Government proposed youth law reform

According to the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare's report on youth detention populations in 2020, the NT consistently had the highest rate of ... View article...

My position on NZ's Covid-19 vaccine could not be more clear

Prompted by Shona Whitehead and the Hikurangi community, and with support of Whangārei Rotary, local iwi, Māori Health providers and Northland ... View article...

Chris Trotter says equal opportunity misfortunes, experiences related much more closely to one's ...

Benefitting hugely from the rise and rise of “Identity Politics” in New Zealand society have been those Maori families sufficiently well-placed to have ... View article...

Health Minister Andrew Little praises new Māori-led service for at-risk mothers in Whanganui

Minister of Health Andrew Little was in Whanganui on Thursday, meeting with Māori and iwi health practitioners tasked with delivering a new ... View article...

The Pātea Māori Club to be honoured at this year's Taite music awards

Patea Maori Club perform Poi E. Almost 40 years since its release, and many years after its composers' deaths, Poi E is to receive the legacy prize at the ... View article...

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Calls for transparency, leadership, action as Australia falls short of vaccine target — by 3.4 million ...

Congress said it was running a dedicated vaccine clinic for Aboriginal people from its Gap Clinic location, with access also from other town clinics at ... View article...

Four Aboriginal deaths in custody in three weeks: is defunding police the answer?

The report also addressed other issues leading to the over-representation of Indigenous people within Australia's legal system. The recommendations ... View article...

Aboriginal group opposes billionaire's plan for dams

The Australian Aboriginal group whose sacred rock shelters Rio Tinto Ltd destroyed last year rejected a plan by Andrew Forrest, founder of mining ... View article...