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Dieback summit looks for solutions as ancient bunya pine 'skeletons' spread beyond national parks

For thousands of years, Aboriginal nation groups journeyed to Queensland's Bunya Mountains and Blackall Range, gathering large nut-filled cones from ... View article...

Roundtables seek agreement for defining Indigenous agricultural products

“We are calling all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people involved in agriculture, as well as non-Indigenous people interested in promoting ... View article...

A tale of compassion, empathy and inclusivity: Farewelling Riki Richards after a 26-year ...

... Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community in Auburn. “The Auburn area didn't have anything for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people ... View article...

CAP says housing budget failing Indigenous Peoples

The national vice-chief of the Congress of Aboriginal Peoples (CAP), says the federal government is failing to meet its housing budget and policy for ... View article...

Kaupapa Māori diagnostic centre opens in Hamilton

Kiingi Tūheitia Pootatau Te Wherowhero VII today led several hundred people in celebrating the opening of Te Kōhao Health's $17 million wellness ... View article...

New Māori health facility opens in Hamilton

Hamilton's new Te Kōhao Health, Wellness and Diagnostic Centre is designed to give Māori in the region tino rangatiratanga over their own health. View article...

Jenny-May Clarkson reveals her moko kauae: 'This is still me' -

Te Waka refused to give his children Māori first names because of how his own name was made fun of when he was growing up. “As a teenager trying to ... View article...

University of Auckland Academics Pay Tribute to Linda Tuhiwai Smith

“When I watch young Māori , they want the world,” Linda told the Taumata audience. “And we need an education system that makes that possible. When I ... View article...

Host a Screening of Rebel with a Cause

Oodgeroo Noonuccal was a key spokesperson for Aboriginal issues. The first Aboriginal person to publish a book of verse, her poetic viewpoint and ... View article...

'No one wants these things': Warren Mundine calls the NSW government's move for ...

Consultations with Aboriginal communities across the state will be the first step in the process of developing a formal agreement with the ... View article...

Evidence Aboriginal people made pottery and sailed thousands of years ago discovered

Researchers have discovered new evidence that shows Aboriginal people made pottery and sailed to distant offshore islands thousands of years ago. View article...

Children's community mental health hub opens in the South West

... Aboriginal Mental Health Workers who can provide cultural intervention and liaison services for families and clients. ICAMHS will also work ... View article...

New approach to increase Māori and Pacific success

Success in tertiary education is an important pathway for improving the life chances of Māori and Pacific students and their communities. Associate ... View article...

Maori party supports bill to remove racist law

New Zealand political party Te Pāti Māori has thrown its support behind a proposed bill aimed at reinstating New Zealand citizenship for certain ... View article...

Opportunity seen for Māori as media trust collapses

A freelance Māori journalist says the continuing decline in trust in traditional news services and a drift towards online informational sources ... View article...

UN expert visits Motueka to learn about Nelson Tenths case

One of those was Kaiteriteri (Kaiteretere), where more than 180 years ago, the New Zealand Company and Māori chiefs agreed to European settlement in ... View article...

Queensland celebrates Youth Week 2024

Queensland Youth Week 2024 was launched by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Partnerships, Communities and Arts Minister Leeanne Enoch at a ... View article...

Discovery of pottery rewrites Aboriginal history

The discovery of the oldest pottery ever found in Australia on Jiigurru/Lizard Island off the Queensland coast is challenging the idea that Aboriginal  ... View article...

WA Health pitching creative

The tender's strategic priorities include: prevention and community care services, health services, chronic disease services and Aboriginal health ... View article...

NSW government will try to avoid acting as a 'white colonial' body in treaty consultation

Aboriginal affairs minister David Harris is hopeful the process will build community trust after crushing voice defeat. View article...