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Aboriginal Legal Service of WA condemns brutal police dog attack on Indigenous child

The Aboriginal Legal Service of WA has condemned the use of a police dog against a 13-year-old boy and is supporting the child and his family. View article...

Premier award for academic hailed as a legend of Māoridom

Professor Winiata was an advocate for reo revitalisation and helped form the first Māori tertiary institute in Ōtaki, Te Wānanga o Raukawa. View article...

Meningococcal vaccination programme needs to target Māori, Pacific communities

“This is children under five, particularly Māori and Pacific children, particularly children coming from crowded houses, from backgrounds of ... View article...

Academic criticised for 'exaggerated' Aboriginal frontier war deaths figures in speech

An academic who claimed up to 100,000 Aboriginal people died during Australia's frontier wars and criticised the War Memorial has been panned by ... View article...

Sacred Aboriginal rock carvings on their way home in Tasmania

The luwamakuna (rock carvings) are returned to Aboriginal ownership at Queen Victoria Museum in Launceston, Australia, in a crate bearing the ... View article...

Australia approves national plan to safeguard Aboriginal heritage

Australia will set out a new national legal framework to protect Aboriginal cultural heritage, after a review of mining standards ... View article...

Young people's wellbeing much worse than older generations

Māori wellbeing has been improving in many ways, but gaps between Māori and the broader population remain."  View article...

Mana whenua's 'hearts are broken' after head of Māori carving post on Great Barrier Island ...

The head of a Māori carving post on Great Barrier Island has been sawn off and taken - and mana whenua and other locals believe it's an act of ... View article...