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Harmony Day at our public preschools

The school's Aboriginal dance group performed and taught the children to dance. Mrs Hayton said the preschool joined the primary school in cultural ... View article...

Two Aboriginal Artists Urge Viewers to See the Universe Differently

Naminapu Maymuru-White and Daniel Boyd grew up hundreds of miles and a generation apart. Yet they share a goal: reframing the way we see the ... View article...

PA Hospital taking action to Close the Gap

PA Hospital hosted a public event this week to acknowledge Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander culture and reflect on the hospital's ongoing ... View article...

Aboriginal learning centres supported by families

On National Close the Gap Day, we explore how our Aboriginal Learning and Engagement Centres are making a difference for students and their ... View article...

New Tumuaki A Boon For Māori Wellbeing And Prosperity In Poneke

Supporting Māori wellbeing and prosperity has been strengthened with the creation of a Tumuaki position at Te Matarau a Māui, the Wellington Regional ... View article...

Māori Party GST off kai bill falls short, no support by other parties

Te Pati Māori co-leader Rawiri Waititi's member bill to remove GST off kai has fallen short in Parliament, receiving no support from Labour, ... View article...

Racism in schools still a problem, young people say

Rangatahi shared examples of teachers targeting them, having low expectations and not respecting tikanga and te ao Māori . View article...

Solving racism: Mokopuna want te reo Māori compulsory in schools

Both mokopuna Māori and mokopuna tauiwi (non- Māori ) want learning of te reo Māori to be made compulsory from early childhood through to secondary ... View article...

Toobeah, Queensland: Battle ramps up over claims 95 per cent of this small town could be ...

... Aboriginal Corporation (BAC) as Indigenous freehold title. A Change.org petition launched this week by Toobeah publican Michael Offerdahl opposing ... View article...

Justice on the gender agenda for First Nations women

... Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner June Oscar says. ... New legal framework in Victoria has been labelled a betrayal of ... View article...

First Nations green hydrogen project wins federal grant

Securing the feasibility funding is a crucial milestone for the Aboriginal ... Aboriginal Corporation and climate investment firm Pollination formed ... View article...

Youths charged with serious crimes to wear monitoring bracelets under Victorian trial

The Victorian Aboriginal Legal Service opposed the trial and said it meant young people would be "deprived of their liberty" without being found ... View article...

Polyfest 2024: Diversity, Māori groups shine in day one of festival

Polyfest opened with performances on the Māori and Diversity stages. · It's the biggest secondary school cultural competition in the world. View article...

Hauora Māori champions look ahead

Māori health providers have celebrated the progress made since the kaupapa for hauora Māori was laid down at the Hui Whakaoranga 40 years ago. View article...

Cutting sorely needed supports for carers is cruel and harmful

... Māori and whānau can continue to access disability supports within the ... “ Māori fishing, Māori farming, and farms led by whānau Māori all focus ... View article...

Treaty principles should be principles of good government

Māori legal scholar Carwyn Jones says the coalition Government 's intention to exclude Treaty of Waitangi clauses in legislation may be shutting ... View article...

Connecting to ancestors and culture through art

Piper Stewart is a young Indigenous ARTEXPRESS artist who wants to inspire other young Aboriginal women to embrace creativity and culture. View article...

Anachronistic red tape must be cut away for good of Indigenous communities

There has long been a view inside bureaucracies that home ownership in remote Aboriginal communities is unworkable. View article...

Petition to prevent Toobeah transfer to Aboriginal freehold picks up momentum

Toobeah community launches petition to fight land transfer to Aboriginal freehold. A Queensland community's fight to stop “95 per cent” of the town ... View article...

Bardi Jawi people of Dampier Peninsula try to free traditional lands from state Aboriginal ...

Aboriginal communities north of Broome have asked the Albanese government to help them unravel outdated land rules that prevent them from owning ... View article...