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Diversity targets 'cut university expertise', study finds

The research paper states that “for many Aboriginal academics at senior levels, Australian universities seem to be undermining the minimum standards ... View article...

Legal body criticises youth curfew in Alice Springs

The National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Legal Services (NATSILS) is pushing back against the introduction of a youth curfew in Alice ... View article...

Why thousands of Illawarra women have trusted this place with their babies

Now in its 25th year, Binji and Boori offers pregnancy, birth and postnatal support for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women and children. View article...

Meet the new Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner

She wants to hear from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities on all things "Closing the Gap, youth justice reform, Native Title, truth- ... View article...

Name switch as Māori health mahi continues

A powhiri at Pipitea Marae in Wellington yesterday marked the next stage in the disestablishment of the Māori Health Authority. Its former chief ... View article...

Te Aka Whai Ora staff handed over to Health NZ as Māori Health Authority doors close

Te Aka Whai Ora, the short-lived Māori Health Authority, has closed its doors. It was established in 2022, following major changes to the New ... View article...

Minister of Health Shane Reti says medical school quota review a check on whether ...

The Māori and Pacific Admission Scheme sees 30 per cent of entries into the Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences allocated to Māori and Pasifika ... View article...

ACT/ NZ First (56%) increase lead over Labour/ Greens/ Maori on 40.5% - now at 15.5% points.

Support for Labour was up 1.5% to 23% while support for the Greens was down 2% to 13.5% and support for the Maori Party was down 0.5% points to 3.5%. View article...

Monumental artwork at Freshwater headland signals powerful message

Council and mili mili engaged with local Aboriginal elders, cultural knowledge holders, the Aboriginal Heritage Office and community as part of their ... View article...

Aboriginal elder calls for NT Police unit to apologise to community over ...

Aboriginal elder calls for NT Police unit to apologise to community over 'disgraceful' award. · Alice Springs youth curfew could be extended for ... View article...

Advocates urge more funding for urban and regional Aboriginal housing

Indigenous groups have welcomed funding for remote housing but have called on the Federal government to recognise the housing needs of Aboriginal  ... View article...

WA Babies Receive Nation-first RSV Immunisation

... Aboriginal Medical Services that provide childhood immunisations. Children born from 1 October 2022 with certain medical conditions that increase ... View article...

Study spaces used for racial wedge

Te Pāti Māori education spokesperson Tākuta Ferris says Government MPs are promoting forced assimilation by supporting attacks on Māori and ... View article...

Māori Heath Authority comes to an end

In it's first 100 days the coalition Government promised to scrap the Māori Health Authority, and did so. But what's next for the hundreds of ... View article...

Ka Whawhai Tonu: The Battle of Ōrākau finally told through the eyes of Māori

This battle has been told on screen before - Rudall Hayward's 1925 silent film - but this is the first time it's been told from a Māori perspective in ... View article...

Crowds mark 160 years since battle at Ōrākau

In 1864, about 300 Māori defended the site from more than 1000 invading British soldiers. View article...

Premier Miles to follow through on Palaszczuk's vow to retrieve Indigenous items from British ...

Then-premier Annastacia Palaszczuk with Aboriginal elder and Indigenous leader Gudju Gudju Fourmile at the Path to Treaty Breakfast in Cairns in May ... View article...

Aboriginal Territorians raise alarm over revival of Intervention-era politics five months out ...

Aboriginal Territorians raise alarm over revival of Intervention-era politics five months out from election. Territorians alarmed by the revival of ... View article...

Not just a German Easter tradition: Aborigines were decorating emu eggs 150 years ago

Colouring hens' eggs is a typical Christian custom at Easter time. But other cultures also decorate eggs. Here in Australia, the Aborigines were ... View article...

The Case Against Protest Permits in Victoria

The Victorian Aboriginal Legal Service was “alarmed” at potential impacts a protest permit system could have on the Aboriginal community in Victoria. View article...