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2 Indigenous Chilliwack athletes among those immortalized in new BC Sports Hall of Fame exhibit

Lara is a former two-time world champion in ultimate frisbee, and served as a project manager for Aboriginal Sport and Youth as a part of the ... View article...

Children failed by the system, say First Nations groups

In the troubled town of Alice Springs, Aboriginal organisations are calling for a focus on community-led solutions, rather... View article...

Extraordinary finds at Juukan Gorge to be revealed at international conference

Representatives of the PKKP Aboriginal Corporation will this week use an international conference to reveal significant findings, including the ... View article...

Naala Badu at AGNSW

The Art Gallery of NSW has belatedly come up with an Aboriginal name for its new $344m building – and a matching name for the 132 year old sandstone ... View article...

Motorola's new smartphone has full Te Reo language capabilities and is legit affordable

Motorola is rolling out three new smartphones where the home screen, texts, settings and everything else will read in Te Reo. Although Māori  ... View article...

Dream Comes True with New Māori Health Center

Hamilton's Māori community celebrates the opening of a $12 million Taakiri Tuu wellness and diagnostic centre, aiming to reduce health ... View article...

Māori modernist vibe recaptured at Wairau Gallery

The work of eight iconic Māori modernists is now on display at the Wairau Māori Art Gallery in Whangarei's Hundertwasser Centre. View article...

Sonny days ahead for rising Broncos talent Willison

Upon his return from injury this year, Broncos fans got a glimpse of Willison could do when he played for the Māori All Stars, taking his cues from ... View article...

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...