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Australian budget focuses on remote jobs and health infrastructure for Indigenous communities

The Federal Government has allocated $1.2 billion in funding towards improving outcomes for First Nations people in the budget, with a major focus on employment and health.

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Politics

Exclusive: Unredacted Cabinet papers reveal hidden scope of Government’s Treaty rewrite

Previously redacted Cabinet papers reveal the full scope of the Government’s Treaty clause rewrite, including plans to weaken Treaty obligations across legislation.

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‘The violence that I experience is not casual’: Māori women tell Waitangi Tribunal of abuse

The Waitangi Tribunal has heard of the violence directed at Māori women in public positions including online abuse, stalking and threats of physical violence.

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‘Major breach’: Tribunal says education Treaty overhaul ‘may be worse’ than Treaty Principles Bill

The Waitangi Tribunal says proposed education Treaty reforms may be “worse” than the Treaty Principles Bill and has urged the Government to halt them

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Mana Wāhine Claims; whānau challenge crown on failures against Māori women

The Allen whānau of Te Tai Tokerau say their ancestors did not sign the Treaty for this to be the outcome for Māori women today.

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Ngāi Tahu warns conservation reforms undermine Treaty settlements, Minister defends it

Ngāi Tahu warns conservation reforms risk undermining Treaty settlements, while the Government says the changes will boost conservation, tourism and economic growth.

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Indigenous

Record compensation payout for Yindjibarndi people after years long legal battle with mining giant

The Federal Court has awarded the Yindjibarndi people $150 million in compensation for economic and cultural loss caused by the mining of their land.

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Rare kiwi pukupuku relocated to Hawke’s Bay

Ten kiwi pukupuku are being moved from Wellington to a Hawke’s Bay sanctuary in the second translocation of the rare species, with only around 2,100 of these manu nationwide.

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Te Arikinui Kuini Nga wai hono i te po meets King Charles

Te Arikinui Kuini Nga wai hono i te po has met with His Majesty King Charles III for the first time since becoming the Māori Queen

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Mana Wāhine Claims; whānau challenge crown on failures against Māori women

The Allen whānau of Te Tai Tokerau say their ancestors did not sign the Treaty for this to be the outcome for Māori women today.

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Report: Nevada’s lithium boom comes at the expense of Indigenous rights

As the Trump administration continues its push to secure critical minerals like lithium, the U.S. government and private corporations have ignored Indigenous peoples’ rights.

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Regional

National | Methamphetamine

Māori-led meth recovery model in Gisborne drawing global attention

Indigenous | Mining

Record compensation payout for Yindjibarndi people after years long legal battle with mining giant

Politics | Treaty Clause Review

Exclusive: Unredacted Cabinet papers reveal hidden scope of Government’s Treaty rewrite

Australia | Aboriginal

Australian budget focuses on remote jobs and health infrastructure for Indigenous communities

Latest Videos

Exclusive: Unredacted Cabinet papers reveal hidden scope of Government’s Treaty rewrite

‘The violence that I experience is not casual’: Māori women tell Waitangi Tribunal of abuse

‘Major breach’: Tribunal says education Treaty overhaul ‘may be worse’ than Treaty Principles Bill

Mana Wāhine Claims; whānau challenge crown on failures against Māori women

Ngāi Tahu warns conservation reforms undermine Treaty settlements, Minister defends it

Record compensation payout for Yindjibarndi people after years long legal battle with mining giant

Rare kiwi pukupuku relocated to Hawke’s Bay

Te Arikinui Kuini Nga wai hono i te po meets King Charles

Mana Wāhine Claims; whānau challenge crown on failures against Māori women

Report: Nevada’s lithium boom comes at the expense of Indigenous rights

New Rotorua cafe will operate fully in te reo Māori

Mana Wāhine Claims; whānau challenge crown on failures against Māori women

‘He Taniwha’: Tributes flow for Danny Poihipi

Te reo Māori champion Rauru Broughton honoured with Te Matoe o te Reo award

‘Massively exciting’ - Building a home worthy of ancient Anaweka waka

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