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New Forestry roadmap strengthens Tiwi jobs and leadership
For more than 60 years, forestry has been part of life on the Tiwi Islands. Now,...
Nicole Brown 22 May 2026
Seabreeze Festival showcases Indigenous talent
The 2026 Nightcliff Seabreeze Festival once again showcased the strength, divers...
Nicole Brown 14 May 2026
From Country to Capability: The Tiwi prawn farm changing the future
What is unfolding on Wurankuwu is a powerful example of what self-determination...
Nicole Brown 13 May 2026
'More than a classroom': Award-winning educator strengthens culture in Milikapiti
Elise Thornthwaite, 25, is reshaping what education looks like in the remote Tiw...
Nicole Brown 4 May 2026
Tiwi author brings untold WWII story to life in new children's book
WARNING: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised the following...
Phoebe Blogg 23 Apr 2026
Research collaboration reveals pre-colonisation Māori diet and burial practices

Groundbreaking research has shed light on traditional Māori diet and their burial practices in New Zealand years before the first Pākehā (non-Polynesian) settlers first arrived in Aotea...

Andrew Mathieson Andrew Mathieson Apr 20, 2026
Whadjuk delegation draws parallels between Waikato Invasion and Noongar history at Rangiriri

A delegation from the Whadjuk Aboriginal Corporation has visited the historic Rangiriri Pā site in Aotearoa, where Waikato iwi forces mounted a determined defence of their land against a British...

Reece Harley Reece Harley Mar 23, 2026
Whadjuk and Waikato in candid dialogue on wealth, legacy and long-term strategy

Leaders from the Whadjuk Aboriginal Corporation are in Aotearoa for a week-long program with Waikato-Tainui, examining how one of the country's largest iwi (family) has transformed a Treaty settlement...

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Reece Harley Mar 20, 2026
Tribe accuses New Zealand crown of bias over Indigenous land claims of Chatham Islands

A tribal conflict between two Pasifika descendants over the Indigenous sovereignty of the Chatham Islands is set to be decided by the New Zealand/Aotearoa Court of Appeal.

Andrew Mathieson Andrew Mathieson Mar 16, 2026
Whadjuk delegation to study Māori model as blueprint for Indigenous wealth creation

A delegation from the Whadjuk Aboriginal Corporation will travel to Aotearoa / New Zealand this month to study the commercial strategies of Māori corporations, including the investment platform o...

Reece Harley Reece Harley Mar 11, 2026
Jabiru goes back-to-back with gritty NTFL Division 1 grand final win

Jabiru has gone back-to-back in Northern Territory Football League Division 1 competition after holding off Tracy Village in a hard-fought grand final at TIO Stadium on Saturday.

Jackson Clark Jackson Clark Mar 11, 2026
Māori tribal council backs green energy project to support iwi prosperity

An iwi tribal council is at the forefront of a renewable energy development, backing an ambitious green hydrogen and methanol project to benefit its region's people.

Andrew Mathieson Andrew Mathieson Feb 25, 2026
NT Police encourage witnesses to come forward as investigation of death on Galiwin'ku continues

Northern Territory Police are continuing to investigate the death of a 27-year-old man on Galiwin'ku/ Elcho Island over the weekend. Police confirmed on Tuesday that the 19-year-old male who was arres...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Feb 18, 2026
Detectives investigate death after alleged fight on Galiwin'ku

A 27-year-old man died following a fight between two men on Galiwin'ku/ Elcho Island on the weekend. Galiwin'ku is an island off the coast of Arnhem Land and home to a Yolŋu community.

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Feb 16, 2026
Indigenous Māori take charge of climate change solutions for their own iwi motu

Iwi tribe leaders gathered during Waitangi celebrations to discuss issues relating to climate change as Māori communities across coastal areas battle against severe weather conditions on New Zeal...

Andrew Mathieson Andrew Mathieson Feb 9, 2026
Land Councils, NAAJA and Aboriginal Housing NT take united stand against Territory government's attack on procedural fairness

The Northern Territory's four land councils - Anindilyakwa Land Council, Central Land Council, Northern Land Council and Tiwi Land Council - have united with the North Australian Aboriginal Justice Ag...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Feb 5, 2026
Carbon credits seeding next chapter of Tiwi forestry

Forestry has long and complex past on the Tiwi Islands. Plantations on the islands 80 kilometres north of Darwin have not always worked in the interests of the Tiwi people in the decades it has been r...

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Poppy Johnston Feb 4, 2026
Report highlights struggles faced by Māori people in accessing land

An Aotearoa (New Zealand) report on the state of public land has found up to a third of Māori title is landlocked, giving Indigenous iwi no physical access to its own whenua (land) without obtain...

Andrew Mathieson Andrew Mathieson Feb 3, 2026
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