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'Miss Nicky Says' encourages children to learn who they are with new project ‘Pepeha’
Award-winning children's artist, Miss Nicky Says, is helping tamariki (children)...
Giovanni Torre 14 Sep 2026
Screenrights Cultural Fund backs Indigenous storytelling projects
Screenrights is set to provide $293,400 to six Australian and Aotearoa New Zeala...
Joseph Guenzler 31 Aug 2026
Katchafire recruits Emily Wurramara for new version of ‘Giddy Up’
Māori roots reggae band Katchafire will team up with Warnindhilyagwa artist Emil...
Joseph Guenzler 26 Aug 2026
Māori-Pasifika choir on song for gold at World Choir Games
Māori and Pasifika choral singers from Aotearoa, showing off their Polynesian pr...
Andrew Mathieson 25 Aug 2026
Gapu Djarimi connects Yolŋu songlines with Māori hip hop
Yolŋu multi-instrumentalist and master Yidaki player Larry Gurruwiwi has release...
Joseph Guenzler 7 Aug 2026
TarraWarra Museum of Art unveils TarraWarra International 2026: System Release

TarraWarra International 2026: System Release brings together ten artists from Aotearoa/New Zealand, Australia and Mexico who reach into the chaos of global precarity to create new systems of order ac...

March 24, 2026
New award to create trans-Tasman pathway for Indigenous artists

The New Zealand Fringe and Melbourne Fringe festivals have launched a new initiative aimed at building stronger opportunities for Indigenous artists across the Tasman.

March 17, 2026
Ipswich unites cultures through Waitangi Day celebration

Waitangi Day Celebrations in Ipswich were marked with culture and connection over the weekend, as hundreds gathered in the city centre to celebrate Māori identity and Indigenous solidarity.

February 10, 2026
Māori business and culture at the heart of Ipswich Waitangi Day event

Waitangi Day celebrations will be held at Ipswich Central on Saturday, February 7, bringing together Māori-led market stalls, food vendors and performances for a full-day community event.

February 6, 2026
Mau Rākau workshops launched in Magandjin / Brisbane for Māori kids

Matarua, a new six-week Mau Rākau (traditional Māori weaponry) program called Ki te Pāpaka a Māui is being run in Magandjin (Brisbane) to help Māori children connect with cult...

January 19, 2026
'A legacy in the making': PCYC NSW Haka Warriors returns to celebrate cultural pride through performance

More than 450 Pacific Islander youth from across Sydney and the Central Coast united at Sydney Olympic Park on Wednesday in a vibrant celebration of cultural pride and performance for PCYC NSW's Haka...

September 26, 2025
Ngununggula art gallery unveils new exhibition by Aotearoa artist Lisa Reihana

Ngununggula, the Southern Highlands' first regional art gallery, has unveiled Lisa Reihana: Voyager, an Australian exclusive survey exhibition by the acclaimed Aotearoa artist.

September 7, 2025
Māori group Katchafire announce nationwide Australian tour

Māori roots reggae group Katchafire will return to Australia this November as part of their 'Collie Herb Man (Revival 2.0)' tour. The band will perform 12 shows across the country, joined by spec...

August 21, 2025
Māori echoes at Sarawak’s Music Festival in the rainforest

With an intertwined love for music and his Māori culture, musician Rob Ruha joins the annual Rainforest World Music Festival (RWMF) deep in Sarawak's 140 million-year-old rainforest.

June 19, 2025
NZ gallery removes Māori artist's controversial flag walking artwork

A New Zealand flag printed with the words "please walk on me" and laid on the floor of an art gallery has once again been packed away following public outcry, 30 years after protests forced the remova...

May 31, 2025
Hip-Hop collab blends Māori and Noongar voices

Māori artist TEHIIRI and Noongar-Wongi and Pitjantjatjara rapper JJ Vacant have teamed up on 'We All Know,' a new track that blends sharp lyricism with deep cultural resonance.

May 16, 2025
Aotearoa musicians bring Te Reo to Welsh festival stage

A cross-cultural music project is bringing together artists from Aotearoa New Zealand and Wales to spotlight Indigenous and minority languages on an international stage.

May 7, 2025
Sydney Opera House to host Māori and Pasifika literature celebration

Described as an electrifying celebration of Māori and Pasifika literature, this year Sydney Opera House will bring the powerful voices of Oceania to life with the award-winning stage production U...

February 27, 2025
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