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Smoke and dust as food is prepared for a traditional Māori feast or Hangi, Rotorua New Zealand. Shutterstock

Restrictions on cultural hunting practices are limiting Indigenous people’s access to food during the pandemic

Stewart Sutherland, Australian National University; Amanda Wingett, Australian National University, and Dione Payne, Lincoln University, New Zealand

Many Indigenous people in Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand are lacking food security due to public health orders preventing them from traditional food sourcing.
The town of Wilcannia in the far outback of New South Wales on the banks of the Darling river. shutterstock

COVID in Wilcannia: a national disgrace we all saw coming

Susan Green, Charles Sturt University

The COVID-19 crisis in Wilcannia demonstrates how entrenched neglect has led to a community devastated by the global pandemic.
An Aboriginal flag planted on the riverbed in front of the last stagnant pools of water that are now the Darling River at Wilcannia. John Janson-Moore

Friday essay: death on the Darling, colonialism’s final encounter with the Barkandji

Heidi Norman, University of Technology Sydney and John Janson-Moore, University of Technology Sydney

For the Barkandji people, the crisis on the Barwon-Darling represents the biggest threat to their continued survival on country since the sheep invaded.

Related Topics

  1. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples
  2. Aboriginal health
  3. Access to health care
  4. Aotearoa
  5. COVID-19
  6. Drought
  7. Friday essay
  8. Hunting
  9. Indigenous health
  10. New Zealand

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