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With NAIDOC week in full swing, celebrations are taking place from the Top End coast to central Australia's red centre and most places in between. In Tennant Creek hundreds have marched in solidarity marking the opening of a special project - years in the making.

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00:03Traditional dance and bush tucker, the perfect recipe to acknowledge NAIDOC week on Warramungu
00:09country.
00:10On behalf of the Pata Warramunga people, I welcome you to NAIDOC 2026.
00:15It's great to see the younger generation here participating and enjoying themselves
00:20in NAIDOC and learning about NAIDOC, what it means.
00:24A day for celebration, but also reflection.
00:27A bit sad, but I'm happy that, you know, we fight a lot to keep our culture and history
00:37alive.
00:38Hundreds of marchers stomping their feet all the way to the Ninkanunu gallery.
00:43The gallery was built with my past elders, it was to showcase our artefacts and also storytelling
00:53about our history, the Warramunga history.
00:56An important cultural meeting place and educational hub, named after the spiny-tailed lizard.
01:02The gallery has been under redevelopment for more than two years, but it's hoped its grand
01:08reopening today will attract more tourists to the outback town.
01:12Bringing tourists to me, but also keep teaching our young ones.
01:16The redeveloped gallery, a welcome addition to the area.
01:21I think it's fantastic, it's bringing people together.
01:24From one celebration to another, the Tennant Creek show kicks off tomorrow.
01:28All right.
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01:31Let's go back.
01:31We will be back.
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