At Nayri Niara, we create Good Spirit.
We are an Aboriginal owned Social Enterprise located at The LongHouse in nipaluna/Hobart, lutruwita/Tasmania.
We Connect to Indigenous Culture, Country, Community, the Self & the Sacred.
We unite ancient Indigenous knowledge with modern innovative practices.
We are open to ALL people, from ALL cultural lineages.
We seek guidance of Elders, cultural knowledge keepers & industry experts.
We privilege the voices of First Nations.
Nayri Niara is an Aboriginal owned Social Enterprise located at The LongHouse in nipaluna/Hobart, lutruwita/Tasmania.
For more than two decades, Ruth Langford, Nayri Niara’s founder, has drawn on the knowledge passed on by her Yorta Yorta mother, the lutrawita/Tasmanian Aboriginal community where she was born, and national and international Indigenous connections to heal lives, rebuild Indigenous cultural knowledge and build new futures within and beyond the Tasmanian Aboriginal community. Ruth founded the bi-annual Nayri Niara Good Spirit Festival in 2017, the Indigenous social enterprise Nayri Niara, and established The Longhouse, a meeting-place in Hobart where Indigenous cultural knowledge and WellBeing practices are explored and shared with community.
Nayri Niara’s Dream
Nayri Niara is determined to break down cultural barriers, address intergenerational trauma and ‘Close the Gap’ for Indigenous people by providing reconnection to First Nations cultural practices for healing, disrupt systemic poverty through Nayri Niara’s “Our Way Home” workforce development program, and heal the epidemic of isolation and mental health crisis through providing connection and belonging, recognising that community is vital to this.
