Nayri Niara Events

Nayri Niara is an Aboriginal owned social enterprise housed at the LongHouse in nipaluna/Hobart.

We Connect to Indigenous Culture, Country, Community, the Self and the Sacred. We unite ancient Indigenous knowledge with modern innovative practices. We use our home hearth space, The LongHouse, to offer connective and immersive experiences that celebrate Indigenous culture & community, WellBeing events, workshops & Urban Retreats. We also offer the LongHouse for private events where we can provide Indigenous cultural experiences, nutritional & medicinal food offerings, space styling or simply the LongHouse space for you to personalise to suit your event.

Click here to learn more about Nayri Niara.

We Connect to Indigenous Culture, Country, Community, the Self and the Sacred. We unite ancient Indigenous knowledge with modern innovative practices.

Nayri Niara events are all centred around community coming together to share stories, laugh, dance, sing, & for us all to celebrate Aboriginal ways of knowing and being.

ALL are welcome.

As an Indigenous Social Enterprise, we encourage the sharing & inclusion of Aboriginal Cultures, ceremony & knowledge sharing. We also offer Acknowledgement of Country and Welcome To Country as well as full day & half-day workshops.

Cultural Events

WellBeing Events & Retreats

We believe in WellBeing for ALL Beings.
We unite Ancient Practices for Modern Well-being.

Our offerings include:
- Events & Workshops
- Urban Retreats
- 1:1 Sessions with in-house Healers & Practitioners

Nayri Niara Good Spirit Festival

Good Music, Good Sharing, Good Food, Good Spirit.

The Nayri Niara Good Spirit Festival is a three-day biannual gathering of Indigenous knowledge sharing, culture, music, ceremony & arts, held in the stunning cultural landscape that is lunawuni/Bruny Island, lutruwita/Tasmania. The Festival is a powerful opportunity for Indigenous & non-indigenous people to share knowledge & ceremony, honouring ancient traditions, with modern innovation.

The Nayri Niara Good Spirit Festival hosts an amazing array of musicians, dancers, healers & teachers to explore & connect Indigenous, earth-based living, wellbeing & healing wisdom. 

Event Gallery

  • Two people speaking in front of art display featuring artwork

    CULTIVATE Artist Exhibition
    ”Inviting Indigenous & non-Indigenous artists to connect & create together.”

  • Indigenous man playing yiddaki

    CULTIVATE Artist Exhibition
    ”Inviting Indigenous & non-Indigenous artists to connect & create together.”

  • Two Indigenous men performing smoking ceremony

    Leroy & Djuker Hart performing Indigenous Smoking Ceremony at 2022 NAIDOC Celebration

  • Two Indigenous men performing smoking ceremony

    Nathan Pitchford & Djuker Hart performing Indigenous Smoking Ceremony at 2022 NAIDOC Celebration

  • Indigenous man performing traditional ceremony with children

    Nathan Pitchford performing traditional Indigenous ceremony at the 2022 NAIDOC Celebration

  • Image of people gathered at indoor market

    Nayri Niara’s Seasonal Immersion Market - The Home HEARTh Market

  • People gathered around market stall of handmade goods

    Nayri Niara’s Seasonal Immersion Market - The Home HEARTh Market

  • Two women facing each other with hands outstretched smiling

    Raw Abundance Workshop

  • People gathered around table eating

    Raw Abundance Workshop

  • Indigenous woman playing guitar

    Emily Wurramara performing at Heal the Unspoken Event for World Suicide Prevention Day

  • Indigenous Senior Elder blowing out birthday cake candles

    This Is Your Life Event - Celebrating Aboriginal Elder, Jim Everett “puralia meenamatta”

  • Indigenous man and his band performing music

    Jay Jarome performing at Heal the Unspoken Event for World Suicide Prevention Day

  • Three Indigenous Family Members standing in a line

    CULTIVATE Artist Exhibition
    ”Inviting Indigenous & non-Indigenous artists to connect & create together.”

  • Crowd gathered around stage listening to First Nations people speak in forum

    Under the Surface Forum
    ”Explore what stories & knowledge lie just under the surface.”

  • Two female First Nations speaking in forum

    Ruth Langford & Caroline Spotswood, First Nations panel speakers in Under the Surface Forums.

    ”Explore what stories & knowledge lie just under the surface.”

  • One Indigenous and non-Indigenous man performing on stage

    Warren Mason & Young Dawson performing at 2021 NAIDOC Celebration

  • Indigenous man performing smoking ceremony

    Leroy Hart performing Indigenous smoking ceremony at 2021 NAIDOC Celebration

Private Events & LongHouse Space Hire

Nayri Niara is an Aboriginal owned social enterprise housed at the LongHouse, Nipaluna/Hobart.
We use our space to celebrate community, cultural & WellBeing events, workshops & Urban Retreats. We also offer the LongHouse for private events where we can provide cultural experiences, nutritional & medicinal food offerings, space styling or the LongHouse space on it’s own for you to personalise to suit your event.

Warehouse space in distance with pink and purple sunset sky behind
Event space set up with long table and chairs
Tin shed structure with plants, rug, small table and candles
Tin shed structure with chair and Aboriginal flag
Woman placing foliage on table set up
Fire barrel with lit fire
Three men outside near marquee walking with food in hands
Table set up with possum skin and vase with leaves in it