DJ Noiz plays in Yuendumu!
DJ Noiz, Kennyon Brown and Donnell Lewis roll down the Tanami Road, heading 300km west of Alice Springs to play their only Indigenous community gig on their NT Tour. Walpiri kids and adults alike wait in anticipation for their favourite singers to visit the small...
Wanta Aboriginal Corporation AGM 2020
On Friday the 20th of November, Wanta hosted their 2020 Annual General Meeting in Alice Springs. For the first time in the organisations’ history the AGM had Board representatives from all seven Communities Wanta delivers programs in. It was a positive day with many...
Meet the staff – Natasha Bennett
Natasha, otherwise known as Tash, is Wanta's Remote School Attendance Strategy (RSAS) Director in Ntaria. She is certainly no stranger to moving around; born in NSW, she went to school in Drouin/ Warragul (Vic), University in Ballarat, then moved to Melbourne where...
The latest news in Papunya… from our director, Henly.
Papunya is located 240 kms north west of Alice Springs in the MacDonnell Regional Council region and the local people are predominantly Luritja/Pintupi. It is the birthplace of contemporary indigenous Australian art. Papunya is also the home of the Warumpi band who...
Utopia Homelands… The longest school run!
WANTA and school staff in the Utopia Homelands travel 496 kilometres a day, across 8 homeland outstations to ensure students can attend school and our Remote Sports Academy at Arlparra. The Utopia Homelands are located 250kms North East of Alice Springs in the Barkly...
Meet the staff – Simon Blake
In Part One of 'Meet the Wanta Staff' we are introducing our Lajamanu Sports Academy Director, Simon Blake.Simon Blake has a varied background in sports, outdoor education and graphic design. He spent many years in recreation and working in the outdoors around...
Kalkaringi Athletes Head to Darwin for NT Team Challenge 2020
As seen in a previous blog post, Kalkaringi School hosted an interschool athletics carnival last term. As part of School Sport NT and NT Athletics, there is usually a further competition hosted in Darwin for the top athletes called the NT Championships. Due to...
Senior Yuendumu students rewarded for excellent attendance in Term 3!
At the end of last term, 16 senior girls and boys from Yuendumu were treated to a special trip to Alice Springs as a reward for excellent attendance at school. Off they went excitedly on the first day to the BIG4 Holiday Park where they enjoyed swimming in the pool...
Lajamanu and Kalkaringi take a trip to the top end!
During the term 3 holidays, some lucky students from Lajamanu and Kalkaringi joined up for a fun filled trip to the top end with lots of adventures over 6 days. It was a long drive from the two communities up to Litchfield, broken up by a picnic lunch in the park,...
Wanta’s new Movie Truck!
Wanta has partnered with Screens Without Borders who have developed an amazing new technology to deliver professional cinematic experiences to communities who wouldn't otherwise get the experience. The Wanta Movie Truck is a PopOut Cinema secured on the back of...