National Reconciliation Week 2026

Each year, Reconciliation Tasmania hosts events during National Reconciliation Week that bring people together to reflect, listen deeply and take meaningful steps towards a more just and respectful future in Lutruwita / Tasmania.

The Nipaluna / Hobart National Reconciliation Week Breakfast is the largest event in our statewide program, welcoming community members, leaders, organisations and government representatives to listen, learn and reflect together.

Our breakfasts are grounded in truth-telling and truth-listening, centering Tasmanian Aboriginal voices, lived experiences and perspectives. Speakers share powerful and deeply personal stories that challenge assumptions, provoke reflection and inspire meaningful action.

Reconciliation Tasmania works alongside Tasmanian Aboriginal people to advance truth, justice and a better future through education, leadership and advocacy across the wider community. These gatherings foster understanding, strengthen relationships and encourage participants to consider the role they can play in advancing reconciliation in practical and lasting ways.

Events, resources & Voices for Reconciliation

Posters and social tiles are available now from the posters and resources page. More resources will be added in the lead-up to NRW, so stay tuned.

Multilingual resources will be available on our website after launching at the National Multicultural Festival in Canberra on Saturday 7 February 2026.

The Voices for Reconciliation 2026 song will be announced in February.

Event registration – for inclusion on our public NRW calendar – will be open from March.

What is National Reconciliation Week?

The dates for NRW remain the same each year; 27 May to 3 June. These dates commemorate two significant milestones in the reconciliation journey – the successful 1967 referendum, and the High Court Mabo decision respectively.

Reconciliation must live in the hearts, minds and actions of all Australians as we move forward, creating a nation strengthened by respectful relationships between the wider Australian community, and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.

We all have a role to play when it comes to reconciliation, and in playing our part we collectively build relationships and communities that value Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, histories, cultures, and futures.

NRW: A brief history

National Reconciliation Week started as the Week of Prayer for Reconciliation in 1993 (the International Year of the World’s Indigenous Peoples) and was supported by Australia’s major faith communities.

In 1996, the Council for Aboriginal Reconciliation launched Australia’s first National Reconciliation Week.

In 2001, Reconciliation Australia was established to continue to provide national leadership on reconciliation.

The year before, approximately 300,000 people walked across Sydney Harbour Bridge as part of National Reconciliation Week – and subsequently across bridges in cities and towns throughout Australia – to show their support for reconciliation.

Today, National Reconciliation Week is celebrated in workplaces, schools and early learning services, community organisations and groups, and by individuals Australia-wide.

Check out our factsheet on National Reconciliation Week.

Building on the Success of 2025

Our 2025 National Reconciliation Week Breakfast Program was our most significant to date, bringing together more than 1,500 people across the state to listen, learn and take part in powerful moments of truth-telling.

Across each event, speakers shared deeply personal stories and perspectives that challenged assumptions, provoked reflection and created lasting impact. These conversations are sometimes challenging and uncomfortable, but they are valuable and sit at the heart of meaningful change.

The 2026 program continues to build on this momentum, creating space for important conversations and encouraging all of us to step forward and take action in support of reconciliation.

Please see our 2025 highlights reel below: