Stigmabase | Australia - New Zealand

'Walked in two worlds, left his mark on both' As the lead singer of the band Yothu Yindi, M. Yunupingu, the 1992 Australian of the Year, was an ambassador for Aboriginal people who took his message of reconciliation to the world. As an educator he inspired students and teachers alike, bringing ...

Racist names leave a poisonous legacy Time to make amends: Australia still has place names that come from atrocities against Aboriginal people. Photo: Ben Plant. My thanks to all the readers who sent in suggestions for racist names that the NSW Geographical Names Board should have a look ...

Call for police in ' torture ' case to attend Perth healing ceremony Mr Hopkins said a direction of this kind had not been sought in an Australian civil matter before, although there were examples of New Zealand and Canadian authorities engaging with indigenous healing and restorative justice practices. "It's ... not so  ...

Gavin Wanganeen reflects on his indigenous history ahead of the Journey to ... And when we recognise Aboriginal people in the Constitution, all Australians will also be able to take pride in having a new formal connection to the world's oldest living cultures. That is why tomorrow I'll be joining the walk in the city to be part ...

Indigenous men learn strength in numbers Although it has not received widespread distribution, the movie has been received enthusiastically by men's groups throughout Australia . It was screened this week at a Strong Men's gathering of indigenous men from the Warrnambool and Moyne areas.

NZ anti- gay group slams tourism 'stunt' Tourism New Zealand launched a search last week to find an Australian gay couple to be the first to marry on antipodean soil. The winners of the competition will have their air fares, accommodation, wedding ceremony and reception paid for. In response  ...

PM flags gay marriage referendum The Prime Minister, who voted no to gay marriage when Julia Gillard allowed Labor members a free parliamentary vote last year, says he "wants the thing resolved". "I think I am now the first prime minister in Australia who is a fully signed up ...

PM flags gay marriage referendum The Prime Minister, who voted no to gay marriage when Julia Gillard allowed Labor members a free parliamentary vote last year, says he "wants the thing resolved". "I think I am now the first prime minister in Australia who is a fully signed up ...

Parliament is the best forum for marriage equality Children of gay couples and young gay people should not be subjected to a potentially divisive campaign that will debate the morality of homosexuality . It is counter-productive and potentially harmful. It is not the way we do things in Australia , and ...

Rudd Endorses Gay Marriage "I am now the first prime minister of Australia who is a fully signed-up supporter of marriage equality," Mr. Rudd told reporters. "I would like to see this done. This causes so many people unnecessary angst out in Australia in the gay and lesbian ...

Progressive Jewry welcomes US Gay Marriage decision The UPJ believes that this decision supports the call for marriage equality to be accepted in Australia in order that same-sex couples receive the respect, rights, and recognition that they deserve. We believe that these decisions are a victory not ... Our mission is to provide the best information on social exclusion worldwide

Shearer: Maori Party finished; talk of deadline for leadership challenge ... Labour's candidate Meka Whaitiri won the Maori seat comfortably gaining more than 40 per cent of the vote, followed by Mana Party's Te Hamua Nikora on around 24 per cent and the Maori Party's Na Raihania on 20 per cent. “I think the Maori Party is ...

Byelection underlines Harawira's destructiveness His complaint was that the other Maori Party MPs weren't radical enough for him and were prepared to accept crumbs from John Key's table as opposed to the … well, it is never quite clear what he would try to deliver to his people were he ever to have ...

Labour Hold Comfortably, Mana Beat Maori Party Mana and the Maori Party swapped positions from the general election, a sign the Maori Party is suffering due to its association with National and the ongoing leadership squabbles within the party. The Green's Marama Davidson came in fourth with 1,188  ...

New Zealand woman glues mouth shut with superglue which she thought was ... A 64-year-old woman in New Zealand mistook a tube of superglue for her coldsore cream and glued her lips together. The woman, from Dunedin, on the south coast of the country's South Island, gave her story to 3 News on condition of anonymity. She said  ...

Attackers of PNG killing still at large: embassy The Chinese embassy in Papua New Guinea denied that the attackers who killed four Chinese nationals have been arrested, Global Times reported Friday. The PNG newspaper, The National, reported on Thursday that four of the suspects of the killing have  ...

Sinarmas expands oil palm plantations in Papuan forests A report has revealed that Golden Agri Resources (GAR), the Sinarmas Group's oil palm business, is expanding its oil palm plantations in more than 20,000 hectares of forests in Papua . The expansion permit was obtained after the forests were removed ...

UN Asks Nigeria To Abolish Death Penalties United Nations Secretary-General, Mr. Ban Ki-moon, at the weekend urged Nigeria, Papua New Guinea and other United Nations Member States to move towards the abolition of the death penalty, and called on countries where the procedure is still practiced  ...