Stigmabase | Australia - New Zealand

Impacts of climate change to farms undermining Wheatbelt farmers' mental health  - Researchers from the Murdoch University surveyed 22 farmers from the Wheatbelt town of Newdegate, south east of Perth over the course of the 2013-14 agricultural season. The study, Farmers’ sense of place and mental well-being in an era of rapid climate change: a case study in the Western Australian Wheatbelt revealed that the negative impacts of climate change had a negative impact to their mental health.

Canberra toddler, one of Australia's youngest organ donors, remembered as 'amazing' little girl  - As far as I'm aware there are only about 50 children in the whole world that have been diagnosed with this particular chromosome deletion.

Victorian Coroner puts quit-smoking drug under spotlight  - Last year, the Queensland coroner reopened an investigation into the death of a 22-year-old Brisbane man who committed suicide  ...

You'll NEVER guess what's hidden beneath these hills in the Australian Outback  - The town lies in the state of South Australia , in the south-east of a desert that is ... It was given its name by the indigenous Australians , when white men ...

Mapping Indigenous identity  - In 2010 ACU became one of the first universities in Australia to introduce Indigenous staff research scholarships to facilitate valued Indigenous  ...

Mandatory sentencing leads to unjust, unfair outcomes – it doesn't make us safe  - At a Law Council of Australia symposium on Indigenous imprisonment in 2015, lawyers and judges called for the abolition of mandatory sentences.

People power: 10 online petitions that changed Australia in 2015  - "Decision makers are increasingly seeing that clicktivism and online people power can't be ignored. These are real people, they are constituents and they really care about these issues," Change.org founder Nathan Elvery​ said.

Alcohol and domestic violence : a national blind spot  - For many years, even though it was a huge problem, Australia managed to ignore the epidemic of domestic violence . But since Rosie Batty was ...

Inebriated over-50s men now biggest users of ambulances  - Ms Matthews said the increase was not linked the Australia's ageing population but was a byproduct of older men drinking irresponsibly. She believes ...

HIV is not a crime  - 90s images of dying gay men, why wouldn't we have laws to stop that awful thing happening to anyone one else? Well, firstly because in Australia , ...

Australia Day Bush Doof Forced To Change Its Name After Backlash  - A bush doof slated for the Australia Day weekend has sparked a firestorm of ... wrote Ruby Wharton of the Aboriginal Provisional Government.

Suicide adds to woes of indigenous people  - The rate of infant mortality among Aboriginal Australians is twice that in wider Australian society. Roy Sesana ‚ a Bushman from Botswana‚ whose ...

Newcomers find opportunities outside city  - I chose New Zealand because I want to be close to nature, and Matamata offers a lifestyle that is as close to nature as I can get." ... "The people I met have been truly amazing, and they make time to tell me stories about themselves ...

Hijab wearers risk Vitamin D deficiency  - The Ministry of Health said about 5 percent of people in New Zealand were Vitamin D deficient, while another 27 percent had lower than ...

We want everyone to speak Maori , everyone to feel safe speaking Maori '  - The Maori Language Commission says all New Zealanders should feel free and safe to speak Te Reo, after a woman was allegedly attacked for ...

Good vibrations flow for another year at East Coast Vibes  - 2016 had a diverse line-up of New Zealand's most popular live acts for its fourth year running. More than 2000 came to enjoy a night listening to some ...

Politicians back calls to repeal 1960s law with ' Maori -only' crimes  - Politicians are backing calls to repeal a law which sets out crimes that only Maori can be charged for, after it was described as " New Zealand's most ...

Exploring our joint intellectual heritage  - The 1900 to 1950 period is seen as a crucial time in Maori history. ... The Fund is administered by the Royal Society of New Zealand on behalf of the ...

Placenta love: Facebook photo prompts Maori mothers to share birth tradition  - I have two beautiful Maori babies Nevaeh Te kapua Hou and Manaia Elizabeth Ivy both whenua were buried on family land under heritage trees as we couldn't get the whenua returned to the home land... but on sunrise they were placed deep within the tree roots," wrote Rhia Ashton.

Turangi Maori land trust brings in Chinese partners for sheep milk expansion  - Waituhi Kuratau Trust, the Turangi-based Maori land trust, has teamed up with Chinese interests to develop its sheep-milking interests as part of a ...

Historic South Island and Māori newspapers on Papers Past  - The latest batch includes a number of significant South Island and Māori language titles (see below). The Māori titles were previously accessible ...

This 7-Eleven ad featuring a Maori warrior was labeled 'incredibly racist and offensive' — but it ...  - An official complaint was made by a New Zealander of Maori descent, who worried that the clip could "propagate a racist attitude towards not only ...