Stigmabase | Australia - New Zealand

No car, no worries: meet the family travelling Australia for free  - No car, no worries: meet the family travelling Australia for free ... The modern-day swag-people travelled through several Indigenous communities, ...

It's time for Aboriginal identity and story to be embraced by all Australians '  - Challenged, by former Prime Minister, Paul Keating, to imagine an Australia where our Aboriginal cultural identity is indistinguishable from Australian  ...

Report reveals high level of Indigenous youth in detention nationwide  - About half of all young people in detention are Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander, according to a report by the Australian Institute of Health ...

Green reiterates anti- violence plea  - Perth boxer Danny Green has reiterated his plea to end violence on Australia's streets following an alleged one-punch attack in Brisbane that resulted ...

Violence continues to destroy families  - NSW Police Commissioner Andrew Scipione last year noted the extraordinary decline in violent assaults near Sydney pubs and clubs just one year after new drinking laws were introduced.

Nauru confirms refugee child assault investigation  -  Australian government figures show that 92 children are in the Nauru centre, located about 4,500km (2,800 miles) northeast of Australia .

Gay dating app Grindr to stream its first fashion show  - The most important week of the British menswear calendar is kicking off on Friday in London and one designer has set pulses racing over ...

This Newly Discovered Meteorite Is Literally ' Older Than Earth'  - Researchers from Curtin University in Australia have uncovered a meteorite that's estimated to be over 4.5 billion years old , which is about how old  ...

Lets Go Walkabout dance party changes name after social media backlash over cultural ...  - The Lets Go Walkabout festival was accused of appropriating from Indigenous culture, and has had to change its name to Lets Go Walkaround.

WA police introduce prerecorded cautions in Aboriginal languages  -  Indigenous people will soon be able to hear a prerecorded caution in any Aboriginal language if arrested in Western Australia under changes ...

One-third of Australian pensioners live in poverty : OECD report  - More than one-third of Australian pensioners are living below the poverty line, making the country among the worst performers in the world for the ...

A Tribe Called Red to launch month-long NAC indigenous series  - Members of A Tribe Called Red spent a night in an Australian indigenous ... a strong message – political or funny clips that reference native people .

More hunger' for NZ films in 2016  - The New Zealand film industry says 2016 looks set be a great year for local productions ... A number of New Zealand films are also set for release, including ... in the sense that as producers we've just got more people to sell ideas to.

Time for a transgender education, NZ  - Being transgender both in New Zealand and around the world is a real ... People usually just look at me and assume I'm a butch lesbian, call me by ...

 Asian migrants not snubbing NZ's regions  - The Southland region had the biggest percentage growth of any region in New Zealand (233 per cent) - from 852 people to 2838. Immigrants are ...

Claim tobacco price hike will lead to increased pressure on mental health services  - People are collecting used cigarettes from the street to help battle their mental illness and avoid personal harm, a woman who uses cigarettes to moderate her own illness says

Pay shock: Wellington, not Auckland, is the New Zealand city with the highest advertised salaries  - Wellington had the highest average advertised salaries in New Zealand last year ... has a big impact and when they cut back it affects a lot of people .

Steven Joyce backs concerns about historic ' Maori -only crimes' law  - Steven Joyce backs concerns about historic ' Maori -only crimes' law ... into whether parts of a historic law described as " New Zealand's most racist" ...

Call for Māori athletes to be wary of sexism in sports  - Swift advice from Māori sports broadcasting legend, Hemana Waaka. ... They need to remember who they are and the pride of New Zealand rests with ...

What Aotearoa is teaching Alaskans  - The southern Alaskan village of Igiugig has come to New Zealand in an ... have come to New Zealand to learn about the success of Te Reo Maori .

Maori , Pasifika respiratory disease rates a scandal - doctors  - Pacific people are 6.4 times, Māori 3.7 times and Asian 2.3 times more likely to be hospitalised than other New Zealanders , and those differences are ...

Hundreds of Papuans hide in the woods after the death of TNI officer  - Hundreds of villagers in Mamberamo Raya in Papua have fled into the woods to live as they fear the Indonesian Military (TNI) will blame them for the death of an officer last year, a regional lawmaker said on Thursday.