Stigmabase | Australia - New Zealand

Young computer geeks - Australia's next generation of tech entrepreneurs  - He co-authored the new digital technologies curriculum which will see every child in Australia learn computer programming between Years 3 to 8.

How to survive FIFO life  - Experts acknowledge FIFO can present many challenges when it comes to mental , physical and emotional health but say there are ways to make the ...

The art of being mentally healthy  - Researchers at The University of Western Australia have found that ... between mental wellbeing and arts engagement in the general population.

Why we need to talk about suicide  - Sue Murray has devoted her life to improving Australian health. ... surrounding mental health with the goal of halving suicides in Australia in 10 years.

Possum skin cloaks and bush medicine explained in Aboriginal seasonal calendar app  - For tens of thousands of years, Australia's Indigenous people have lived by the seasons: hunting, gathering, healing and surviving the elements based ...

David Bowie praised for 'gutsy' support of Aboriginal rights  - David Bowie has been remembered in Australia for his “gutsy” efforts to expose the struggle for Aboriginal rights in his much-celebrated Let's Dance ...

Increasing indigenous community employment in Australia  - In 2012, our Australia business, QGC, developed its first Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Employment Training and Business Development ...

Western Australia's hidden treasures: have you seen them all?  - Western Australia is regarded by many as Australia's final frontier. ... A visit to the Yiyili indigenous community at the Louisa Downs does exactly that.

Domestic violence issue goes to heart of who we are  - In Australia , about one in three women has experienced physical violence ... self-esteem, mental health, job losses or addictions, just to name a few.

No, Goldie Taylor, Gun Control Won't Reduce Suicide  - Wright first takes us to Australia , where there seems to be a relationship between its buy-back gun program and a drop in the suicide rate. But “the ...

Why do we keep going back to the bush?  - The Australian landscape is haunted by the violence of the frontier wars, bloodstained and unforgiving. But while the Gothic continues to be a dominant motif in Australian art, it was once rivalled by colonial myths in which the land was conquered and bent to the will of the invader.

Possum skin cloaks and bush medicine explained in Aboriginal seasonal calendar app  - For tens of thousands of years, Australia's Indigenous people have lived by the seasons: hunting, gathering, healing and surviving the elements based ...

Gay pageant on its way  - Deer Park nurse J.O. Rojas (pictured), the reigning Miss Transsexual Australia , said the event's aim was to raise awareness of issues facing the gay  ...

Operation Boomerang' lamb ad insults Indigenous people , say critics  - The Australia Day-themed lamb commercial starring Lee Lin Chin has ... what is considered a day of anger and mourning for many Indigenous people .

David Bowie's New Zealand connections  -  The day after arriving in New Zealand , Bowie visited Porirua – where 3000 people were waiting on Takapuwahia Marae to catch a glimpse of him.

Boaties getting the lifejacket message  - New research from Maritime New Zealand (MNZ) shows 78 percent of the ... "Most of the people who are dying out there are older males who have ...

Māori reminisce on their encounters with David Bowie  - News broke recently of the death of 69-year-old David Bowie who lost his battle to cancer.  Bowie was a renowned musician and a stand-out entertainer around the world.  

Great to be working back in home town  - Formed in 2007, Okareka was established to fuse contemporary dance with indigenous Maori themes and other genres to create authentic, diverse ...

Touch NZ welcome funding injection for 2016  - Touch NZ are welcoming a well overdue injection of funding for 2016. The struggling sport has been given an extra $90,000 a year, for the next four ...

Auckland CCTV helping to address crime more quickly  - Auckland Central Police are pleased that the decision to monitor the city's CCTV 24 hours, 7 days a week, has helped them address crime more quickly.  Since manning the CCTV around the clock began in mid December, they've nearly tripled the number of arrests.

More action needed on Maori smoking rates  - A report into progress on addressing tobacco-related harm among Māori shows few of the recommendations made to a parliamentary committee have ...

Striking Photo Shows Newborn With Umbilical Cord That Spells 'Love'  - This is because, as a Maori baby, tradition states that his placenta will be buried and "returned to the Earth." Some observance of this tradition even ...

Striking Photo Shows Newborn With Umbilical Cord That Spells 'Love'  - This is because, as a Maori baby, tradition states that his placenta will be buried and "returned to the Earth." Some observance of this tradition even ...

Will the Anglican church split this week over LGBT issues?  - The United States, Canada, Scotland, Wales, New Zealand , South India, South Africa and Brazil have all indicated their willingness to embrace LGBT  ...