Stigmabase | Australia - New Zealand

Indigenous suicide prevention program launched in WA  - The suicide rate among Indigenous Australians is twice that for non-Indigenous people - and the highest rates are witnessed in Western Australia .

Indigenous communal despair begins with alcohol abuse  - Ceduna in South Australia and the East Kimberley will be the first two trial locations for the card. Every working age income support recipient will have ...

Fires Did Not Create Major Landscape Changes, Study Reveals  - The researchers examined how indigenous peoples influenced their landscapes in Australia . They found the use of fire by native Australians had a ...

Critical response team to tackle 'ongoing tragedy' of Indigenous suicide  - The $1m critical response project is being trialled in Western Australia , which has the highest rates of Aboriginal suicide in the country, with a view to ...

Subject to Change': Fans clamour for new LGBT -focused Australian drama  - After airing its pilot episode last week, an Australian made-for-TV drama that sheds light on LGBT youth has caught the attention of viewers looking for ...

A church in Australia is asking your forgiveness for Anglicanism's failure of LGBTI people  - A progressive Anglican church in Australia has used its church sign to ... One of the leading founders and members of the anti- gay and anti-female ...

Kitty Glitter to add some sparkle to bear circuit party Honey  - But before then, she's stopping by Sydney's favourite circuit party for bears, Honey, this Australia Day Eve. “We're super excited to be bringing Honey ...

The Bachelor Sam Wood sorry for offensive ' gay ' slur but denies making it  - On the former Bachelor Australia's social network page that has over 26,700 fans, a recipe post for "Snez's Kickstarter Smoothie" went live that ...

Newcastle academic slams 'Eurocentric' education for indigenous students  -  Australia just seems to be reluctant to embrace the need for change, and I think it is fundamentally tied up with the notion of treating Aboriginal people ...

Six Australia flag designs have been proposed without the Union Jack  - The suggested flags are instead symbolic of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures and multicultural Australia using green and yellow ...

Meat & Livestock Australia ad featuring Lee Lin Chin does not break advertising rules, watchdog says  - As for whether the ad should have used the words “operation boomerang”, the board noted that the ad does not parody Aboriginal Australians or ...

Racist video game pulled from stores after uproar  - A game that requires players to bludgeon Aboriginal Australians to death has prompted outrage and been removed from stores, raising questions as ...

Indigenous Australians Could Have Fatal Side Effects From Common Drug Use  - High prescription rates also lead Aboriginals to suffer heart attacks, type 2 diabetes, stroke and kidney failure more than any other Australians .

Theatre explores Wellington's violent past  -  Maori theatre company Te Rakau Theatre is unlocking Wellington's violent past in its latest play Dog & Bone. Director and company founder Jim ...

Triathlon goal for the generations of the future  -  Maori community support advisor Taylor Hakaraia-Woon said the training programme was not solely about physical activity, but also about sustainable ...

Long Bay restaurant development abandoned following bones discovery  - After more than two years of disruptions, redevelopment of a beachfront restaurant at Long Bay Regional Park have been abandoned. The cause of ...

Push for Govt to review Youth Benefit  - Tāmaki Makaurau MP Peeni Henare says the government needs to review its youth benefit. This follows the discovery last week that a group of ...

The mystery of Captain Cook's souvenirs  - Britain's National Maritime Museum hopes a group of London-based Māori can resolve a mystery around artefacts brought back to England by ...

Road safety message not sinking in -  The road deaths have climbed to 19 this year, following a serious car crash just south of Whangarei this morning. Despite numerous safety warnings ...

To tax cigarettes or not to tax  - TOBBACO taxes increased by 10 percent on New Year's Day, to the acclaim of the ... cost savings for the health system, and improving fairness between Maori and non- Maori . ... “Tobacco taxes cut smoking rates in New Zealand .

NZ On Screen's most viewed clips of 2015  -  NZ On Screen's Irene Gardiner said the beautiful 1972 documentary featuring interviews with female Maori elders with tattooed chins was a surprise ...

Ngapuhi showdown over TPP deal  - The Government should not be surprised if they have a TPP showdown with Ngapuhi at Waitangi. This is because they have failed to inform Maori  ...

Papua New Guinea police mobile numbers made public  - A police chief in Papua New Guinea has released the mobile phone numbers of senior colleagues and told people to call them personally for help ...

British spy service named the best LGBT employer  - Britain's domestic spy service, MI5, has been named the best employer for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people in a nationwide workplace ...