Stigmabase | Australia - New Zealand

Compensation offered to underpaid Indigenous workers in Queensland a 'slap in the face'  - Ms Hannam is among a group of Indigenous people whose wages and savings were mostly controlled by Australian governments and agencies until ...

Here's what's driving Miss Daisy  - Herself a survivor of family violence, the strong-willed woman in her late 50s is fiercely protective of the girls she takes in and does what she can to stop the cycle of abuse.

Suicide of nephew will never leave Aboriginal elder Trevor Donaldson, who wants safe house  - In Western Australia , suicide was the third-most common cause of death in Aboriginal ... "If we can prevent one suicide, that's not a bad start," he said.

Australia's MLK Moment? Stan Grant's Pivotal Speech On Racism Goes Viral  - What will no doubt set the tone for this coming Australia Day, a powerful speech by an Indigenous Australian Stan Grant has people spontaneously ...

Racism is killing the Australian dream" speech goes viral  -  Indigenous Australian journalist Stan Grant has delivered a passionate speech on racism and the Australian dream that is being described as ...

Acknowledging how Indigenous Australians are still left behind this Australia Day  - For Indigenous Australians it will be a day of mourning. It marks the start of British invasion on Aboriginal lands and is an annual reminder of the many ...

Stan Grant's speech on racism goes viral  -  Indigenous journalist and Sky News anchor Stan Grant has been praised for challenging the Australian dream in a speech on racism that has gone ...

Let's make sure Australia is the land of the fair go  -  For Indigenous Australians , however, tomorrow brings into sharp focus an ongoing historical divide – "invasion day" marks the beginning of European ...

Aboriginal -inspired smugglers land just in time for Survival Day  - He hopes the swimwear will start a national conversation about Australia's Indigenous history in the lead up to January 26. “You know, what's the story ...

The national anthem's power to transcend language and culture  - At home, Australians speak more than 300 languages . Around 150 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander languages are still in use, not to mention the ...

Make sure this never happens to anyone else'  - Indeed, Marco's treatment highlights the gross inequality still endured by gay and lesbian couples in Australia . Despite being married in the UK, Marco ...

Zero tolerance: Andrews to crack down on gay 'conversion' therapy  - Zero tolerance: Andrews to crack down on gay 'conversion' therapy ... The "ex- gay movement" is still a part of evangelical church culture in Australia .

Gay conversion therapy crackdown in Vic  - The Victorian government has vowed to crack down on gay conversion therapists who claim they can 'cure' homosexuality. The government says ...

Engineering a Better Future: Engineers Without Borders ( Australia )  - “We use innovative technology to fight poverty in Asia and Australia ,” says O'Shea , who has just returned from Cambodia, where he ran a Design ...

Inaugural Kapiti writers' retreat inspires authors  - At his workshop, he said being a "poetic witness" was similar to being a social justice conscience, which was why people had dubbed him a 'blues ...

Maori have nothing to worry about with TPP  - So there's nothing in TPP that Maori should be at all worried about. The rights of the Treaty are fully preserved and we are conscious of that." A small ...

Rousing wedding haka goes viral; viewed more than 19 million times  - A distinctly Kiwi wedding surprise went down a storm -- and not just at the reception. Wedding guests performed a haka, or traditional Maori  ...

Papua New Guinea embraces the tranquillity of yoga  - It's common in PNG for young people to witness violence. Young people especially can come and improve their health and fitness, but they can also ...

Wedding haka moves New Zealand Maori bride to tears  -  A passionate wedding haka that moved a New Zealand bride to tears is making everyone else cry too after being watched more than 19m times.

Gunman shot brothers, opened fire at school  - The gunman suspected of killing four people and injuring several others in Canada's worst school violence in a decade first shot his two brothers at ...

Doodle in eye of beholders  - What people saw on stage was part of his performance and not real. ... If only it was that easy for police to give journalists in New Zealand the ...

PNG to help Tonga rebuild Teufaiva Stadium & High Performance Center  - It also symbolizes the spirit of unity and solidarity between and among the people of Papua New Guinea and the people of the Kingdom of Tonga.

Papua New Guinea drought: A desperate need for food in drought-ravaged Western Province  - Reports of drought-related deaths in Papua New Guinea's Western Province will be investigated by the Prime Minister's Office after the Government ...

US concerned about keeping Papuan forests intact  - More details have emerged about the visit to West Papua by the US ... One of the people Mr Blake met with was Father Neles Tebay of Papua's  ...