Stigmabase | Australia - New Zealand

When solutions became the problem in Indigenous affairs  - The Productivity Commission says Australia spends twice as much on programs and services for Indigenous people than the rest of the population.

Indigenous dancer Tammi Gissell talks about dance's influence in her culture  - The Black Chat program will also feature three films from the Film Australia Collection, all focusing on Indigenous dance. Aeroplane Dance documents ...

Protecting Indigenous culture and heritage for future generations  - The Turnbull Government yesterday passed legislation to set up the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS) for ...

WA has highest indigenous prisoners rate  -  WA is locking up more indigenous people than any other state in Australia , new ... Despite WA having a smaller indigenous population than NSW and ...

105-year-old Australian Aboriginal artist honored with US exhibition  - Loongkoonan only took up painting in her mid-90s, embracing it with such originality, confidence and dedication her work soon found its way into ...

Indigenous lawyers and law students making a mark on SA courts under scholarship and ...  - Thirty years after South Australia's first Indigenous lawyer started practising, ... "A lot of Indigenous people have this built up fear of the law, a fear of ...

The irresistible rise of Indigenous writing  - There's a Macquarie PEN Anthology of Aboriginal Literature. Wikipedia lists 36 prominent Indigenous Australian writers (probably a conservative and ...

Warren Mundine blasts indigenous funding waste  - The Prime Minister's chief adviser on indigenous issues says money slated to increase the living standards of Australia's indigenous people is failing ...

Tu Williams to head Mana Ririki  - The new chief executive of a group set up to eliminate Maori child abuse says all those working in the area need to come together to look at ...

Action plan to help grow Northland  - The Hundertwasser Art Centre and Wairau Māori Art Gallery is identified in the Tai Tokerau Northland Economic Action Plan as a key potential tourism ...

Maori Storage Pits Point to Large Settlement  - Their size suggest that there was a large Maori settlement in the area between 200 and 400 years ago. “Kumara pits similar to those found on ...

Sadness over death of Māori leader  - The death of Linda Grennell, a former President of the Māori Women's Welfare League, marks the end of a lifetime of leadership and service to New ...

New Zealand PM to skip Waitangi Day event amid TPP anger  - The trade deal, signed on Thursday, has angered Maori activists who say they ... It set out the terms of British colonisation with the Maori population .

Waitangi Mondayisation Flaunted by Large Employer of Maori  - One of the first companies to flaunt the first ever Mondayising of Waitangi day law is a large employer of Maori in the North Island, says the NZ Meat ...

New Zealand: Flying sex toy hits politician's head  - The event Joyce was at happens every year at a marae ( Maori meeting house) in the North Island of New Zealand. It is a controversial day as it is ...

For LGBT People, Australia Isn't the Last Bastion of Colonialism's Toxic Legacy  - Unfortunately -- at a time where India currently struggles to even legalize same-sex activity -- and excepting Britain, Canada, Australia, New Zealand  ...