Stigmabase | Australia - New Zealand

Facebook allows people to show their support for marriage equality  - Facebook and Australian Marriage Equality have partnered together to ... for marriage equality ahead of the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras.

Why is therapy still a taboo in Australia ?  - After years in the shadows, mental health has finally become part of the ... If Australians aren't afraid to spend money on keeping our bodies healthy, ...

Too Much Cellphone Use May Cause Depression and Anxiety  - The study researchers assert their study shows that breaking addictive technology habits may be a new strategy to solve mental health problems like ...

Australia to sign new aid pact with PNG  -  Australia is set to sign a new aid partnership with Papua New Guinea ... and sexual violence issues enabling more women to break the poverty cycle.

Economic prosperity is crucial to improving social outcomes for Aboriginal people  - As the first Aboriginal deputy ombudsman in Australia I dedicate myself to helping ensure government services and policies broaden the capabilities, ...

Research points to Australian birds of prey using bushfires to their advantage  - Northern Territory lawyer turned ornithologist, Bob Gosford, is determined to prove something he says Australian Aborigines  ...

Australia's 78ers receive official apology  - June 24, 1978 is known as Australia's Stonewall rebellion. .... events of that June night brought about major change for Australia's LGBT community.

Reviving Indigenous languages through old novels, dictionaries and documents  -  Indigenous languages in Australia could number between 300 and 700, depending on the definition of language versus dialect, she said. However ...

Queensland's Indigenous designers bring a love of the land to fashion week  - Her story is far from atypical among Australia's Indigenous fashion designers. Lee says they are often distinguished from the broader industry by the ...

Indigenous drag queen Star Aqua Galactica prepares debut show at Melbourne Festival of Live Art  - The 25-year-old Indigenous man found an alter ego; a persona he was instantly ... a line he said explained how he often felt about racism in Australia .

Traditional culture used as weapon against addiction  - SBS World News Radio: Aboriginal men from South Australia are embracing traditional culture as a way to combat drug and alcohol addiction.

Indigenous leaders praise Victoria's commitment to talk about treaty  - The Victorian Aboriginal affairs minister, Natalie Hutchins, has committed to making that process happen, saying governments in Australia have ...

Father of reconciliation" Dodson heading for Senate  -  Indigenous leader and “father of reconciliation” Pat Dodson has been tapped to become a federal senator, after Western Australian senator Joe ...

Private Lives, Public History review: What is history and who makes it?  - So too, and not so long ago, Australia's Indigenous history was massaged or airbrushed – hence the rhetorical title of one of Henry Reynolds' books, ...

Would you live in a town by any other name?  - The name originally comes from the school for indigenous children that ... indigenous people in Australia were granted to Colebee and Nurragingy.

Sexual transmission of Zika virus investigated  - Nine confirmed cases of Zika have been reported in New Zealand in the last week, which brings the total number of people treated for the disease this ...

Young Africans 'harassed' by police  - Even though you're born here in New Zealand , you'll never be a Kiwi in the eyes of New Zealand , because we don't look like Kiwis." The report also ...

Push for more Maori surgeons - The Royal Australasian College of Surgeons said there are only a small number of surgeons in New Zealand who identify as Maori and it aims to ...

The late Dr Walker, first Māori to complete PhD  - The country's academia is mourning the death of Māori's leading academic Dr Ranginui Walker. Fellow academic Sir Pita Sharples says Dr Ranginui ...

Former students says Dr Walker was a beacon of hope  - Dr Walker was not only an author and an activist, he was also a man on a mission to help mainstream understand the Māori world better. Te Kāea ...

Take a look at… cancer and Maori  - HPV immunisation has achieved higher coverage among young Maori women – making it “an equity success story” amid ongoing cancer disparities in ...

Have your say on the flag referendum  - “The Māori flag that is flown on special occasions, such as Waitangi Day, should been flown every day alongside the New Zealand flag. It should have ...

Kiwi model heats up YSL film  - Raglan-based model Vinnie Woolston and his distinctive Maori tattoo are the two stars of the latest campaign for L'Homme Yves Saint Laurent.

Papua New Guinea drought: Prime Minister Peter O'Neill rejects reports of widespread deaths  -  Papua New Guinea's Prime Minister has rejected reports of widespread ... "It is not about pride, it is about making sure that our people are relying on ...