Stigmabase | Australia - New Zealand

Indigenous characters come to life as The Secret River heads to Melbourne stage  - We knew we couldn't tell the London part of the story, that we'd have to start here, in Australia , and with the central theme being the struggle between ...

Indigenous designers herald a coming of age FASHION  - The show at the Melbourne Museum on March 8 will also help herald a new era for Australian indigenous fashion designers who are matching ...

Fears new mothers returning to casual work may lose under childcare changes  - Modelling from the Australian National University found that 330,000 families – roughly one third of those who use subsidised childcare – would be ...

Pat Dodson and Linda Burney will boost the national conversation on Indigenous people in  -    A referendum to recognise Australia's first people in the constitution might still be several years away but this week their representation in Federal ...

How community-based innovation can help Australia close the Indigenous gap  - There is a strong bipartisan consensus that Australia needs to close the gap in Indigenous disadvantage. It is a credit to the federal government that it ...

Dirtsong tells another Australian history  - Images of landscape play on a giant screen behind the performers, featuring the vast landscape of Australia along with images of the indigenous  ...

Queensland tackles ear infections in indigenous communities  - Queensland is working on closing the gap in indigenous education by first working to close the gap in tackling ear disease. Australia has one of the ...

This app teaches Australia about its 500 Indigenous first nations  - The Welcome to Country app is basically about educating people about the language and people in Australia ," he said. "We decided to simplify it to a ...

Hard times: the suicide scourge among tradies  -  Suicide in Australia is a dark plague, ravaging every age and occupation. Three-quarters of those deaths are men – more die by their own hand than ...

Australian PM and opposition leader appear at LGBT parade  - The 38 th Sydney gay and lesbian Mardi Gras parade has concluded with landmark appearances by the Australian prime minister and the federal ...

The real reason tech brands are lining up to sponsor Australia's LGBT Mardi Gras  - On Saturday, the streets of Sydney, Australia will shut down as marchers with colourful costumes and choreographed dances celebrate the annual ...

How far Australia has come  - WITH much of Australia joining in with the Mardi Gras celebrations this weekend, it's clear we've come a long way in our attitudes to gay people.

Reviving Indigenous languages through old novels, dictionaries and documents  -  Indigenous languages in Australia could number between 300 and 700, ... From the 19th century onwards, the removal of Indigenous children from ...

When did New Zealanders become so timid, so conservative?  -  New Zealand Painting and Printmaking Award judge Zara Stanhope, the principal curator and head of programmes at Auckland Art Gallery, admires ...

Warning over cost of new cancer drugs  - A leading New Zealand cancer researcher says drug prices are reaching insane levels and it's time for new approaches to drug discovery, ...

A neighbourhood of victims: Inside New Zealand's most burgled residential area  - A neighbourhood of victims: Inside New Zealand's most burgled residential area ... and we knocked on many last week -- and most people have a story to share. ... New Zealand's burglary record appears poor when compared ...

We don't want or need a new flag  - The polls show the great majority of New Zealanders agree; they want our ... Like the New Zealand public, Maori did not ask for this flag either.

Catholic Priest Interrogated for 'Treason'  - Earlier, Father Djonga, who has long fought for the rights of the Papuan people , said he was told police may call him in for further questioning. He said ...

Shearing stories  - Among its various themes, New Zealand film Mahana deals with ... the rivalry between two Maori shearing families, the Mahanas and the Poatas, yet ...

Andrew Hampton, chief talent officer, New Zealand government: exclusive interview  - However, as Hampton wound his way up through New Zealand's civil service – moving from policy work on Maori issues, through roles in justice to the ...

By the way ... It's about respect, not recruitment  -  New Zealand wasn't the first country in the world to legalise LGBT weddings. That was the Netherlands. However, it is the first to do so in the ...

Another country - looking back 115 years  - The population was mainly European and after the land wars, the Maori population was very low. A Longman's reader on the British Empire for British ...

Trust instinct, says survivor  - of surgical, pathology and ambulatory services, said Northland's high cancer mortality rate may be attributed to the region's high Maori population .

LGBT jeweler bares new wedding ring trend  -  LGBT jeweler bares new wedding ring trend ... sub-jurisdictions (parts of Denmark,Mexico,the Netherlands, New Zealand , the United States) ...