Stigmabase | Australia - New Zealand

Age apartheid' thrives as Gov's older worker policy fails  - A decade of older worker initiatives by the Australian Government have failed through poor planning, shoddy implementation and a chronic lack of ...

Let's stop neglecting the unique struggles of Aboriginal women  - For when it comes to Australia , Aboriginal women have fought and survived the absolute worst of it. Our stories give vital insight into what is needed to ...

Australian app educates about indigenous peoples  - Welcome to Country is educating users about numerous indigenous peoples, cultures and heritage across the continent.

Indigenous students up in Australia but concerns remain  - A rise in Indigenous student enrolments in Australia should not obscure the need for “culturally appropriate and continuous support” to improve low ...

Queer wars: the best place to start promoting gay rights is at home  - Queer wars: the best place to start promoting gay rights is at home ... Australia detains asylum seekers in a country that criminalises homosexuality .

Ethnicity data needed to improve super for Indigenous people  - Only two super funds are currently collecting this type of data, which can help create an entry path for Indigenous Australians to more accessible ...

Young women and middle-aged Australians drive rise in national suicide rate  - A steep rise in death by suicide among middle-aged Australians and young women has driven the national suicide rate to its highest level in 13 years.

Protecting ancient heritage  - We argued he did not go far enough closing tracks to protect Aboriginal ... The listing of the area as part of Australia's national heritage (an honour ...

Gender equality is still eluding us  - But New Zealand is slipping as one of the best countries in the world for women to live in. We've dropped to 10th in the Global Gender Gap report of ...

New Zealand leads world in average hotel room price rises  - The average price paid for a New Zealand hotel room rose 6 per cent in ... Europe continued to be an expensive holiday choice for New Zealanders , ...

More home buyers request meth tests  - Banks and real estate agents are suggesting people get an initial meth ... Harcourts New Zealand chief executive Chris Kennedy encourages ...

McDonald's LGBT Stance Has Always Been Hard To Swallow  - While that ad aired in France, McDonald's wi-fi in New Zealand restaurants were blocking LGBT sites — and we weren't “loving it.” Shortly afterwards ...

Strengthening the rights of workers  - The Māori Party, along with United Future and Labour, has negotiated with the Government to strengthen the rights of workers in the Employment ...

Trades an option for wahine - Sir Pita Sharples says the key to the new Maori and Pacific trades training schemes is the way they try to place tauira into jobs rather than throwing ...

Introducing Auckland Council's Māori heritage team  - Auckland Council is committed to the appropriate protection of tangata whenua's taonga, sites and places of cultural and historic heritage to avoid ...

Prisoners lose legal bid for voting rights  - The prisoners also argued the law discriminated against Maori because Maori were over-represented in prison and the act "increases the vulnerability ...