Stigmabase | Australia - New Zealand

What helped them live?' Stories of suicide attempt survivors could be key to prevention  - Listening to people who survived a suicide attempt could be key to the way Australia approaches prevention, a peak body has said, as new data ...

Shining a light on women living with HIV  - Around 10 percent of the population of people living with HIV in Australia are women. Yet women are largely invisible in our HIV response. Women ...

Anti-bullying head links Safe Schools to same-sex marriage  - Ms Ward oversees youth-orientated projects at Gay and Lesbian Health ... A Safe Schools Coalition spokesperson told The Australian yesterday that ...

Thousands sign petition to save gay refugees trapped on anti- gay island  - More than 18,000 people have signed a petition to extract the two men from the anti- gay island, after they separately fled to Australia in the hopes of ...

Solar storage tiles and paint: how to make old homes more energy efficient  - Did you know more people die from the cold in Australia than they do in Sweden? According to a study published in The Lancet medical journal in ...

National guidelines for home delivered meals in development  - A federally-funded project is underway to create a set of national guidelines for meals services delivered to older Australians under the new ...

Putting an end to forced marriage in Australia  - These women are commonly under 18 years old and are often married to men who they don't know and who are much older than themselves.

Indigenous Business Partnership Changes Lives  - In-Balance Australia , a 100% Aboriginal -owned and family managed company which markets and exports environmentally responsible industrial ...

Aboriginal Heritage Act changes give traditional owners less say: Indigenous groups  - Proposed changes to South Australia's Aboriginal Heritage Act will reduce powers of traditional owners, according to Indigenous groups.

Sculptor goes big on history  - Muir's work will carry through one of his familiar themes – telling the story of indigenous Australia , and white Australia's relationship with the continent's ...

An ancient Australian connection to India?  - When was the remote Australian continent first settled? Where did these ancient Australians come from? Was the island settled once, or on multiple occasions? Is there a genealogical connection between the indigenous people of Australia and India?

Indigenous children need a road to safety  - This tragedy has heightened my conviction that the lives of all of our children in Australia are precious and should be protected at all costs. Aboriginal  ...

WA government to push Aboriginal tourism  - Speaking at the 8th Australian Indigenous Tourism Conference in Bunbury, Tourism minister Kim Hames said Australia's Aboriginal culture was one of ...

Children As Young As Ten Are Killing Themselves In Western Australia And The Number Is Growing  - A Kimberley Aboriginal leader has slammed the government, claiming Western Australia communities have insufficient resources to stem a rising tide ...

State care abuse report ignored, judge says  - A judge who listened for seven years to stories of people abused in state care says she feels her report about how to stop it happening again has been ...

Freedom camping banned in Christchurch  - French Farm resident Chris Goldspink lives close to one of five locations set aside by the council for people without onboard toilets to camp for free.

People across Indonesia witness solar eclipse  - People across Indonesia witnessed the solar ... In Manokwari, West Papua , people came out of their homes to see the ...

Maori input vital in ending stand-off.  -  Maori input vital in ending stand-off. The intervention of Taupo Area Commander Warwick Morehu and iwi liaison officers has helped end an armed ...

Pasifika to return to Auckland's Western Springs  - Pasifika is a celebration of New Zealand's vibrant Pacific cultures. It is an increasingly popular event that all Aucklanders can look forward to.

What's Bachelor got against Maori TV?  - The campaign for a new local series Game of Bros featured a tagline "Lover Boy vs Lavalava Boy" and was deliberately placed next to billboards and ...

Maori artists lead contemporary art prize  -  Maori artists have made a strong showing in the entrants for New Zealand's contemporary art prize. Entrants for the biannual Walters Prize are chosen ...

New Zealand : Anti-TPP protests promote Maori nationalism  - They include the opposition Labour Party, the Greens, the anti-immigrant New Zealand First, the Council of Trade Unions and the two Maori nationalist ...

Government departments responsible for survival of te reo Maori .  -  Maori Party co-leader Marama Fox says the new Te Reo Maori Bill should put ... The reo is a taonga for all New Zealand and those other government ...

Police shooting: As it happened  -  Maori liaison officer Warwick Morehu played a key role in ending the stand-off. A 27-year-old man is expected to appear in court in the near future.