Stigmabase | Australia - New Zealand

Is not family breakdown the real issue?  - In the second part of this three-part series examining the typical portrayal of domestic and family violence in Australia , Michael Ord considers the ...

Mental health map could help 'lost' patients  - But the innovative project — the first of its kind in Australia — could hit an early roadblock as the mental health sector is faced with having $21.6 million ...

Australia's 10 Most Dangerous Animals  -  Australia's wildlife tend to veer toward extremes. While the country is teeming with cute, fuzzy, and generally harmless animals like koalas and ...

How Australia's fittest man stays motivated and mentally tough  - How Australia's fittest man stays motivated and mentally tough ... Australia's fittest man Khan Porter doesn't believe in workout secrets, diet fads and ...

How can we reduce the number of military and ex-military suicides in Australia ?  - Since 1986, 293 Australian Defence Force personnel and veterans have ... for anyone who wants to know more about Defence deaths by suicide .

Violent Femmes embrace Aboriginal music  - These are Australian languages but they are treated as foreign languages which is not fair, it is not reasonable. Indigenous music in general is not ...

A child can only be a 'victim', not an 'offender'  - The 10-year-old Aboriginal girl who died by suicide recently in Western Australia was born into a community that had been at the centre of a major ...

How Video Games Are Inspiring Indigenous Kids To Get Into Maths And Science  -  Indigenous students in Australia are graduating from school at nearly half the rate (41.5 per cent) of their non- Indigenous peers (81.2 per cent).

5 things you need to know about Australian tech today  - Video games are being used to inspire indigenous kids to get into maths and science. Gizmodo has an awesome story on how Australian Indigenous  ...

Indigenous treasures, briefly on loan to Australia , are about to be taken away – again  - Ye-I-Nie, whose possessions are part of the British Museum collection and are now on loan to an exhibition, Encounters, at the National Museum of ...

Aboriginal remains returned to Kempsey  - Phil Gordon from the Australian Museum accompanied the remains to their final resting place in the Macleay and officially signed them over to the ...

AFL embraces diversity with academy system to encourage Indigenous and multi-cultural talent  - The cultural make-up of Australia's youth is changing, and the AFL wants to make the most of it. Weeks out from the start of the AFL season, the league ...

Global access to clean water seen as critical to future  - But Murray Lower Darling Rivers Indigenous Nations chairman Darren Perry says Australia needs to protect water sources in its own backyard.

There's a Kid In Australia Who Launched an Organization to Help Trump Win in America  - Today is the day that Vice blessed us with what might be one of the Vice-iest things ever: A profile of Edward Bourke, the 15-year- old Australian  ...

Homophobia claims by same-sex marriage advocates are bullying  - In 2014, for the first time, the Australian Bureau of Statistics asked people about their sexual orientation. Three per cent identified as gay , lesbian or ...

Kapiti family homeless after buying meth-contaminated house in Waikanae  - Last week, Housing New Zealand revealed 279 of its 68,000 properties ... "I know of more than 60 cases where people have bought a house then they ...

Many New Zealanders still 'know nothing' about Asia and its people  - Many New Zealanders still know little about Asia and its people despite widespread recognition of the region's economic importance, a new survey ...

Kermadecs blocked from future technology  - Former Maori Fisheries Commission chair Sir Tipene O'Regan says the creation of a Kermadec Ocean Sanctuary has nothing to do with sustainability.

New support service for children of cancer patients  - CanTeen, along with The Warehouse Group are providing a new support ... “We estimate that the number of Offspring in New Zealand could at least ...

Preparing workers to work with Māori  - Preparing workers to work with Māori ... in the built environment professions to be better equipped for the work environment in Aotearoa New Zealand .

Are Maori Being Misled Over 1080 Poison Drops?  - Information provided by the Department of Conservation and TBFree states that over 470,000 hectares of New Zealand forests are planned to be ...

New Fairytale Book Featuring Same-Sex Love Launched For LGBT Children  - The New Zealand based duo behind the book, Adam Reynolds & Chaz Harris, are hoping that they meet their target of $25,000 NZD in order to reach ...

Papua New Guinea has world's worst access to clean water, says WaterAid  - A vendor delivers water to locals in Gereka, Papua New Guinea. ... When there is no public access to clean water, people are forced to buy their water ...

Misterious carvings potential link to Te Rarawa's pre-European past  - A Māori couple handed the taonga to Piripi and last week the taonga were transported to Kaitaia's Te Ahu Centre for protection and treatment. Piripi ...