Stigmabase | Australia - New Zealand

The people behind the voices on Lifeline, Australia's suicide crisis line  - News from the bureau of statistics that suicide is the leading cause of death of Australians aged 15 to 44 – together with a steep rise in suicide among ...

Calls to increase pensioner concessions and discounts  - It should come as no surprise that many seniors are doing it tough; with the rising cost of living, more of Australia's elderly are living below the poverty  ...

Young people's economic disadvantage is unlucky – not unjust  - It's unfortunate that demographic shifts mean that young Australians will have to support a large number of older Australians . But it is not an injustice.

5 Things to Know About the New LGBT Rights Series  - According to The Hollywood Reporter, Guy Pearce stars as LGBT activist Cleve Jones in the show. Rachel Griffiths joins him as Diane, a social justice ...

A tribute to women inspiring us around the world  - In 2015, Joy won the Gladys Elphick Award, the first Aboriginal Women's Award Ceremony created in South Australia for and by Aboriginal women.

Kiwi-powered Purple Truck bringing vital kidney treatment to remote Northern Territory  - A New Zealand couple in a big purple truck have been helping to fight the good fight against the disease that is the scourge of Aboriginal Australia .

Art Gallery of SA reveals plans for new 'gallery of time'  - Art Gallery of South Australia director Nick Mitzevich (pictured above) has ... “No-one in the world is showing Aboriginal art in the context of Asia and ...

Malaysian Baram mega-dam project scrapped, indigenous people take back land   - The revocation of the dam projects is a major victory for the indigenous people ... “I continued to campaign in Australia , along with many other people, ...

Northern Territory alcohol plan could revive banned drinkers' register  - harm through integrated approaches, particularly among the Indigenous population. ... However, the minister for licensing, Peter Styles, told Guardian Australia the ... He told Guardian Australia they were “not playing with words”.

The stolen wages that continue to hold indigenous Australians back  - Continually in remote Indigenous Australia , basic services which other Australians take for granted are seen as a reward or a gift for compliance.

Not yours to share  -  Australian theatre is always being urged to open itself to more diverse ... Kylie Coolwell, Indigenous actor and writer of Battle of Waterloo, said she ...

Arts feed a creative business: Goyder  - numerous arts partnerships, including a $1.2 million fellowship scheme to boost indigenous arts leadership. with the National Gallery of Australia .

Boomerang joins Bluesfest  - Featured speakers and performers at Boomerang – the global indigenous arts and .... Clayton Donovan is Australia's most acclaimed Indigenous chef.

Australia vulnerable to IS terrorist attacks  - If we want Australia Day to build national unity, however, we need to find a better candidate, one which bears the same meaning for Indigenous and ...

Violent Femmes jam session shines light on rising Indigenous group  - We knew that there were forms of Indigenous music-making but I didn't ... funding from various sources, including the West Australian Government.

Meet the Real-Life Tech Wizards of Middle Earth  - If you're asked to travel to New Zealand to interview people about the country's technology scene, prepare to hear about one thing over and over ...

India has the most people without clean water  - India has the world's highest number of people without ... most people lacking clean water access, the much smaller countries of Papua  ...

Panthers remember struggle for equality  - One of the speakers, Sina Brown-Davis, says it was an intense time, when issues like the Vietnam War, decolonisation, and Maori land rights fired ...

Te Arawa restoring Maketu wetland  - 

Te Whaihanga project launches  - The project will ensure that future generations of built environment professionals are better prepared to work with Māori professionals, iwi ...

What to do about Radio New Zealand ?  - Last year RNZ cut its last Maori dedicated news in prime time anu Korihi from its airwaves and not a word of criticism was directed their way in the ...

Māori boys improve reading by playing games  - Playing computer games at school has dramatically improved the reading skills of Māori boys, according to a pilot programme by Te Puni Kokiri.

Kermadec ocean sanctuary: a 'dangerous' precedent for Maori rights?  -  Maori are fighting to keep fishing in the Kermadecs and there are growing ... New Zealand's quota management system was created to ensure ...

Maori show way to block block offers  - A campaigner against further oil exploration says Maori resistance is inspiring others trying to stop New Zealand's waters being opened up for ...