Stigmabase | Australia - New Zealand

Why do children in remote Indigenous communities need open heart surgery?  - In rural and remote Indigenous communities throughout Australia , and particularly in the Northern Territory, it is not uncommon to see children as ...

Bargaining over babies: the hidden issue that dampens a desire to have children  - One of the biggest decisions any couple will make is whether to have children and, if so, how many. But as Australia's population ages, the way ...

The Older You Are, The More Chance You Believe In God  - While it is a stretch to describe diverse, 21st Century Australia as a Christian country, the national data on religious identity from the 2011 Census ...

Why Australia should allow the right to physician-assisted death  - A bill to this effect is in its second reading in the South Australian legislature, and may well be passed – the last time such a bill went to a vote in that ...

Australian States And Territories Respond To LGBT Anti-Bullying Program Changes  - State and territory governments in Australia remain divided on the anti-bullying Safe Schools program after the Federal government introduced several ...

Traditional knowledge used to protect biodiversity  - A seed bank project in remote northern Australia is training Aboriginal women in horticulture to help protect plant biodiversity of the region.

Changing your perspective could start with reading the Australian constitution  - Changing your perspective could start with reading the Australian ... Indigenous people are mentioned only by virtue of the momentous 1967 ...

Indigenous languages go under the microscope  - In last week's budget, the federal government announced annual grants of $5 million to promote aboriginal languages , but some argue that doesn't go ...

Recognising New Plymouth's history key to building identity  - While their life in New Zealand was dogged by setbacks, Clarke believes the ... But the impact the settlers' arrival had on Maori has not been forgotten.

New Zealand's flag vote makes me proud to be both Kiwi and British  - Btw the Maori were tenacious warriors. The Musket Wars are a fascinating part of Kiwi history. They bought guns off the British when they sold off their ...

National hui to address HIV stigma faced by Māori  - He Kai Ata Rau spokesperson, Tawhanga Kereopa, says that many Māori who are HIV-positive or at risk of HIV feel they are treated as second-class ...

Maori mix makes for better building  - One of the people behind a project to give engineering, architecture and planning students an appreciation of Maori culture says it can save a lot of ...

Maori painkiller' being grown in plantations  - The native plant has a history of medicinal use by Maori who bruised or steeped leaves in water to treat skin diseases and venereal diseases, or they ...

On being indigenous  - Having won a Mana Maori award for her essay On Being Indigenous, Vivienne is ... The prestigious New Zealand award came as a complete surprise.

Why New Zealand voted to keep its old flag  - No one in New Zealand will have been surprised that a landmark ... all over the world have embraced the uniqueness and strength of Maori design to ...

An unprecedented TB outbreak in Papua New Guinea  - Harvard Medicine News spoke to Furin to learn more about the situation in the island province of Daru, just north of Australia in the southwestern Pacific.