Stigmabase | Australia - New Zealand

Reword Will Help You Reduce Choosing Offensive Words  - Chris Tanti, CEO of Headspace, Australia's National Youth Mental Health Foundation, said that online abusing in Australia is a common phenomenon.

Students against domestic violence  - In Australia , we are facing major issues with household violence . The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) found more than one-third of ...

Students stand tall to say no to bullying and violence  - The sixth National Day of Action against Bullying and Violence has been Australia's key anti-bullying event for schools and encourages all students to ...

Serial domestic violence offenders are monsters who walk among us  - But as Australia has confronted the disgrace of family violence , police have also given greater attention to serial offenders. This is not only the repeat ...

Ian Thorpe's boyfriend Ryan Channing opposes Australia's planned vote on gay marriage because ...  - Ian Thorpe's model boyfriend has spoken out against the government's proposed vote on gay marriage and revealed he wants 'puppies and a family'.

An Australian's story of homosexuality in India  - Growing up in a conventional, middle-class, suburban family in 1960s Australia , I never knew any gay people, nor did I experiment with my sexuality.

Alarming rise in suicides ; new approach needed  - For a progressive country, Australia's suicide statistics are appalling to say the ... with the government to increase funding to prevent deaths by suicide.

Australia faces 'lost generation' of poor, ignorant radicals  - Dr Rifi was commenting in reference to a 16-year- old girl arrested last week for alleged terror financing offences. The girl, who was refused bail and ...

Indigenous Referendum Council to miss deadline  - Secret documents reveal the body responsible for managing Australia's next steps towards recognising indigenous people in the Constitution has ...

Indigenous elders furious after eviction letter from state  -  INDIGENOUS elders are threatening further protest marches after their ... The Deebing Creek Cemetery Reserve is classified as an Aboriginal ... They are in negotiations with Frasers Property Australia , formerly Australand, about a ...

The scapegoating of America's poor has echoes of the 'lifestyle choices' of Indigenous Australians  - Trump's promise to 'make America great again' appeals, for understandable reasons, to those who feel that everything solid in their lives has been ...

Shocking suicide prompts inquiry  - A PARLIAMENTARY inquiry will examine Aboriginal youth suicides in Western Australia after a 10-year-old girl took her own life in the Kimberley ...

WA inquiry to examine Aboriginal deaths  - A parliamentary inquiry will examine Aboriginal youth suicides in Western Australia after a 10-year-old girl took her own life in the Kimberley region.

Why a royal commission into the high rate of suicide must happen – and soon  - So too argues Western Australia's Minister for Aboriginal Affairs, Peter Collier and so too the leader of the Western Australian Nationals, Terry Redman ...

The new haka 'Te Hokokura'  - For more than four decades descendants have performed the tribe's renowned haka Te Puru. Te Puru was a metaphor used to describe the arrogance ...

Bowls becoming popular with youth  - I've had conversations with elders who were in the Māori Battalion and I got to hear all of their battle stories. That's what I love about the sport”.

Looking back through the lens  - Te Kāea looks back at the festival during the 1970's through images taken by a well-known Māori photographer, John Miller. He and the late Hirini ...

For the future generations  - We're coming to you live from the 45th year of the biannual Tūhoe Festival. We start off by asking why the festival is so important for the descendants ...

Easter and the story of Maori faiths  - Different cultures around the world celebrate Easter in different ways, and Aotearoa is no different. So what are some of the better known Māori faiths, ...

Behind the scenes  - A great event begins from behind the scenes. Hundreds of volunteers have dedicated hours of their time to ensure the festival runs without a hitch.

Independence can become a reality  - Paki Nikora from Ngāti Rongo says, “They say self-determination lies with the tribe. But to me, there are two issues, self-determination of sub-tribes ...

UN last option for belittled claimants  - Waitangi Tribunal claimants have asked the United Nations to look at whether proposed reforms to Maori land law are contrary to the Declaration on ...

Celebrating being Māori and Catholic  - Hundreds of people gathered in Whanganui to mark 70 years of Māori ... The annual event, which celebrates being Māori and Catholic, marked its ...