Stigmabase | Australia - New Zealand

Kyle tees off about 'bulls***' university guidelines around indigenous history  - The document also suggests some words are acceptable for indigenous Australians to use but not others. “The Aboriginal English words 'blackfella' ...

Going to school can stretch family budgets  - The Australian Scholarships Group says the lifetime cost of sending a child to ... All parents want the best for their children , but for families struggling to ...

Why Wentworth Miller's Brave Account of His Depression Made Me Feel Less Damaged, Too  - Wentworth went on to explain that the candid image came from the lowest point in his adult life; he was suicidal and depressed, and he thought he ...

Rainbowlaces campaign looks to kick homophobia out of sport  - Purchas, who started the Convicts ( Australia's first gay and inclusive Rugby Union club), said the premise underlying the Rainbow Round of Sport is ...

Chemsex: Inside the alarming trend for risky, drug-fuelled group sex  - The use of drugs to facilitate or enhance sex is not exclusive to gay men in .... Chemsex has screenings around Australia next month, including two ...

Eurovision reveals what would happen if Russia wins 2016 contest  - Russia enforces a ' gay propaganda' law that arrests and fines LGBTI people for acts authorities consider to be a 'promotion of homosexuality '.

Study: Indonesia "hobbit" fossils older than first thought  - Richard Roberts of the University of Wollongong in Australia , a study author, said in an email it is "certainly a possibility to be considered, but solid ...

We should refocus the sustainability industry on systematically retro-greening homes' - Atelier ...  - Architecture and Design spoke to him about utopia, sustainability changes in the industry, and why Australia needs to turn its attention to older homes.

Indigenous artefacts found at Sydney light rail construction site  - There are calls for construction to stop on a section of Sydney's new south-east light rail line after tens of thousands of Indigenous artefacts were ...

Oz uni in right royal ' indigenous ' lingo rumpus  - Those wishing to express themselves in a less Eurocentric manner are advised that " indigenous Australian people/s" is "more appropriate" than ...

The Government turns a blind eye to Aboriginal disadvantage  - Imagine, if you can, a scenario where a privileged young Australian woman is taken into police custody for a string of minor offences. She complains of ...

White Australia has a black history - and indigenous Australians like me had our country invaded ...  - Soon after the “nothing but bush” utterance he did, in a welcome speech to David Cameron, say, "Modern Australia has an Aboriginal heritage, ...

Indigenous graduate John Morseu holds history in his hands at National Library  - Morseu is the current Indigenous graduate working at the National Library of Australia , and has had several lightbulb moments while mining the ...

Unis under fire over British 'invasion' ,  - Guidelines for acceptable Aboriginal terms adapted by Curtin and Murdoch universities say: “ Australia was not settled peacefully, it was invaded, ...

New Zealand's sporty, active and laidback lifestyle lured Shuja to New Zealand  - He has played squash all over, but for him New Zealand will do nicely ... A young Shuja once had the impression all New Zealanders had waterfalls in ...

Scores of People Ignore a 'Homeless' Boy in This Police Department's Social Experiment  - Given the times we live in, we prepare for the worst when we see articles about police running social experiments. Thankfully, the New Zealand police ...

Schools get to choose whether to teach land wars  - Ministry officials have appeared before the Māori Affairs Select Committee, which is considering a 12,000 strong petition calling for a day to mark the ...

Protecting tenants and buyers from drug-affect homes  - Housing New Zealand says the bill to fix P houses runs into the tens of thousands of dollars with the worst cases involving the demolition of the house.

HIV stigma barrier to treatment  -  Maori working with HIV and AIDs are preparing for a major conference on ways to address the stigma that makes it harder for many Maori to get their ...

Homelessness in Auckland key topic of discussion at meeting today  - A meeting was called today by the Auckland Council's Community Development and Safety Committee to talk about homelessness and get the ...

Election timetable driving land reform  - The president of the Maori Women's Welfare League says Maori Development Minister Te Ururoa Flavell needs to take a step back and consider the ...

The Dark Horse: Not Your Average Inspirational Maori Chess Drama  - Based on a documentary of the same name, The Dark Horse tells the true story of a man (Fear the Walking Dead's Cliff Curtis) who returns home after ...

The waka huia  - That concept stretches through all generations and cultures, but if you apply this idea to Maori you end up with a thing called a waka huia, their ...

Indonesia looks to resolve Papua human rights cases  - Recently, there have been a number of Papuans calling for more involvement of the indigenous people in the management of Freeport's major gold ...