Stigmabase | Australia - New Zealand

Young believe e-cigarettes are the healthy alternative' to dodge smoking bans  - of young people choose them because they are seen as “not as bad for your health ”, say findings published in the Medical Journal of Australia .

New baby feeding guidelines clear confusion on when to start solids  - A new set of guidelines from an international summit of health professionals aims to halve the rate of peanut allergies in Australian children . How will ...

Pascoe's history a 'vision of an Australia yet to be' BOOKS  - Bunurong man, Aboriginal language guru and jack of all trades Bruce Pascoe has taken out one of the country's most prestigious literary awards with ...

Can we be Australian without eating indigenous food?  - By Australian food we mean the plants, fruits and animals that have grown here and sustained the indigenous people of the land for over 50,000 years. If we eat only the food brought by the first settlers and all those who followed, can we call ourselves Australian?

Catholic priest Father Paul Kelly fighting to repeal homophobic law  - A Catholic priest has labelled Australia an 'international disgrace' as he campaigns for the removal of the ' gay panic' defence which 'belongs in the ...

Springborg's gay law reform support: a fair and just thing to do  -  Australia is an international disgrace for still having this homophobic law on its books,” he said. “It's a demeaning, dangerous insult to gay people.

No kidding: parents of infants more likely than those of older children to take overseas holidays  - In 2015, more than 2.7 million Australians 14+ (or 13.9% of the population) reported travelling overseas on their last holiday. Just over 19% of those ...

Police headquarters to raise LGBT flag  - The LGBT pride flag is set to be flown outside Brisbane's police headquarters ... The Australian Christian Lobby has criticised Queensland Police for ...

We need more discussion about death , Royal Australasian College of Physicians says  -  Australia is developing a death -denying culture that needs to change, ... doctors were always aware of their patients' death -related preferences.

Recognition or treaty ... Why not both?  -  Aboriginal woman with Recognise balloons ... the movement to recognise Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in the Australian Constitution.

New retreat for trans and gender diverse Aboriginal people  - To mark IDAHOT, the Victorian Government has announced an innovative new Australia -first retreat for trans and gender diverse Aboriginal people.

Police say they were being 'culturally sensitive' when they stood idly by and watched Aboriginal  - The silent approach adopted by authorities has been thrust into the spotlight by video footage that shows five officers standing by while two local women exchange blows in a dusty street.

Aboriginal people mix modern and ancient knowledge  - The Outback also home to the aboriginal people of Australia , who've considered the landscape sacred since time immemorial. Less than 5 percent of ...

Indigenous reconciliation in the US shows how sovereignty and constitutional recognition work ...  - Just like Australia's Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, Native Americans have struggled for recognition of the violence done to them ...

New Zealand's plan to stop tourists that can't drive properly on their uneven, windy roads  - People who come to this country are given the right to drive despite many of ... I accept that New Zealanders are to blame for the biggest proportion of ...

Fleeing war, dreaming of a new life in New Zealand  -  Fleeing war, dreaming of a new life in New Zealand stuff nation ... I jolted awake to the sound of people shouting as they fled, running in all directions.

New Plymouth barber is New Zealand's best with a straight razor  -  New Plymouth barber is New Zealand's best with a straight razor ... "I like to think my cuts either get people laid, or get them paid," said the New ...

Yoga in Schools joins forces with te reo Māori  -  The classes are conducted in te reo Māori . Tutor Letesha Hallett says it's a good way to spread te reo. These kids are getting their 'tapa-toru' pose on.

Louth student becomes sensation in New Zealand even though she's never been there  - A Louth student has become a sensation in New Zealand even though she has never been there because of her passion for the Maori language.

Proposed centre a chance to refocus Australia's Pacific links  - The Papua New Guinea Association of Australia has proposed a ... So that people have a place to go to to find out perhaps more about the Pacific.

New Zealand's Racism Problem  - and 'is there anti- Maori sentiment in New Plymouth?' and even, 'Does NZ have a problem with anti- Maori racism?' The Country is suddenly made to ...

Clark's indigenous support challenged  - A Gisborne environmentalist who blogs under the name The Non-Plastic Maori has introduced a note of dissent into the New Zealand push for former ...

Skepticism over fish plunder claim  - Rino Tirikatene says Maori , who own more than a third of the deepwater quota, need to be sure they are doing the right thing and looking after their ...

Irish woman's grá for Maori brings celebrity in New Zealand  - Much like the Irish language, te reo is only spoken by a minority of the indigenous people. Just over a fifth of the Maori population are fluent in it, ...