Stigmabase | Australia - New Zealand

Safe Schools attacks part of the plan to kill same-sex marriage  - They [conservatives] know that ultimately the people of Australia are for marriage equality – the polls show it – so the only way to win is to distract ...

Church of Scotland takes historic decision in favour of gay clergy marriages  - We had a debate which made very clear that we were not interfering with our theological definition of marriage and were not going to the place where ministers or deacons could themselves be conducting same-sex marriages," John Chalmers, principal clerk to the general assembly, said.

Anonymous" job applications come to Australia to stop discrimination  - According to a 2010 research paper from the Australian National University, Australians with Chinese-sounding names have to send out 68% more ...

Patrick Holland's One deftly tackles Kenniff bushranger gang  - The Kenniff brothers, often referred to as Australia's last bushrangers, are ... and King Edward, a teenage Aboriginal tracker recruited from a mission.

Australian indigenous artists depict culture and history  -  Australian indigenous people are telling their stories through paintings on display for the first time in Viet Nam.

AEC urges Indigenous Australians to have their say  - The Australian Electoral Commission is urging the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community to make sure their voices are heard this federal ...

My relative was a mass murderer of Aborigines. Can I make amends?'  - On Thursday Australia will celebrate – although celebrate is perhaps the wrong word – an occasion known as National Sorry Day. This annual event is ...

Aussie actor Tai Hara joins the City2Surf to raise funds for an Indigenous mentoring program  - Hi I'm Emma, I'm new to Australia and looking for friends. ... raising money for AIME, an Indigenous mentoring program that supports Aboriginal  ...

Girls make finals in indigenous model search  - The teenagers entered the Bendigo leg of the competition last weekend which aims to uncover Australia's next Samantha Harris. While she had ...

Australian life expectancy near world's best  - The next biggest cause of premature death in Australia is lung cancer at nine per cent, followed by suicide at five per cent. Suicide is also the leading ...

Australia needs older people to keep on working  - OVER many years, there has been a lot of good work done on combating issues such as racism, sexism and discrimination against people with ...

Hiring older workers can help grow your business  - As a result of Australia's aging population, mature-age workers are set to be a rapidly growing group in the labour market. Lee Constable ...

Labor pledge to appoint LGBT discrimination commissioner  - A Shorten Labor Government would appoint a full-time LGBTI Discrimination Commissioner to the Australian Human Rights Commission.

Fears nuclear dump will end their story  - Australia’s first registered Adnya­mathanha storyline runs 70km from Hawker to Cotebina Spring through pastoral and indigenous lands between Lake Frome and South Australia’s picturesque northern Flinders Ranges, where it is emerging as a battleline ­between anti-nuclear activists and the federal government.

NZ has to talk about family violence - survivor  - Thousands of people marched across New Zealand and Australia yesterday, prompted by the death of three-year-old Moko Rangitoheriri at the hands ...

Stepping out  - A survey of more than 14,000 New Zealanders showed walking is our most popular recreational activity, enjoying a 29% rise in popularity since 2010.

How to see all the companies tracking you on Facebook — and block them  -  New Zealand has some of the most famous wool on the planet, but the ... There are 30 million sheep in New Zealand , but people just don't grow up ...

Make a plea for partnership and get condemned for your troubles  - Back in 2000 an iwi forum made up of hapuu representatives of Taranaki recommended to the council that hapuu and iwi needed their own elected representatives. There are eight iwi in the Taranaki region and five of these tribes are in the NPDC region. These iwi include Ngati Tama, Ngati Mutunga, Ngati Maru, Te Atiawa and my own tribe, Taranaki iwi. 

Whangarei unites to demand end to Child Abuse  - Puriri says, “We have foreigners, Pākehā and Māori all standing as one to end the brutality that's killing our children, and spreading more love ...

Documentary Records Friendship between China and New Zealand in 1950s  - n almost every image of China's former leader Mao Zedong, he wore a simple shirt or jacket, in gray or brown. But there was an image on China's National Day, on October 10, 1957, where he put on his shoulders a cloak made of hundreds of feathers.

Kiwifruit project excites eastern BoP Māori  -  Māori in eastern Bay of Plenty are hailing a plan to create kiwifruit orchards as a solution to high unemployment and low productivity in the region.

Gov`t to Settle All Human Rights Cases in Papua  - I am optimistic that the human rights cases in Papua will be settled this year. The people of Papua also wish to settle the cases (and) the government ...

Resettling refugees in Papua New Guinea: a tragic theatre of the absurd  - Though Papua New Guineans are extremely welcoming people , there is a growing resentment towards the idea of settling refugees in their country, ...

Getting the Facts Straight on West Papua  - Life in West Papua is very hard. We do not enjoy the freedoms that people in many democratic countries get to experience. We cannot raise our ...