Stigmabase | Australia - New Zealand

Over a thousand men sign up to PrEP trial in Australia  - The Kirby Institute's trial, which has currently signed up over 1,100 men, is the largest of its kind in Australia , and the institute are hoping to recruit ...

Aboriginal elder and servicewoman Marjorie Tripp remembered  - She was awarded an Officer in the Order of Australia honour in 2014 for distinguished service to Aboriginal men and women in the armed services.

NSW has highest rate of chronic kidney disease  - Kidney Health Australia's annual State of the Nation report said the ... rate of kidney disease in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities," Ms ...

Public service victims supported, but domestic violence 'inevitable': John Lloyd  - With one in five women and one in 20 men affected by domestic violence in Australia , it is unfortunately inevitable that we have both victims of ...

My relative was a mass murderer of Aborigines . Can I make amends?'  - n 2011 I made an uncomfortable discovery about my family history. I had a famous great-great-great uncle, I learned: Angus McMillan. He was an explorer of early Australia, but in recent years he has also been identified as the man responsible for a series of massacres of the Gunai (sometimes referred to as the Gunaikurnai) people of Gippsland in the south-eastern state of Victoria.

Why Australia's attempt at Indigenous reconciliation will fail  -  Australia is being held back by its unresolved relationship with its Indigenous population. Drawing on attempts at reconciliation overseas, our series ...

One-man show shines spotlight on generations of Noongar men removed from families  - After sell-out shows at the Melbourne, Adelaide and New Zealand Fringe festivals, a play about the impact of the Stolen Generation on four Noongar  ...

Calls To Make Aged Care, Dying With Dignity A Key Election Issue  - As Australia's population becomes older , faster, this problem is expected to grow. In 2014, there were 3.4 million people over the age of 65, and ..

The people on Australia's banknotes  - Easily the most recognisable figure on Australia's banknotes is Queen ... rights and the welfare of women, children and indigenous Australians .

Cleverman' Is Australian TV At Its Best And Australian Politics At Its Worst  - It raises the bar on both the quality and diversity of Australian TV at a time in ... Cleverman has an 80 percent Indigenous cast, and a lot of the people 

Australia's Serial: Dan Box on the making of true crime podcast Bowraville  -  Australia's least known serial killings are finally making front-page news. ... All the while the serial murders of three Aboriginal children, plucked from ...

New AFL Indigenous program helping young students kick goals  - It's the AFL's Indigenous round this weekend and the Greater Western Sydney ... with the Giants who hails from the Noongar tribe in Western Australia .

Crows to don Indigenous jumper  - Renowned Australian Aboriginal artist, Susie Betts, created the vibrant and culturally significant artwork for the jumper, which will be on show against ...

Come together to recognise a people  - build a better future for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians . ... in the justice system when compared to the non- Indigenous population.

AIDS Foundation demands action to stop HIV as infections reach a new high  - Of the 224 people diagnosed with HIV in New Zealand in 2015, 153 were men who have sex with men, according to figures from the University of ...

Homeless family owes WINZ $100000  - Housing action organisations say homeless people are racking up huge debts after borrowing from Work and ... "Housing New Zealand have banned her for 12 months from seeking their assistance so she'll clock up this debt for ...

Call for Māori staff to curb cancer rates  - They said there was a breakdown in care and communication with Māori with cancer, and services were fragmented. Māori are also 50 percent more ...

Farewell yet again to another Papuan leader  - And here I am thinking of people who died during the 1999 Biak Massacre and the numerous military operations in Papua . How do you advocate for ...

Government to rid liquor from Papua  -  Papua city secretary Hery Dosinaen said the administration had no ... I used to often see drunken people , some even passed out on the street, but in ...

Partnership school defends Maori model  - A Whangarei charter school operator is welcoming a commitment by the Government's support parties ACT and the Maori Party to oppose a member's ...

Rekohu pilgrimage telling other story  - He says it's the sort of history young Maori want to learn but don't get at school. "At Matatini last year we did a haka saying 'tell the true story of what ...

Old Hate - how to really change the flag  - I believe we should have an upper chamber that is split 50%-50% between Maori and Pakeha and this Upper Chamber has the ability to force ...

Rates relief for Omaio kiwifruit plan  - The Opotiki District Council has swung behind a plan to turn up to 150 hectares of Maori land near Te Kaha into kiwifruit orchards, offering the owners ...

Manuera Tohu Played Major Role Revitalising Māori Language  - Manuera Tohu QSM who passed away yesterday made an important contribution to the revitalisation of the Māori language, says New Zealand First.