Stigmabase | Australia - New Zealand

Families who've lost children to suicide say they've been let down by the system  - We've heard from people all over the world that have been affected by Jess's story, including an Australian air force member in Iraq who had never ...

McCarthy eyes NT political comeback  - Senator Peris, Australia's first female indigenous federal parliamentarian, quit last week for family reasons. Her decision followed reports she was ...

Dreamtime, dust masks and tons of fake hair: the making of Cleverman  - She cites an increase in funding for Indigenous Australian productions, and a fresh talent pool of Indigenous screen visionaries who have found a ...

This Aboriginal Keyboard App Is Helping Preserve Indigenous Languages  - Across Canada, many of the more than 60 Indigenous languages spoken ... Called FirstVoices Keyboards, the free app gives its users access to more than 100 Indigenous languages —spoken in Canada, New Zealand, Australia and ...

Groom and Guy' magazine launches into upscale gay wedding market  - Although there are some titles overseas that cater to LBGTQI brides and grooms, Mr Bulger said Australia needed a dedicated gay -wedding title.

Kyle Sears: timeline of gay teen's tragedy  - Kyle Ray Charles Sears, 16, leaves home in South Australia after his father discovers he is gay , moves to regional Victoria with a man he met online, ...

Lyle Shelton compares marriage equality to the holocaust  - Lyle Shelton from the Australian Christian Lobby has compared marriage ... in the gay community reacting by highlighting that he was comparing the gay ... “The cowardice and weakness of Australia's “gatekeepers” is causing ...

Nauru decriminalizes homosexuality  - The decriminalization of consensual same-sex relations is part of a new ... The Australian government pays Nauru to hold asylum seekers who try to ...

Glimpse into past, good for our future  - I was aware Aboriginal clans lived here for 25,000 years, but like most ... It took until 1970 for Australia to realise the full horrors inflicted.

Fighting blindness and obesity through fitness: Aboriginal man turns adversity into achievement  - His efforts lead him to work at Mission Australia as a Trainee Indigenous Caseworker, which involves mentoring and training young people in physical ...

Australian Rugby Union's bid to attract more Indigenous talent  - The Australian Rugby Union's Reconciliation Action Plan aims to harness indigenous talent to the sport and stop the AFL and NRL from taking the best ...

Change in little ones  - The Law Council of Australia found Indigenous people accounted for 2.5 per cent of Australia's population but 26 per cent of Australia's prison ...

Man charged over racist post to Aboriginal senator  - Man charged over racist post to Aboriginal senator ... media message to the first Aboriginal woman elected to Australia's parliament, reports said.

Marae-based youth courts win accolade  - Judge Heemi Taumaunu adapted the concept from Koori Courts in Western Australia and Victoria, which also cater for indigenous youth offenders.

NZ "struggling to commercialise good innovation"  -  New Zealanders have great ideas but the commercialisation of them was “near zero”, says Israeli entrepreneur Isaac ...

Free HPV vaccinations will save boys' lives - doctors  - Pharmac was considering making a new version of the HPV vaccine, ... New Zealand Medical Association chairperson Dr Stephen Child said it was a ... "I see an increasing number of people with human papillomavirus-related throat ...

NZ sports want to combat 'casual homophobia'  - The captain of a gay rugby team says New Zealand sport still has some big ... said many young people were bullied in sports teams and institutions.

Budget ignores violence crisis  - Labour's Maori spokesperson says the Budget fails to deliver on the things that are of most concern to Maori . Kelvin Davis says there is little new ...

Takawai Murphy on Paakiwaha  - For over 25 years Takawai Murphy has been delivering and developing Te Pumaomao workshops to Maori , Pakeha and other ethnic peoples from all ...

New Zealand tobacco crackdown labelled racist to Māori  - Smoking rates among Māori and Pacific people have dropped only slightly in the past nine years in New Zealand.

Family violence does not stop at eighty  -  Data from six men was not included in the analysis of New Zealand Police recorded occurrences because it could not be matched to Police data for persons of those names. Thus for the demographic description of those receiving services from Gandhi Nivas, there are 103 unique individuals included, and for the analysis of New Zealand Police recorded occurrences there are 97 cases included.

Chinese transgender man fights for job equality  - Empowered by the internet and social media, LGBT groups in different ... hopes and had less desire to acquire new skills, according to the report.

Hundreds of Papuans arrested over self-determination rally plan  - More than 300 Papuan people were arrested while we prepared to rally for self-determination for the Papuan nation,” National Committee for West ...

More mass demos in West Papua  - The demos have mainly been organised by the West Papua National ... Local people have reported that they had no access to Wamena hospital as ...