Stigmabase | Australia - New Zealand

Grad immersed herself in global indigenous cultures  - From a field school in Fiji and Tonga to an exchange semester in Australia , SFU graduand Tessa Fryer has travelled the world to experience cultures ...

Aussie kids also-rans in global fitness rankings  - Cardio-respiratory fitness is strongly and independently related to cardiovascular disease, stroke, diabetes and mental health issues,” he said.

Campaigners contain the rage in election battle for marriage equality  -  Australian Marriage Equality volunteers Warren Smith, Anna ... Warren (“Waz”) Smith, a gay man who grew up in Goulburn and has recently moved ...

Australian woman launches End Rape group to tackle sexual assault at University  - Ms Bremner claims reports of campus sexual violence in Australia spike during orientation week and during university games competitions.

Aged care is being put on the backburner in Australia  - Aged care is being put on the backburner in Australia ... Time to care: “Too often in elections older Australians don't get the priority that they should.

Art and access to justice combine in the Northern Territory  - Colin Golvan QC, once wrote in relation to Aboriginal art that it is “the expression of association and identity with the land and values which must be ...

Northern Australia's new languages in the spotlight  - University of Queensland linguists will join Aboriginal language experts in Katherine in the Northern Territory next week to workshop Australia's largest ...

Ten amazing things you can find in Canberra libraries  - The Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies Curator Alana Garwood-Houng and community engagement officer John-Paul ...

Queensland's gulf in cancer survival rates fails to improve - Gail Garvey, a Menzies school of health professor, said closing the gap would hinge on Indigenous Australians getting better access to “medically ...

Indigenous organisations investigated amid allegations of fraud and corruption by senior figures - There are 44 Indigenous organisations and programs currently being investigated by the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet's IAG Risk, Compliance and Integrity branch.

The Voice Australia star Alfie Arcuri reflects on his inner turmoil as he came to terms with his sexuality  - But Alfie Arcuri has already lived through one of the biggest battles, revealing he only gained the courage to come out as gay to his family three years ...

Scots College asks church for advice on ' homosexual agenda'  - Under Australia's sex-discrimination laws, religious schools are legally allowed to reject LGBTI children and the children of same sex couples.

Time To Change The Trend On Suicide  - It is a shocking reality that suicides in Australia have increased by as much as 22 percent over the past decade, at a present high of 2,862 deaths as ...

LGBT Inclusive Club Night Launching In Brisbane  - In conjunction with Passiona soft drink, Brisbane venue The Brightside are launching an all-inclusive, bi-monthly event to promote live music and safe ...

New Zealand in the 1930s tackled a housing crisis humanely  - A New Zealand government in the 1930s was faced with a similar problem, but took a very different and more humane approach to it. Many people  ...

Revamp planned to boost rates of organ donation  - Taylor was surprised how few people donated their organs in New Zealand and felt awareness and education would make a huge difference. "I talk to ...

Fast action can make the world of difference  - By lunchtime today, three New Zealanders will have suffered a stroke. That's if the annual average of 9000 stroke cases a year holds true, ...

Record Auckland immigration rates 'can't go on'  -  New Zealand First leader Winston Peters said the country's reaching ... Paul Spoonley said to cut immigration to 15,000 people a year was unrealistic.

A passion for Maori education in Far North  - As the itinerant teacher of Maori she visited and supported schools in Te Tai Tokerau, and was instrumental in establishing the annual Far North Schools Multi-cultural Festival in the 1980s. She was head of Maori at Kaitaia College from 1985 until retirement in 2003, and was central to hosting many regional kapa haka, speech competitions and school visits, along with the national Manu Korero speech competition in 2005.

Youth take steps to retain Ruatonga heritage  - The youth of Rarotonga's Ruatonga village held a community day today in Auckland to help disconnected members find their cultural roots. They hope ...

Taranaki takes advantage of lull in rain with action-packed weekend  - Also taking advantage of the good weather were crowds in Hawera who were treated to the NZ Maori Rugby League Rangatahi U17 and U15 ...

Home Human Rights Australian human rights lawyers defend West Papuan Morning Star mural ...  - The Darwin mural, painted in 2015 ... designed to show solidarity between the people of West Papua and Aboriginal people . Image: Stephanie ...

Anti-independence rally in West Papua  - The President of the Fellowship of Baptist Churches in West Papua , ... Tabloid Jubi reported a spokesman for the People's Front of Indonesia ...

Five new NZ knights, two new dames  - Dr Peetikuia Bessie Wainui has been made a member of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to Maori , health and education. Our sports stars ...