Stigmabase | Australia - New Zealand

These Cultural And Language Summer Camps Immerse Participants Into Indigenous Culture  - Camp Jungai in Australia offers indigenous education programs designed around the National Curriculum. The camp offers different sessions based ...

Bad cholesterol helps you live longer  - Health officials are accused of fearmongering as a comprehensive analysis reveals that older people with high levels of “bad” cholesterol actually live ...

Photographic project aims to celebrate indigenous diversity  - Mr Murray wants to create a more accurate representation of indigenous people through his photography project Modern Indigenous Australia .

Australian Aboriginal Communities Are Still Threatened With Closure  - In late 2014, Western Australian Premier Colin Barnett made the shocking announcement that 150 remote Aboriginal communities would soon be ...

Kimberley's Geikie Gorge to return to its Indigenous name over 100 years later  - The process of recognising Indigenous names in Western Australia has been a growing trend over many years. "Karijini National Park used to be ...

Improving perinatal outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families  - the standard perinatal mental health assessment protocol used in Australia . Professor of Aboriginal Health and Wellbeing Rhonda Marriott will lead ...

Let's start talking about treaty: Shorten  -  Australia needs to start talking about a possible treaty with Aboriginal once they are recognised in the constitution, Opposition Leader Bill Shorten says ...

Shorten backs treaty, but won't call British settlement an 'invasion'  - Bill Shorten has signalled his support for a treaty with Indigenous Australians after Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are recognised in the ...

Gay bars and safe spaces: Why Orlando has impacted me so much  - Last night was Sunday night, the night before a public holiday, and I was at home sulking. I had been quite ill for a few days, and also knew I had to work Monday morning (COMEDY DOESN’T STOP FOR THE QUEEN), so I had made the responsible boring annoying adult decision to stay in, even though there were some huge queer parties and events being held because of the public holiday. The sulking came because very many of my friends were out queering it up together, and I wasn’t there with them (standing awkwardly somewhere probably, but still).

Australian LGBT+ community reacts to mass shooting in Orlando  - As Orlando mourns the horrific mass murder of revellers at a gay nightclub, prominent members of Australia’s LGBTQIA+ community have come out in solidarity.

Peter Madden slammed for linking Orlando shooting massacre to gay marriage - Tasmanian Family First candidate Peter Madden said Australian children parented by gay couples were at risk of being targeted in a similar attack.

Sydney turns pink for Orlando victims  - This is in solidarity with the victims, but it's also an action to stand up against homophobia and racism, as this was a gay club in a Latino-dominated ...

Gay death cleric Farrokh Sekaleshfar preaching in Sydney  - He said the death penalty for homosexuality would never be an issue for countries such as Australia . “But in a country where there is a democratic ...

Stop hate' gay community urges after Orlando attack  - From Berlin to Bangkok, gay and lesbian groups organised gatherings in solidarity with Americans after Sunday's massacre at a gay nightclub that left 49 people dead in the worst mass shooting in modern US history.

Gay men outraged over continued ban on blood donation in Orlando  - Gay or bisexual men who have had sex with another man in the past 12 months are not allowed to donate blood, according to official rules from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

Orlando played host to anti- gay Muslim speaker, just weeks ago  - But in light of the Sunday morning attack on Pulse, a gay nightclub in ... in the holy city of Qum in Iran and is currently traveling in Sydney, Australia .

Govt assures transparency in resolving Papua cases: Luhut  - Govt assures transparency in resolving Papua cases: Luhut ... “If our people [government officials] are found guilty of wrongdoing, we will also punish ...

Tillers of land overlooked in bill  - Labour MP Meka Whaitiri is running workshops to encourage constituents to tell the Government of their concerns about planned changes to Maori  ...

NZ first as Microsoft recognises Māori partner on global stage  - A New Zealand Māori tech company has created history by taking the runners up spot in the Microsoft Worldwide Partner of the Year awards, selected ...

More female Pacific and Māori needed for techno future, says 'Nanogirl'  - We need to talk more openly about having more female and especially Pacific and Māori students in this industry,” Dr Dickinson said. “I get students ...

Iwi cover for state house sell off criticised  - The State Housing Action Network says the fact 60 per cent of Housing New Zealand's tenants in Tauranga are Maori is not justification for iwi to ...

Court blow can't stem love of whenua  - The other land that surrounds Pukehina Marae is all Maori owned land so this is not a case of saying, 'oh look we'll take a lesser settlement for the ...

Katchafire blames racism for lack of Kiwi recognition  - Speaking to Maori Television, Bell said Katchafire has been performing in the US at least twice a year, every year since shooting to fame for their 2006 ...

Does the Maori Party need a MoU with the MANA Movement?  - The Maori Party need to become a Party of Government rather than a Party in Government. They need to be prepared to sit at every Parliament if they ...