Stigmabase | Australia - New Zealand

Traditional owners call for water rights one year on from Barkindji native title determination  - However, some Barkindji people said native title had less significance ... "I think Australia needs to look at our first nations' water rights; we were the ...

Not one straight politician knows what it's like': Penny Wong's plebiscite anguish  - Heterosexual politicians fail to grasp the hatred gay and lesbian Australians will endure during a plebiscite on same-sex marriage, Labor frontbencher ...

Health Canada reduces deferral period for sexually active gay men to one year  - Canadian Blood Services and Hema-Quebec will now be allowed to accept blood from men who have had sex with men as recently as one year ago. “It’s certainly a step in the right direction,” Health Minister Jane Philpott said Monday.

Katanning's Imam Alep Mydie says he cannot judge his gay friends  - The imam of one of Australia's most multicultural towns says he is ... It will not surprise Katanning residents that Imam Mydie opposes anti- gay views ...

Australian PM ends longest running Aboriginal land claim  -  Australia's Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull on Tuesday settled the nation's longest-running land rights claim, handing ...

Mary G, black queen of the Kimberley calls on Australia to own its history 'warts and all'  -  Aboriginal performer and self-declared black queen of the Kimberley Mary Geddarrdyu, or Mary G, says that when she becomes queen of Australia , ...

Tablet app tries to shed light on Indigenous drinking issues  - Groups trying to curb alcohol addiction in Australia's Indigenous communities say they've been hamstrung by a lack of good information ...

Plans to develop northern Australia not embracing Indigenous population, says Peter Yu  -  Indigenous leader Peter Yu says the Federal Government's current push to develop northern Australia fails to embrace Aboriginal people, and that ...

Manus detainee to Turnbull: 'you never answer my questions because ...  - Malcolm Turnbull is surrounded by aboriginal dancers as he attends the Kenbi .... The great Australian dream is for parents to be able to see their adult ...

New online register for the state's Aboriginal businesses  - It is a partnership between the state government and Supply Nation, and is a key action under South Australia's Aboriginal Economic Participation ...

Place of mourning and reconciliation  - “The Myall Creek massacre symbolises everything that has gone wrong in Australia with the relationships between Aboriginal and non- Aboriginal  ...

Native title holders should have veto rights, says Richie Ah Mat  - Mr Ah Mat told a conference in Darwin yesterday the situation in northern Australia , where culture was stronger and indigenous people controlled ...

Neglect of ancient heritage  - Tasmania is the only state in Australia that still has this outdated archaeological approach to Aboriginal heritage protection. Even the State ...

Australian teenage military recruits forced to rape each other as part of brutal initiation ritual  -  Older recruits physically and sexually assaulted more junior recruits to ... Teenage recruits into the Australian military were forced to rape each other, ...

Australia's reality show The Briefcase slammed as 'cruel' and 'morally bankrupt'   -  Australia's reality show The Briefcase slammed as 'cruel' and 'morally ... morals and hit back at critics that quickly gave it the label " poverty porn.".

Sir Ian McKellen just delivered this inspirational message to China's LGBT community  - You're still allowed to discriminate against someone based on their sexuality and hospitals were only banned from therapy to “correct” homosexuality ...

Christchurch landmarks and history inspire new laneway names  - The proposed names incorporate Maori terms and geographical and ... the Maori word for the Sugarloaf Scenic Reserve to the south of the city.

Funding to help restore Māori poet's creative haven  -  The funds will go towards the restoration of Māori poet Hone Tūwhare's crib in ... In 2003 he was named one of New Zealand's greatest living artists.

New Zealand Maori anger at 'offensive' shower curtains   - Ngahuia Te Awekotuku, an art historian who is also descended from some of the Lindauer subjects, tells Radio New Zealand that she feels Maori  ...

The Russian anthropologist who refuted racist scientific theories -  In 1871, the Russian scientist moved to what is now called Papua New Guinea, becoming the first scientist to settle among and study people who had ...

Māori Ancestors on Shower Curtains Provoke Outrage in New Zealand  - A Chicago-based online retailer has been slammed by members of the Māori community in New Zealand for selling culturally offensive shower ...

Ngati Hine mourns fighter for justice  - Robin John Cooper was made a Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit in 2015 for his contribution to Maori health, education and Maori  ...

Good ideas get funding boost  -  The Education Minister is urging Maori teachers to tap into the Teacher-Led Innovation Fund. The fund got an $8 million boost in the budget, meaning ...

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