Stigmabase | Australia - New Zealand

Millions lost by Koori consumers  - Indigenous consumers lost more than $1.2 million to scammers last year according to the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission's 2015 ...

Volunteering Isn't Actually Making You Happy  - Dragging yourself down to the nearest RSPCA to scrape some cat shit from a cage is the oldest trick in the book for improving your mental health and ...

One of our biggest challenges: chronic disease  - In Australia today roughly around 90% of all deaths each year are from ... Finally, 45% of all Australians will experience a mental disorder at some ...

Anti-abortion billboards aim to save mums ' mental anguish'  - Cherish Life Queensland Vice President Alan Baker said the advertisements were funded entirely by donations to the Mackay branch, which he believed came on the back of a bill currently before the Queensland parliament.

The Story Behind Australia's First Aboriginal Protest Album  - It was definitely a show to remember, years of unspoken pain brought to life by Simms’ first full live performance in over 20 years, reminding everyone of the unfair treatment he and his people were put through.

Blood samples could unlock decades-old Stolen Generation ...  - Anthropology professor Emma Kowal, deputy director at the National Centre for Indigenous Genomics at the Australian National University, said the ...

Adelaide Boys and Indigenous Stories Take Flight in Motorkite Dreaming  - No stranger to portraying Australia's Indigenous cultures on screen, having been cinematographer for Rolf de Heer's Ten Canoes, Hill-Smith says he ...

More Australians Missing Out on Community Legal Assistance  - CLCs also provide assistance in a range of areas of law, and while family violence and family law have been in the top two areas for a few years (46.0 ...

The Other Problem With The Census: The People It Doesn't Count  - Even when the event runs smoothly, significant numbers of Indigenous Australians are left out of the process. The resulting data gap helps reinforce ...

Indigenous meanings of Australian town names  - The bustle of everyday life can often distract you from these cultural origins that we literally live in, like catching the train from "permanent place" (Killara) to "eel waters" (Parramatta) ; watching the eccentric Ladies from "reedy swamp" (Toorak) on that housewives program or driving the long journey to "the place of many crows" (Wagga Wagga) to Grandma's for Christmas.

Have Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples any Reason to Hope?  - There has been no formal reckoning of Australia's history from the political ... You can listen to her discuss constitutional recognition and Indigenous  ...

Culturally And Linguistically Appropriate' Education for Indigenous People  - In Nunavut, northern Canada, only 40 percent of school-age indigenous people are attending full time school, while in Australia , in 2013 only 60 ...

LGBTI mentoring group Out For Australia seeking volunteers  - Voluntary LGBTI mentoring group Out for Australia is on the hunt for some gifted volunteers to fill several positions at the NSW branch of the ...

Tasmania passes motion to support marriage equality  - Tasmania's Upper House has passed a motion in support of marriage equality in Australia , following a successful in-principle motion in the Lower ...

Philippines leader calls US envoy ' gay ' for 'meddling' in election  - He first came into conflict with US envoy Goldberg on the campaign trail, after he said he wanted to rape a “beautiful” Australian missionary who was ...

We've Never Had Gay Students Because It 'Is Not Recommended'  - A principal in Sydney, Australia has said her school has never faced the “issue” of homosexuality because children are taught that it is “not ...

Police criticise drunken excess in Wellington CBD  - Overall we are all consuming less alcohol and in fact over the last 10 to 15 years the amount of alcohol available for New Zealanders over 18 has ...

Workshops put wahine in driving seat   - The Agri Women's Development Trust wants to help women understand how Maori land they have a stake in are run. Trustee Hinerangi Edwards says ...

Maori television pathfinder will be remembered  - She brought ballast to Aotearoa Television Network, the first attempt to create a Maori television channel, and her behaviour during the company's ...

Protection for waahi tapu back in Unitary Plan  - The chair of Auckland's Independent Maori Statutory Board says he's happy to pass further debate on the city's Unitary Plan to the full council.

Kōrero Pūrākau – Maori Storytelling  -  Maori Storytelling. Rawiri Paratene reads traditional Māori Myths and Legends in Te Reo and English at The PumpHouse Theatre.

Repatriation: the Māori perspective  - More research that provides a Māori perspective on repatriation of Māori remains is needed, says Victoria University of Wellington PhD student Amber ...

Rangatahi future drives board member  - The only Maori local board member in west Auckland is hoping for ... in the city and represents the second highest Maori population in Auckland.

Cash heralds dynamic of change  - The recent Treaty settlement for Wairarapa iwi is a regional game changer, and one key player says Rangitane will learn from other iwi in management of the $32.5 million redress. Mavis Mullins told community leaders at the Economic Development Conference at Carterton yesterday it was a significant time for the whole region, and the opportunity may never come again.