Stigmabase | Australia - New Zealand

9 things Indigenous arts workers wish you knew - and cultural sustainability to Indigenous communities across Central Australia . ... So we asked those who work in Indigenous arts how to get it right.

Tackling smoking head-on - They're encouraging Aboriginal women to seek help and quit smoking while ... smoking is the single biggest killer and cause of disease in Australia .

But they should take the children away… - Despite the worsening crisis in indigenous child welfare, the Aboriginal industry is continuing to make the same misleading claims about the causes ...

Christian lobby seeks funding to run cases for businesses turning down gay couples - A group founded by a Christian lobby in Australia is now seeking private contributions for a fund that would be used to run cases of businesses ...

How to increase First Nations performing arts programming - In 2015 only 2% of the almost 6000 works programmed involved Indigenous artists. The Australia Council for the Arts research mapped First Nations ...

Were Indigenous Australians the world's first bakers? - He's talking about 36,000-year-old grindstones discovered in New South Wales, used by Aboriginal Australians to turn seeds into flours for baking.

Aboriginal leaders call for Turnbull to drop plebiscite -  Indigenous academic professor Marcia Langton has suggested a hate campaign from no voters would “unleash the dogs” on aboriginal Australia .

Winnunga chief says Inanna's Aboriginal housing tenders should have gone to an Indigenous group - Winnunga chief says Inanna's Aboriginal housing tenders should have ... Toora Women's Inc and EveryMan Australia won the tender to manage the ...

Tackling suicide requires money, not hand-wringing - The Australian Bureau of Statistics recently published its Causes of Death data for 2015 which demonstrated an alarming jump in suicides . Nationally ...

Can older adults with dementia continue to drive? More study is needed American Geriatrics Society - How do you know when it's time for an older adult with mild dementia to ... researchers from Macquarie University in Sydney, Australia , reviewed 28 ...

NSW South Coast Aboriginal after-school pilot program helping kids connect with culture - A first of its kind after school program on the NSW South Coast is helping Indigenous children connect with their culture and country. The Koori Kids ...

Kylie Minogue REFUSES to marry fiancé until Australia allows same-sex marriage - not to tie the knot until same-sex marriage becomes legal in Australia . .... in a bid to promote marriage equality for the LGBT community in Australia .

Children are seen but are they really heard? - In Australia today, about one in four children is overweight or obese. ... to this the more than 600,000 children in Australia living below the poverty line ...

Animated game helps teach critically endangered Aboriginal language - Many of Australia's Indigenous languages are endangered in Australia, but this interactive doco is helping keep one alive.

What is My Grandmother's Lingo? - More than 90 per cent of Australia's Indigenous languages are critically ... generations and spread the knowledge of the language across Australia.

First Australian Indigenous-language video game offers new platform for ancient culture - The world's first Aboriginal Australian - language video game is being developed in a bid to preserve traditional language and culture. The endless ...

Living with 'the suicide disease' - The mystery of the disease is compounded by the fact the Ministry of Health does not even know how many people are affected by it in New Zealand .

Marlborough needs to work on appeal to immigrants, young people , academic says - Marlborough needs to amp up its appeal to both permanent immigrants and young New Zealanders to stay a viable province, an academic says.

Serco sacked dozens of staff while running prisons - can re-earn the trust from the public of New Zealand after the incidents at Mt ... And I think there are some very good people who work in that prison.

Applications open for Māori Digital Technology Fund - We see technology and innovation as central to New Zealand's economic, ... enhancing new Māori language and culture initiatives through digital ...

Health concerns delay Love's sentencing - The sentencing of Sir Ngatata Love for a $1.7 million fraud has been delayed after experts raised concerns jail would affect his physical wellbeing.

Gang leaders responsible for prison fight clubs  - Labour's Kelvin Davis says privately run prisons have no place in New Zealand . It follows the release of a new report which reveals "weekly fight ...

Minister Address Human Rights Violation in Papua - According to Wiranto, the government is not giving promises to the people in Papua and West Papua , since it is a mandate for the government "to ...

The First People to Settle Polynesia Came from Asia - The people of Vanuatu today are descended from Asia first of all. ... argue that they mixed with people from the Solomon Islands, Papua New Guinea ...