Stigmabase | Australia - New Zealand

Instagram extends self-injury helpline to cover Hong Kong and Australia - Instagram's helpline for people experiencing mental distress and possible self-harm has been extended to more countries, including Hong Kong and ...

Australia must do more to fight poverty at home and overseas - Over 30 international development organisations and Australian-based social welfare groups, including ChildFund Australia, the Australian Council of Social Service (ACOSS) and the Campaign for Australian Aid, have called on the Australian government to take meaningful action to fight domestic and global poverty.

Kaatijin series targets young Noongar audiences STAGE - It incorporates puppets, masks and live music with storytelling to share Noongar understanding of the earth and country. The new work is based on the ...

Top scientist wants to bring big data analysis to healthcare - The first report is called Flying Blind – Australian consumers and digital health . Aitken says it "chronicles the opportunity loss to Australia from a failure to integrate more than 50 sources of health data in Australia".

Gold Coast Stand Up To Domestic Violence - Bring your SUP board and join in. Gold FM radio station is organising a public Stand Up Paddle gathering on Currumbin Creek to showcase the Gold ...

Porn-Free' City in Australia Takes 'Free From Porn' Pledge to Combats Violence Against Women - As part of a campaign to combat violence against women, city leaders and Christian ministries in Toowoomba, Australia , are working together to ...

Indigenous culture should be in Australian classrooms, graduating Catholic Torres Strait student says -  INDIGENOUS high school graduate Sahamar Ruben wants Australia's education curriculum to include studies in Indigenous culture for the sake of ...

School transition made easier with the help of Little J and Big Cuz - The show has been devised, written and directed by Indigenous creatives from across Australia . The characters for the series are voiced by prominent ...

Australia – Beyond Imagining - Imagine an Australia where incarceration rates are falling, where the .... four years as CEO of the Mental Health Council of Australia , seven years as ...

Govt's doomed gay marriage plebiscite passes - The Federal Government's doomed plan for a plebiscite on same-sex marriage has passed parliament's lower house. Debate on the enabling bill was ...

Australians are giving less to charity despite record household wealth - Given older Australians are, on average, wealthier than younger generations, it came as no surprise that the only age groups boosting donations over ...

New book to connect urban planners and Indigenous communities - The Australian and Canadian indigenous communities each had one case in an urban context and another in an environmental natural resource ...

Studies show diversity in Aboriginal peoples - The physical differences in the appearance of Australia's Aboriginal peoples across the continent led many observers to conclude that human ...

Malnutrition Traps Children Of Remote Australia In Poverty - In our wealthy nation, where no one starves, National Rural Health Alliance research details an epidemic of malnutrition in regional and remote areas, and it's affecting children's development for the rest of their life.

Reducing poverty and hardship for young Australians - This week is Anti- Poverty Week in Australia – an opportunity to highlight the poverty and hardships faced by young people in Australia and across the ...

First gay Aboriginal MP advocates for LGBT , indigenous rights in Australia - I look forward to the day when this country will recognise my rights as equal rights, when I too can marry in my country, on my country, as a recognised ...

Kiwi suspensions target Maori -  Maori Development Minister Te Ururoa Flavell says it's abhorrent that some schools are finding underhand and unlawful ways to suspend and expel ...

Māori education policy criticised in report - The report goes on to criticise the implementation of the government's Ka Hikitia policy, aimed at improving results for Māori students. The Ka Hikitia ...

How we should remember our civil war - There was no good cause for war: the Maori had not risen up against the settlers. They had organised politically to protect their land and their rights of ...

Jokowi's dualism, inconsistent policies hamper conflict resolution in Papua : Imparsial - Imparsial director Al-Araf said while it was striving to restore Papua people's trust in the government through various economic and infrastructure ...

Māori Party welcomes the debate on climate change - The Māori Party welcomes the latest report from the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment 'Climate change and agriculture and ...

New hub to boost Māori innovation -  Māori business innovators in the Lower Hutt region are set to benefit from a new innovation hub launched this week by Callaghan Innovation.

How Tapping Into New Zealand's Indigenous Concepts Sparked New Educational ... - They will mihi (welcome) you formally in Te Reo ( Maori , New Zealand's first language) and proceed to inform and charm you over 20 minutes via an ...

Te Whare a Maui place for Maori innovation -  Maori companies already working with Callaghan include Wakatu Incorporation food and beverage business Kono and technology developer and ...