Stigmabase | Australia - New Zealand

Top 20 names for Indigenous babies 2016 - With our Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population making up such a small percentage of overall Australia , the most common or 'trending' ...

We'll close Uluru: Indigenous community -  A remote indigenous community near Uluru has threatened to "close the rock" if ... Indigenous Australians made up 14 per cent of the national prison ...

Warren Mundine slams 'joke' inquiry into Indigenous incarceration - Warren Mundine, the chairman of the Prime Minister's Indigenous Advisory ... "It is a sad reflection on Australia that our first peoples are so grossly ...

8 Aussie Musos Keeping The Singer-Songwriter Tradition Alive - Robbie Miller's been around for a few years now, and was brought to our attention in 2013 after being crowned Australia's best unsigned indigenous  ...

Poor, remote and Aboriginal have higher STI risk - The marked reduction in notification incidence for rubella, measles and Hib (which causes meningitis) demonstrate the impact of Australia's National  ...

18C offensive to indigenous women, says John Anderson - John Anderson, former deputy prime minister, has delivered an impassioned defence of The Australian's cartoonist and his cartoon of an indigenous  ...

Domestic violence action plan to focus on indigenous women, kids - Seventy-five per cent of indigenous women in central Australia have reported a domestic violence incident to police in the past five years,” she said.

Government announces inquiry into Indigenous incarceration - But the idea has already been slammed by both the National Congress of Australia's First Peoples and the chair of the Prime Minister's Indigenous  ...

Why Australia Needs to Bring Back 'Cheez TV' Now More Than Ever - They had the air of the cool older cousin who showed you the most brutal ... Cheez TV signaled the rift between the old Australia of Menzies and ...

Remote indigenous Anangu tribe threatens to 'close down' Uluru if their voices aren't heard and ... -  Indigenous Australians have threatened to 'close down' Uluru, which is visited by thousands of tourists each year. The remote Anangu tribe, who live ...

Parents, stand up for your gay children - My son Daragh told me he was gay when he was 16 years old. My initial ... I urge Australian mothers and fathers not to let this opportunity pass.

Gay mum fears for children if marriage plebiscite goes ahead - Around 11 per cent of gay men and 33 per cent of gay women in Australia have children, according to statistics. Film makers Bianca Biasi (centre) at ...

Australia's coal politics are undermining democratic and Indigenous rights -  Can Australia achieve fair and open decision-making and a just, sustainable energy transition when big coal players are involved? University of ...

Government announces inquiry into Indigenous incarceration - The Federal Government has announced an inquiry into the deepening over-representation of Indigenous Australians in the ...

Unusual but justifiable arguments against gay marriage - We have seen post after post from all walks of life telling us why same-sex marriage should be legal in Australia . But comedian Rob Hunter wants us to ...

New research shows gaps widening for Māori - One of New Zealand's most eminent academics, Sir Mason's research on whānau development and kaupapa Māori research imperatives have ...

Researchers and scholars elected to the Royal Society - Nineteen top New Zealand researchers and scholars with a range of ... organisation, two Fellows with Māori ethnicity and one with Asian ethnicity.

Indian economic corporate highlights similarities to Māori - This comes after a prominent figure in corporate India referenced a Māori ... New Zealand representative Rachael Taulelei says, “It's been amazing ...

Rename Poverty Bay? Don't change history - We have been called Poverty Bay since 1769 by all other than Maori . ... How many Maori names are there in New Zealand that have an unappealing ...

Kiwi legend Nathan Cayless predicts win for NZ - Kiwi legend Nathan Cayless is predicting a win as they prepare to face Four Nations hosts England Sunday morning. Although the Kiwis Coach, David ...

Havelock North water inquiry to find source and cause - the facts rather than finger pointing, to find out what exactly caused the biggest campylobacter outbreak from a water supply in New Zealand .

Foster parent focus just part of solution - A Maori social services advocate says a call for more Maori foster parents shows the new Ministry for Vulnerable Children is trying to fix the symptoms ...

New research shows gaps widening for Māori - Wai-Research today launches two important publications that look into Māori child wellbeing and the widening gaps in Māori Mental Health, as well as ...