Stigmabase | Australia - New Zealand

Michael Bublé says homophobes will be “severely embarrassed” of their intolerance - Michael Bublé is making sure he's on the “right side of the line” with LGBT rights. After performing with the likes of Barbra Streisand, Mariah Carey, and ...

Researchers hunt 20th century Indigenous community newsletters for rare serials collection - Researchers are on the hunt for copies of newsletters produced in Indigenous communities around Australia in the latter half of the 20th century.

Men vulnerable to life crises: survey - Of the men surveyed, 35 per cent responded to tough times by increasing alcohol, tobacco or drug consumption. Just over 20 per cent said they became more aggressive and 27 per cent reported taking more risks.

We have got the message wrong on suicide - After a decade of stable numbers, Australia's mental health community is at a loss to explain why the number of suicides has increased by more than ...

Ian Thorpe And Tara Moss Want To Talk About Bullying In Australia - triple M presenter Gus Worland delve into Australia's male suicide crisis. ... where he'll visit Australian schools and explore the impact of bullying on ...

First discovery of 50000-year- old human settlements in Australian interior - In a stunning discovery, a team of archaeologists in Australia has found extensive remains of a sophisticated human community living 50,000 years ...

Beyond radiocarbon: how archaeologists date artefacts - For archaeologists such as Spooner trying to date the first occupation of Australia , older age limitations of radiocarbon dating are frustrating, as it is ...

US same-sex marriage activist slams plebiscite as 'incredible expense, delay' - A United States gay rights activist who is visiting Australia has called for the Federal Parliament to vote for same-sex marriage in the interests of "living ...

An Indigenous Tasmanian man with same-sex parents hopes his Rhodes Scholarship will ... - the first Indigenous Tasmanian and second Indigenous Australian (after South Australia's Rebecca Richards) to be awarded a Rhodes Scholarship.

Aboriginal entrepreneurs launch Australia's first innovation hub for minorities so no one gets left ... - D:HIVE will be a centre for digital innovation, learning, collaboration and startups to build useful solutions for Indigenous Australians , migrants, ...

Indigenous Australians consuming too much sugar, not enough vegetables  - -  Indigenous Australians are consuming too much sugar and too little of the five major food groups, new data has ...

Indigenous Australians in remote areas getting 41% of energy intake from sugary foods - In remote areas, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people consumed less than one serve of fruit and less than one serve of dairy per day, while those living in urban areas consumed 1.3 serves of each.

Indigenous leader named NT Aussie of year -  Working across a 350,000 square kilometre stretch of central Australia , Ms Mason drives social change for indigenous women through employment ...

Dialysis treatments set to soar in NT -  The Territory has one of the highest rates of kidney disease in the world, which rises further in indigenous communities. Australian Medical Association ...

A defender with passion - her heart: indigenous rights and human rights issues in Australia . Ms Wells believes difference can be made at home from an international standing.

Aussie music classics immortalised - The Oils have made the Sounds Of Australia registry with Power and the ... The National Film and Sound Archive choose 10 recordings to add to the ...

Red zoning shows New Zealand needs to do more to protect property rights - Red zoning shows New Zealand needs to do more to protect property rights ... This affected the property rights and other human rights of the people  ...

Racial discrimination' mars councillor's swearing in - The fact that we don't look 'normal', and that's the problem - too many people offering the suggestion, which is essentially racially discriminatory, that ...

Kiwi couple launch first Maori language doll in New Zealand - Realistically, the only place you see and hear Māori is in your home so we thought, if we really want this to become a natural and normal language ...

Whanau Tahi adds smarts to digital health hui - Delegates to a major health conference are hearing about how a system which brings a kaupapa Maori perspective to health data and analytics is ...

MIT signs pact with Waikato Tainui - About 14 percent of the polytechec's students are Maori , with those of Waikato-Tainui descent being the second largest group after Ngapuhi.

Top honour for Maori and Pacific Islander community health project - The Good Start team is dedicated to working with Maori and Pacific Islander communities to reduce the rates of childhood obesity and chronic disease.

Maori jobless rate drops -  Maori unemployment has dropped from 12 top 10.6 percent over the past three months, still more than twice the national rate of 4.9 percent. The latest ...

McEwen contribution to te ao Maori recorded - The author of a biography of the last non- Maori head of the Department of Maori Affairs says his story reveals a lot about the country's history and the ...