Stigmabase | Australia - New Zealand

Red, yellow, pink and green: How the world's languages name the rainbow - We tested these ideas using color words in Australian Aboriginal languages . We worked with Australian languages (rather than European or other ...

Smoking Marijuana Accelerates Aging, Making Heart 11 Percent Older Than Normal - The study found that hardening of the arteries caused by long-term marijuana use increased the biological age of users by 11 percent, which could make a 30-year-old user biologically closer to 33 years old. They concluded that marijuana use was associated with accelerated cardiovascular aging.

Australia can find a way out of the darkness - The surprise is that the Australian selectors have not invested in youth. Older blokes know too much and fear failure; younger blokes embrace it and ...

The hardest part about coming out for Thorpe - When I was about 16 I was accused of being gay and because it was in that tone, I always thought of it as a negative, of not being equal,” he said at the Australians 4 Equality event held at Twitter’s Sydney offices.

Kylie Minogue flaunts huge engagement ring – after vowing not to wed until same-sex marriage ... -  AUSTRALIAN singer Kylie Minogue showed off her huge diamond engagement ... "When I found out that gay marriage was illegal in Australia , I was ...

Ian Thorpe and his boyfriend hit the campaign trail for marriage equality - Despite over a decade of focused effort in Australia , same-sex couples cannot have their marriages recognized as marriages at the federal level in the ...

Same-sex adoption law passes hurdle - MPs approved a Government proposal to allow same sex couples who have ... South Australia is the only Australian state not to allow gay adoption.

Standing against domestic violence - White Ribbon Day is the largest Australian male-led movement aimed at stopping men's violence against women, and a local event is being organised ...

The many worlds of Australian Indigenous children's literature - a new interactive animation that highlights the plight of Indigenous languages by exploring Aboriginal culture ...

Australia ignorant on Aboriginals : Barnett - WA Premier Colin Barnett says most of Australia is ignorant about a social crisis in which more Aboriginal than non- Aboriginal children live in state ...

NSW leads the way to protecting Aboriginal languages - NSW Minister for Aboriginal Affairs, Leslie Williams says this is the first act of its kind in Australia and that NSW is paving the way for the future.

Refugee advocate Paris Aristotle named 2017 Victorian Australian of the Year - An elder of the Yorta Yorta people, she's also a political activist, educator and principal at Australia's only Aboriginal girls' boarding school, Worawa ...

Indigenous disadvantage getting worse in mental health and incarceration -  Australia's efforts to combat Indigenous disadvantage are continuing to see declining outcomes in mental health, family violence, and incarceration, ...

Indigenous Australians ' wellbeing 'stagnating or worsening', Productivity Commission report reveals -  Indigenous Australians are becoming more disadvantaged, with alarming increases in imprisonment rates, mental health problems and self harm, ...

US activist Carole Johnson recalls role in Aboriginal dance - Jenny was Jenny Isaacs, indigenous officer of the then Australian Council for the Arts. It was in her Glebe home that a young woman by the name of ...

Gallery captures arts and mines - We want to build on the legacy of Tarnanthi and make South Australia the international hub for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander art and culture,” ...

Why I Chose to Study at Lincoln University - Next, the people . Apparently, Lincoln is not a huge University so most people know each other, especially if you live in the student hall. And not only ...

Shooting hoops and saving lives in Papua New Guinea - This partnership created the opportunity for people to donate blood at last ... Many of the Papua New Guinea U18s team members got involved by ...

Pacific churches up their call for human rights justice - Mr Pihaatae says the council includes West Papua churches and wants ... our actions, we are trying to bring back our West Papua people to home.".

Papuan Kamoro art set for exhibition in Jakarta - With a population of just 18,000 living along the Southern coast of Papua , the Kamoro people are one of the few Papuan tribes who still practice their ...

Ruapehu seeing resurgence in Maori Warden volunteers - Taumarunui residents can all feel a bit safer with seven Maori Wardens being presented their Warrant Cards by Mayor Don Cameron at a special ...

Exploring the Meaning of Ink in Māori and Japanese Culture - Paitangi Ostick is one of the first females to practice tā moko – the Māori art of tattoo. In this episode of The Other Side of Ink, she travels from New ...

Tech helping revitalise the Māori language - Tech is helping revitalise te Reo Māori , with Kiwa Digital's CEO saying we're at an exciting new phase. According to Steven Renata, CEO of digital ...

Respect, culture and inspiration -- Inside the Maori All Blacks - We want to inspire young Maori back in New Zealand . There's a lot of young people growing up back home that feel like they are alone and turn ...