Stigmabase | Australia - New Zealand

Could tech help solve the mental health crisis? - It's estimated that 50 to 60 percent of people with a mental health issue don't seek treatment. Could tech be the key to lowering that staggering statistic ...

Understanding the Hidden Suicide Problem Among Women in Medicine - But stigma around poor mental health makes the issue infinitely difficult to .... "I have worked in other countries and the level of sexism in Australia is ...

The Push To Make Domestic Violence Leave A National Work Right -  Australia's problem with domestic violence , and violence against women, is well known. One in three Australian women have experienced physical ...

 Turnbull gives ground on homelessness and family violence - Turnbull gives ground on homelessness and family violence ... The issue was expected to be a focus of Friday's Council of Australian  ...

New resource launched for health students on ageing and aged care in Australia and New Zealand - The book's online resources for teachers and students include nine video case studies from older Australians , carers and volunteers and an audio ...

Here's the truth about the 'free ride' that some Australians think Indigenous peoples get -  Indigenous Australians like all other Australians pay to go to university. The only way any student would come to university without paying fees is if ...

50 year anniversary of the Aboriginal Lands Trust - Today marks fifty years since the first Aboriginal land rights legislation was passed in Australia . South Australia was the first jurisdiction to pass ...

Giant mural on grain silo celebrates Aboriginal culture - Street artists in Australia are transforming unused grain silos into giant works of art. The murals form a huge open air gallery and are attracting tourists ...

Boy George joins The Voice in Australia - Boy George is back in town for Culture Club's second Australian tour of 2017, but it looks like he'll be spending a lot of time down under over the ...

Tim Dormer reveals he is in a same-sex relationship with boyfriend Ash Toweel - Big Brother 2013 winner Tim Dormer has revealed he is in a same-sex ... However, Tim told Daily Mail Australia at the time that while he wanted to ...

Woman who allegedly supplied moonshine that killed Indigenous Australians charged - A woman who allegedly supplied the toxic moonshine that killed three Indigenous Australians has been charged with liquor offences.  

No time like the present to think about tomorrow - One area of key concern in Australia is the large gap between Indigenous ... to improve health outcomes across the lifespan with Indigenous people.

We should keep our Australia Day holiday - For this and many other reasons, we should continue to celebrate Australia Day. Even though a proportion of indigenous Australians damn it as ...

It's inappropriate for teachers to wear that shirt - He was a strong advocate for a national apology to Australia's indigenous people, years before it actually came from then Australian Prime Minister ...

State schools 'failing Aboriginal kids' - Renewing his attack on the ABC, and extending his criticism to left-leaning progressives more broadly, Mr Pearson said indigenous Australians were ...

Noel Pearson blasts Left for 'soft bigotry' - The indigenous leader from Queensland's Cape York said soft bigotry was a ... ran an investigation into his Good to Great Schools Australia initiative.

Hawke's Bay family violence on the rise - Hawke's Bay is the only region in New Zealand where family violence rates are increasing, a problem that sees around 6000 police call-outs each ...

Report fails to identify significant archaeological finds - This would mean that the walls were built well before the land was unjustly confiscated from local Māori in the 1860s. The walls may be the last ...

Warriors power comes to north - The players also heard from Maori leaders about problems in the community, including the impact of at least 11 known suicides in the last 15 months ...

Chance to treat more abdominal aneurysms in 'anti-racist' move - A small trial screening for abdominal aortic aneurysm in Maori men has paid off, leading to an expanded programme next year that's being dubbed an ...

English best for Maori Party -  Maori Party co-leader Marama Fox says the party knows it can work with Bill English as prime minister. National's caucus will meet next Monday to ...

Second major care reform Bill introduced - The Bill amends the purposes and principles of the Act to give explicit recognition to key Māori concepts of mana tamaiti / tamariki, whakapapa and ...

Southern DHB celebrates Māori immunisation rates - SDHB,celebrates, Māori immunisation rates, collaborative approach, successful, closing gap immunisation rates. Māori and total population.

Mangere stone wall relics of Maori horticulture - He says based on their location, structure and orientation, the stone walls most likely date from the period between 1846 to 1863 when Maori ramped ...