Stigmabase | Australia - New Zealand

Red Centre resort no longer all-white  - It was a pretty bad “look” in the spiritual heart of Australia , not helped by the fact that the didgeridoo player entertaining guests was not Aboriginal .

Murrawarri peoples leader questions merit of Recognise campaign  - It feels kind of creepy-weird to say it but Andrew Bolt is right about something to do with Aboriginal Australia , according to the head of the ...

Facebook usage among Indigenous Australians at a national high  - Typically in the population, around 42 per cent of people are members of Facebook in Australia - it's really quite a big number - and amongst people ...

Mystery surrounds old tintype portrait of an Aboriginal woman  - A rare and haunting image of a young, unidentified Indigenous woman has been donated to the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait ...

Indigenous arts given funding boost  - The ILS program, a community-based program for the maintenance, revival, transmission and promotion of Australia's Indigenous languages, will ...

The man who renounced Australia  - He tells Paul Daley why he decided to 'leave Australia ' while remaining on the continent – and why he still loves a cup of English breakfast tea.

Stay: arguments against suicide  - It's unlikely a person in the grip of suicidal thoughts is going to get through the 251 pages of Jennifer Michael Hecht's book Stay: A History of Suicide and the Philosophies Against It -  which is a shame because it contains facts and exhortations anyone considering self-harm would do well to consider. Put simply, they are: Stay. Don't do it. It messes up the people you leave behind - even people you don't know.

Young adult fiction can be a safe space to discuss youth suicide  -  Australian YA literature seems to be repeatedly representing adolescent ... Suicide is the leading cause of death among Australians aged 15-24, ...

7 Aussies will take their lives today  - FOR the most part, the seven Australians who will take their own lives today probably don't ... Seven every day, or 2,535 lives lost to suicide each year.

Treatment of inmate sparks UN appeal  - The 58-year-old was first detained in 1969 for a serious sex offence against a young boy. Subsequent serious sexual offences saw him sentenced to two terms of preventive detention. Auckland-based disability advocate Colin Burgering has been involved with the man's case for eight years, He says if the man was sentenced today, he ought to be covered by the Intellectual Disability (Compulsory Care and Rehabilitation) Act, which allows people to be housed a secure unit in the community, but the ministry is blocking such moves.

Action sought on ageing population  - In the document, Allison said New Zealand's ageing population carried ... He said there was evidence that mental ill health affected people's overall ...

Hospital patients urged to give feedback  - Invitations to take part in the first of a new series of surveys will be sent today to 7500 people across New Zealand who spent at least one night in ...

John Collyns on taking the heat out of the housing crisis   - An increasing number of New Zealanders now know that retirement villages are not "old people's homes" or rest-homes - quite the opposite in fact.

Māori Party says New Zealanders deserve better  - We want to focus on a vision for a new New Zealand , where all people feel included and we can work together for the benefit of our mokopuna.

Senior doctors up for big public health challenges  - The Nordic countries have a high proportion of older people still in work and these countries also invest most in health and social care, he says.

NZ First leader defends demotion of MP  - Ms Lole-Taylor said Pacific Islanders who, like herself, have emigrated to New Zealand , have to work harder to achieve than people born here and ...

Why The Ice Bucket Challenge Can Kill  - The first thing that Ice Bucket challengers and people immersed in cold ... Another victim, 40-year-old Willis Tepania from New Zealand , had a heart ...

Labour sets sights on bullying, trans rights  - Wall says many glbti New Zealanders continue to be subject to verbal and ... “That's why we will review laws and policies that stop people being free ...

Economic benefits seen in health spending  - 'In a way, it's a bit of an anomaly in the New Zealand system which has many other things that are good. "I think it's a surprise for people from outside ...

Five years of investing in Māori and Pacific Education  - Our trustees identified raising Māori and Pacific educational achievement as a major issue for our region,” Trust CEO Jennifer Gill said today.