Stigmabase | Australia - New Zealand

Migration agent 'took client to Kings Cross to coach him how to be gay '  - In a court appearance, involving a man who wanted to live in Australia named ... In some countries being gay is a crime and thus homosexuals can be ...

Gay -friendly NZ lauded by travel bible  - The nation was praised for "actively promoted same-sex marriage tourism to the likes of Australia and other Pacific nations where equality laws are ...

Whitlam's legacy in Aboriginal education in Western Australia  - A conversation after a film premiere led to the establishment of the first independent Aboriginal school in Western Australia just weeks before Gough ...

Costs mount to $250k in 'old bones case'  - THE discovery of up to nine Aboriginal people's remains at a park in a new housing estate in Parafield Gardens will cost Salisbury Council at least ...

Costs mount to $250k in 'old bones case'  - THE discovery of up to nine Aboriginal people's remains at a park in a new housing estate in Parafield Gardens will cost Salisbury Council at least ...

White Australia has a Black history, writes Evelyn Araluen Corr.  - Charles Perkins was the first Aboriginal man to graduate from an Australian university; an activist, administrator, and soccer player, the leader of the ...

Grants Help Improve Indigenous Health  - Health and medical researchers have teamed up with Indigenous aid ... ways to improve the health outcomes of Indigenous Australians - described as ...

Gough Whitlam remembered: a true leader for Indigenous Australians  - For Aboriginal people across the country, Gough Whitlam was our giant among former prime ministers. He was the first leader to campaign so openly ...

Count yourself in': Gay community urged to become foster carers  - Barnados Australia is reaching out to the LGBT community with a new campaign that is challenging stereotypes and debunking common myths about ...

Does New Zealand need an anti-stress law?  - Despite what some people think, New Zealand is not as pressured or driven as other countries," he says. "Putting in a law is one rule for everybody ...

Nothing 'quick or easy' about drowning  - Research shows people hold their breath for about 87 seconds until a ... Drowning is the third-highest cause of unintentional death in New Zealand  ...

Early onset dementia homes recommended  - More specialised support services should be provided for people under 65 with early onset dementia, Wellington psychiatrist Dr Sally Rimkeit is urging. People with Younger Onset Dementia (YOD) placed in support services for the elderly could experience high levels of distress as they lost contact with social networks and age-appropriate activities, Dr Rimkeit warned.     

Australian professor in racism row  - The emails were obtained by Australian magazine New Matilda, which said they had been sent to about a dozen people , including officials and ...

Kiwis spend dosh on bird nosh  - The survey showed almost half of all New Zealand households feed the birds, mostly because it gives people pleasure, though better-educated ...

Lack of data hampers health alliance  - Chief executive Michelle Thompson told the Future Farms conference in Wellington this morning it has become apparent in the past few months that it can't get the good quality data it needs to build a case to take to the Government. "If we can't measure something then we can't change it. Across Government there's no consistency. They're all operating on different data sets, different data systems and they don't talk to each other. And it seems crazy that we actually have a rural-urban classification endorsed by New Zealand Stats

Green MP to speak at panel on Rainbow Mental Health  - Young people who are attracted to the same sex have the highest levels of suicide attempts of all young people in New Zealand according to research ...

New Zealand close to signing free trade deal with South Korea  - Comments by both New Zealand and Korean diplomatic sources suggest the deal is imminent, with people close to the talks saying there were no ...

Bali prisons 'intolerable': Kiwi ex-inmate  - He contacted people at the New Zealand Embassy, but they were "useless". Anybody visiting or living in a foreign country should observe the rules ...

Papua New Guinea: Bougainville government adopts missing persons policy  -  Papua New Guinea: Bougainville government adopts missing persons ... of people who went missing during the crisis that affected this Papua New ...

Blue King Brown Drop New Clip On Papuan Activist Website  - They describe themselves as "a peaceful, public campaign, whose aim is very simple: to give the people of West Papua the freedom to choose their ...