Stigmabase | Australia - New Zealand

Life and death decision would change the nation -  Australia's suicide rate — 3027 deaths from 65,000 attempts in 2015 — is already too high. Enlarging the powers of the state to encourage more ...

Depriving the jobless of 'frugal dignity' has to stop - The Catholic Church has chosen 'national anti- poverty week' to promote a powerful idea that would stop politicians using vulnerable Australians as ...

Ian Thorpe opens up about his battle with depression as same-sex marriage debate rages - Ian Thorpe opens up about his battle with depression as same-sex ... Australian swimming great Ian Thorpe at the 10th birthday of the Ian Thorpe ...

Hong Kong Aussies are coming together to vote 'yes' to marriage equality -  Gay Star News is hosting a massive Vote Yes party for Australians living in Hong Kong. It will be a chance for expats and travellers to come together to ...

Young gay men prepare for retirement better than their predecessors - Now that same-sex marriage is within reach in Australia and the path towards starting a family is easier than ever for younger gay men, many are ...

Tony Abbott To Visit Anti-LGBTQ 'Hate Group' Again - has supported the recriminalization of homosexuality in the U.S. and ... Abbott's speech will come just days before the result of Australia's postal survey ...

How has the debate during the marriage survey affected you? - The Australia Institute, with the support of the National LGBTI Health Alliance, is conducting a national research project on the effect of the marriage ...

I believe that everyone has equal rights': Australia's Muslim Miss World contender, 25, comes out ... -  Australia's Miss World contender first attracted national attention when it was revealed she is a Muslim. Now the brunette beauty has voiced her ...

The amusing origin story behind the spaceship names in Thor: Ragnarok - So, he hired local Aboriginal and Maori (Waititi has Maori roots) actors for the film, recruited local interns for the film's Australian shoots, and even ...

High tech company revenues top $10.0B, exports $7.3B - This year's report was the first to provide data on Māori tech companies. It estimated that five prominent Māori owned or Māori investment-backed ...

Resilience a lesson from NZ Wars - The organiser of a symposium on Maori and conflict says one of the lessons of the New Zealand Wars of the 1800s was how resilient the Maori people ...

Lyndon offers voters tangata whenua option - Certainly I'm excited about the challenge and think this could be a good opportunity to get diversity at the table as there is no Maori representation ...

PNG Government plans to create human rights commission: Steven -  Papua New Guinea Minister for Justice and Attorney-General Davis Steven says the Government is planning to ... the challenges of not just having a constitution that enshrined the rights of people but doing something about them.

Rainbow communities and police join forces to combat discrimination - gay, bisexual, transgender and other sexual minority groups ( LGBT ). ... "Compulsory training would be a huge deal for New Zealand - it represents a ...

Can a Thrash Metal Band Help Save the Maori Language? - Across the total population , less than 4 percent can hold a conversation in Māori . The problem is not isolated to New Zealand. It's estimated that of the ...

Napier ratepayers strongly opposed to establishing Māori council seats - Under a Local Electoral Act formula based on the Māori and general population , Napier could have had two Māori ward members. This would mean ...

Irish played part in atrocities against Aboriginal people - Australian MP - The first Aboriginal woman to be elected to Australia's House of Representatives has said that it must be acknowledged that the Irish were among the ...

But where are you really from?' No, you don't have the right to ask this question - To be 'othered' as an Aboriginal woman in Australia takes it to another level. Much more than the interaction, the behavioural gestures of intrigue and ...

Meet The Aboriginal Women Who Want Australia To Take Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Seriously - Two decades ago a group of Aboriginal women from Rockhampton in Central Queensland realised the harm that drinking during pregnancy was ...

Smoking down but deaths still to rise - An epidemic of smoking-related deaths is about to hit Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians , health researchers have warned. A research ...