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Updates & Legacy — Stigmabase is a Canadian Non-Governmental & Nonprofit Initiative. Our mission is to inform about stigma around the world and make the data collected accessible for researchers. Stigmabase is very attentive to misinformation and lists only reliable sources. — The marginalization of individuals or categories of individuals is a too common phenomenon. Millions of people are facing this problem around the world and many complex factors are involved.

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How a teen's passion for Māori wards led to a shock win for his mum

Australian Eastern Time — Thursday, November 06, 2025

Mawera Karetai didn't have a single billboard or spend a cent on her Māori ward election campaign in the Bay of Plenty.

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Top stories of the last 30 days

Aboriginal activist Rachel Perkins joins faith leaders at Ramadan dinner

Australian Eastern Time — Thursday, March 30, 2023

Aboriginal film director and activist Rachel Perkins joined faith leaders to discuss the Uluru Statement at an Iftar dinner held at Lakemba ... View article...

NZ's new targets to manage its methane emissions

Australian Eastern Time — Tuesday, October 14, 2025

New Zealand 's Zero Carbon Act already has a split target – with a net zero 2050 aim for long-lived greenhouse gases (mostly carbon dioxide with a few ... View article...

All Blacks deliver an amazing 2025 on and off the field

Australian Eastern Time — Friday, October 10, 2025

10% of the Sky Sport viewers chose Sky's te reo Māori commentary, and overall viewership commanded an impressive 60% share of the TV watched while on ... View article...

Rural nurses target vaccination 'hesitancy'

Australian Eastern Time — Friday, October 31, 2025

Vaccine mistrust. Māori GP Doctor Nina Bevin said she was worried about the low vaccination rates . Dr Bevin said despite years of hard mahi from the ... View article...

Aboriginal AFL icon claims racism caused psychiatric injuries

Australian Eastern Time — Friday, October 10, 2025

Nicky Winmar had bottles of urine thrown at him, suffered racial slurs, was spat at on the way to change rooms and his family received death ... View article...

Iwi leaders unveil AI safeguards to protect Māori data

Australian Eastern Time — Friday, October 31, 2025

Te Kāhui Raraunga - the working arm of the Data Iwi Leaders Group - has unveiled a new framework designed to protect Māori data use in the AI age ... View article...

Divided over DNA: why NZ First is derailing the gene tech bill

Australian Eastern Time — Friday, October 17, 2025

The health select committee released its long-delayed report on Friday, revealing the party had joined Labour , the Greens and Te Pāti Māori in ... View article...

New strategy announced to support Western Australia's carers

Australian Eastern Time — Wednesday, October 15, 2025

... Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander carers, and young carers . The consultation period will help build a clearer picture of caring in WA ... View article...

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Top stories of the last 7 days

School curriculum 'will perpetuate racism and ongoing inequity in our schools'

Australian Eastern Time — Tuesday, November 04, 2025

The government's draft primary school curriculum makes Māori invisible and is not fit for purpose, says the association for Māori principals and ... View article...

Teaching the machines to speak: Māori innovation and the fight for data sovereignty

Australian Eastern Time — Tuesday, November 04, 2025

Founded in 1990 in the far north of Aotearoa (New Zealand), it grew out of a long struggle for Māori control over media and cultural representation. View article...

Enhanced walking trails for Palm Island to boost North Queensland ecotourism opportunities

Australian Eastern Time — Tuesday, November 04, 2025

The Queensland Government is partnering with the Palm Island Aboriginal Shire Council to deliver the Palm Island Tourism Masterplan – aimed at ... View article...

The history of Bla(c)k Burlesque

Australian Eastern Time — Tuesday, November 04, 2025

... Aboriginal performers. A portrait of Josephine Baker ( Public Domain ). Turns out in the 1920s, Aboriginal women were often part of ' Leg Shows '. View article...

Freshwater allocation system degrading water quality and shutting Māori out, court hears

Australian Eastern Time — Tuesday, November 04, 2025

A group of Māori landowners taking the government to court over freshwater rights allege the current system of water allocation is degrading water ... View article...

Australian scientist who made global name during Covid wins top prime minister's prize

Australian Eastern Time — Tuesday, November 04, 2025

In a category awarded for the first time this year, Prof Michael Wear received the prime minister's prize for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander ... View article...

Iwi leaders step in as Te Pāti Māori tensions escalate

Australian Eastern Time — Tuesday, November 04, 2025

Iwi leaders will meet with Te Pāti Māori leadership at Parliament in an effort to put a stop to extraordinary infighting. View article...

Professor Michael Wear wins inaugural Prime Minister's prize

Australian Eastern Time — Tuesday, November 04, 2025

Highly skilled Aboriginal divers harvest healthy seagrass and replant it in damaged areas, creating what he calls a “living library” for marine ... View article...

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