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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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Whakapapa, not birthplace: Should citizenship be a birthright for all Māori?

Australian Eastern Time — Friday, November 14, 2025

The Waitangi Tribunal says the Citizenship Act fails to recognise Māori as tangata whenua, leaving some unable to claim the birthright their ...

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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...

I know where you live': Wāhine Māori Councillors ramp up security after threats

Australian Eastern Time — Friday, November 07, 2025

Māori councillors Mawera Karetai and Toni Boynton have both received threats and harassment during this year's election . View article...

Minerals Council and Indigenous groups unite to overhaul Aboriginal heritage laws

Australian Eastern Time — Tuesday, November 11, 2025

Indigenous activists would need to prove their connection to sites they seek to protect under proposed changes to commonwealth Aboriginal heritage ... 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...

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...

NT Aboriginal health leaders mark Diabetes Feet Day with call for greater investment in foot health

Australian Eastern Time — Thursday, November 13, 2025

The Aboriginal Medical Services Alliance Northern Territory and Central Australian Aboriginal Congress have called for greater awareness and ... View article...

Aboriginal spiritual healer Stephen Norman Richards charged with string of rapes

Australian Eastern Time — Tuesday, October 28, 2025

An Aboriginal spiritual healer once nominated for Australian of the Year has faced court charged with a string of rapes and indecent assaults on ... View article...

Expressions of interest sought from community for committee to advise on new board of inquiry

Australian Eastern Time — Thursday, October 30, 2025

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people with a connection to the Canberra region can now submit an expression of interest to be part of a ... View article...

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Traditional owner slams Andrew Forrest legal rehash over sacred Ashburton River serpent

Australian Eastern Time — Friday, November 14, 2025

An Aboriginal elder has slammed Andrew Forrest as a state tribunal into plans to alter a WA river hears critical evidence. View article...

Record number of New Zealanders leaving Aotearoa – chief among them Maori

Australian Eastern Time — Friday, November 14, 2025

Radio Waatea is Auckland's only Māori radio station that provides an extensive bi-lingual broadcast to its listeners. Based at Nga Whare Waatea marae ... View article...

Labour surges to 38% in new poll - but still needs Te Pāti Māori

Australian Eastern Time — Friday, November 14, 2025

After announcing its capital gains tax plan the party has hit its highest poll number since 2022 - but not quite high enough to cut Te Pāti Māori ... View article...

Australian state becomes first to recognise harms caused by British to Aboriginals

Australian Eastern Time — Friday, November 14, 2025

The Australian state of Victoria has formally acknowledged the “deep and lasting scars” caused by British settlers on Aboriginal people. View article...

First Peoples' Assembly warns proposed youth crime changes risk pushing kids 'into a ...

Australian Eastern Time — Tuesday, November 18, 2025

" Aboriginal communities will again bear the brunt of the government's proposed changes, which will result in Aboriginal children being locked up ... View article...

World's largest indigenous education conference kicks off in Auckland

Australian Eastern Time — Tuesday, November 18, 2025

The four-day conference features keynote presentations from a number of Māori academics including educator Professor Linda Tuhiwai Smith, linguistic ... View article...

Gold clam threat prompts warning to Whanganui River boaties

Australian Eastern Time — Tuesday, November 18, 2025

Authorities are ramping up prevention and detection efforts in the Whanganui River after the invasive freshwater gold clam was confirmed in ... View article...

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