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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.

Ancient Māori Warrior Cloak Returns Home to Aotearoa After Centuries Overseas

Australian Eastern Time — Friday, May 15, 2026

A centuries-old Māori warrior's cloak has returned to Aotearoa and is now in the care of Tāmaki Paenga Hira Auckland War Memorial Museum, ...

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Diphtheria outbreak grows in WA

Australian Eastern Time — Thursday, April 23, 2026

Last month, the WA Department of Health issued a clinician alert warning of seven cases of toxigenic diphtheria among Aboriginal communities in the ... View article...

Māori climate risk worsened by colonisation, report finds

Australian Eastern Time — Friday, May 08, 2026

A new climate report says colonisation has intensified Māori exposure to climate risk , degrading whenua and taonga while worsening impacts on ... View article...

'Color is Life: Women's Work Today' displays the colorful versatility of the Kluge-Ruhe's collection

Australian Eastern Time — Friday, April 17, 2026

The exhibit weaves together an often underrepresented story — that of female Aboriginal artists and their numerous contributions to the art world. View article...

Three child protection workers stood down after alleged murder of Australian child

Australian Eastern Time — Thursday, May 07, 2026

The girl was found dead five days after she went missing from an Aboriginal town camp in Alice Springs. View article...

David Seymour says changes are coming for RNZ leadership, RNZ Board disagrees

Australian Eastern Time — Friday, May 08, 2026

Seymour's actions contrasted with his criticism of former Cabinet minister Kiri Allan in 2023 after she raised concerns about RNZ's treatment of Māori ... View article...

11 Of The Most Captivating Small Towns In New Zealand

Australian Eastern Time — Friday, May 08, 2026

... Māori language) and experience this pristine, predator-free sanctuary ... Then, shifting down to the coast, the Catlins Coastal Heritage Trail at Curio ... View article...

Indigenous-led AI platform signals new direction for language, data and governance

Australian Eastern Time — Friday, April 24, 2026

A new Aboriginal -led digital platform combining language revitalisation and artificial intelligence was officially launched ... View article...

Aboriginal people blame Rio Tinto for drying up the source they consider sacred

Australian Eastern Time — Friday, May 08, 2026

Aboriginal people blame Rio Tinto because years of overuse have dried up a spring they have considered sacred for thousands of years. View article...

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Rio Tinto accused of drying sacred Aboriginal waterhole

Australian Eastern Time — Tuesday, May 12, 2026

Heritage under pressure: The loss adds to global debates over Indigenous rights , echoing high-profile Aboriginal title disputes in Canada and human ... View article...

Government backs trusted voluntary nature and carbon markets

Australian Eastern Time — Tuesday, May 12, 2026

The new approach is designed to give buyers, landowners and project developers more confidence in the quality of schemes operating in New Zealand . It ... View article...

Crisis of First Nations children in care will worsen under NT child protection reforms, advocates warn

Australian Eastern Time — Thursday, May 14, 2026

Legal and child advocates have criticised the changes, which include eroding the Aboriginal child placement principle , as 'dangerous, ignorant and ... View article...

'Hard to see': What does Mariameno Kapa-Kingi's departure mean for Te Pati Māori?

Australian Eastern Time — Tuesday, May 12, 2026

A political science lecturer says party affiliation isn't everything in Māori seats, as Mariameno Kapa-Kingi breaks away. View article...

First Nations leaders demand action on remote housing crisis

Australian Eastern Time — Wednesday, May 13, 2026

Yarrabah Aboriginal Shire Council Mayor Daryl Sexton said housing shortages were creating health and social concerns for residents. "Lack of ... View article...

Indigenous activist's push for on‑country justice in Tasmania rebuffed

Australian Eastern Time — Tuesday, May 12, 2026

A Tasmanian court 's rejection of a request to hold a hearing on Aboriginal -owned land has been described by an Indigenous anti-logging protester ... View article...

Cervical cancer gap prompts Aboriginal screening boost

Australian Eastern Time — Tuesday, May 12, 2026

Australia is on track to eliminate cervical cancer by 2035, but Aboriginal women won't reach that milestone until 2047. View article...

Rotorua cafe to operate fully in te reo Māori: 'A precious taonga'

Australian Eastern Time — Thursday, May 14, 2026

Rumaki Cafe will operate as an "immersive te reo Māori space", with customers encouraged to speak the language while ordering and interacting ... View article...

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