Stigmabase | Australia - New Zealand

The campaign launches with a film featuring a Maori elder explaining to a young girl how New Zealand's unique position as the first to see the sun ... View article...

On my first day at work a neighbour rang the University of Canterbury to report that 'A large Māori man has just come out of one of your houses on Ilam ... View article...

The refresh of the Waikato region's MÄ ori economic development action plan Te Whare Ohaoha will provide a clear roadmap towards a prosperous ... View article...

New Zealand's government watchdog will investigate the practice of authorities seizing newborn babies from their mothers -- including some ... View article...

It's no coincidence Māori are disproportionately targetted, writes Tina Ngata. ... Having walked alongside and advocated for a number of young Māori ... View article...

Māori wardens could play a role reducing the number of Māori children put in care. That's the belief of Māori Council executive director Matthew ... View article...

We have known for a long time that Māori children are many times more ... human face of this particular dimension of New Zealand's colonial legacy. View article...

Just think, what if the 1986 Report of the Ministerial Advisory Committee on a Māori perspective for the Department of Social Welfare had ... View article...

Australia  quiets the haters at the World Cup -  Kerr has been feisty since arriving at the World Cup and the openly  gay  ... He was replaced by Ante Milicic, an assistant on  Australia's  men's team, ...

My boyfriend was killed -  Teens have opened up about what it's like to grow up  LGBTI  in Iran. Dozens of young people revealed they are 'depressed' and 'frustrated' by living in ...

Scotland Is The First Country To Implement  LGBTI  Education In Schools -  Scotland Is The First Country To Implement  LGBTI  Education In Schools. Sister Act 2, Lauryn Hill, News, Entertainment, Music, Mtv Movie And Tv ...

Australian  state proposes birth certificate law reform for trans people -  The  Australian  state government of Victoria are debating a bill which would allow trans, intersex and gender non-binary people to change their sex on ...

LGBTQ+community is still discriminated against -  Parliaments in ending discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity, and ensuring respect for the human rights of  LGBTI  persons.”.

Israel Folau: Devil influencing transgender debate -  Sacked  Australia  full-back Israel Folau says "the devil" is trying to influence the ... terminated over a social media post saying "hell awaits"  gay  people.

Montague on the Gardens review: a fabulous paradise in London's heart -  The Bloomsbury Set – a group of writers and intellectuals who took their name from the neighborhood – included a number of  LGBTI  figures, including ...

New York to ban 'gay panic' defense in murder cases -  Since the early 1960s, defense lawyers have used the idea that people accused of violent crimes against  LGBTI  people have acted in a state of ...

Queerbaiting' or political move? Debate rages over Taylor Swift video -  Powerful message for  LGBTI  rights or using the community to her advantage? That's the big debate around Taylor Swift and her new music video, You ...

Prideful Month For The  LGBTI  Community -  This month is globally known as a month to celebrate and recognise the Gay and  LGBTI  (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Intersex) ...

Joe Biden buys beers at Stonewall Inn ahead of 50th anniversary -  Biden – just over a month into his bid – took the chance to color his campaign by showing his support for the  LGBTI  community. He repeatedly told the ...

Sperm donor is legal father:  Australian  High Court -  A man who donated sperm so his  gay  friend could have a baby more than a decade ago must be recognised as the girl's father,  Australia's  High Court ...

Australian regulations on kava date from 1997, when a 2kg limit was ... This has affected the Aboriginal communities the restrictions were designed to ... View article...

The study published in the Medical Journal of Australia today found Aboriginal students in NSW are achieving their first dose of the HPV vaccine at ... View article...

South Australia holds a large collection of important and valuable Aboriginal artworks and artefacts but there are concerns about the integrity of the ... View article...

National Congress of Australia's First Peoples must meet strict new conditions to apply for government funding. Lorena Allam. View article...

New Zealanders are being invited to pause and take part in a celebration of ... New Zealand Art of Living Volunteer, Joshi says yoga, breathing and ... The Art of Living programmes in New Zealand have also started to benefit Māori ... View article...

This year two of New Zealand's major arts funding bodies—Creative New ... The outlook is even tougher for Māori artists, who face a whole host of ... View article...

Horizon State will work with Housing New Zealand subsidiary HLC on an ... It will work closely with the Porirua City Council and the local iwi (Maori ... View article...

The Chair of the National Maori Authority, Matthew Tukaki, has come out swinging against ACT MP David Seymour and called him out for his ... View article...

Māori Council executive director Matthew Tukaki said the health system was failing because Maori were less likely to access care but it was not a ... View article...

A group of Māori elders from the three iwi of Tauranga Moana – Ngati Ranginui, Ngai Te Rangi and Ngati Pukenga are off to Wellington this week to ... View article...

The lead researcher on a kaupapa Māori based type 2 diabetes management ... Approval for the study was granted by the New Zealand Health and ... View article...

For too long when it comes to state abuse of power over children, Māori .... Instead, NZ First pushed for the Royal Commission to include the church, ... View article...

Disgraced former rugby star Israel Folau says devil is to blame for transgender children -  The former rugby star was sacked from  Australia's  national rugby team in May after he claimed while using social media that 'hell awaits' gay people.

Georgia's first LGBT Pride kicks off despite threats from religious and far right groups -  emphasising that this opposition will not stop the event which she called a “breakthrough” and “a matter of dignity… it's time that  LGBTI  people enjoy ...

US Supreme Court sends same-sex wedding cake case back to lower court -  It is likely that the high court will face another decision on whether or not to hear another case of a business arguing religious liberties over  LGBTI  ...

Mastercard to let trans and non-binary people use chosen names on cards -  The move is part of the bank's initiative to support  LGBTI  right. It aims to combat issues trans and non-binary individuals have experienced while using ...

Stonewall Warriors will pay tribute to  LGBTI  heroes from around the world -  The show will tell the stories of those who kick-started the fight for  LGBTI  rights around the world. But it will also include lesser-known  LGBTI  figures ...

NSW church's cutting message after new Israel Folau rant -  Days after Israel Folau's latest sermon taking aim at  LGBTI  and transgender people, one Sydney church has decided enough is enough. Father Rod ...

Malaysia police investigate to authenticity of gay sex video -  On the same day that police announced the formation of the special take force, Mahathir doubled down on his opposition to  LGBTI  rights and ...

Botswana has decriminalized gay sex. But, it's still illegal in 70 countries -  The defeat of the Islamic State group in Iraq and Syria has removed the imminent threat of capital punishment for  LGBTI  people living in those areas.

In March 2019, 120 high school students from around Australia met in ... Indigenous Australians are still fighting for self-determination and the right to ... View article...

If she passes her final specialist exams which start next week, Westmead Hospital Registrar Dana Slape will become Australia's first Aboriginal ... View article...

An Aboriginal man has died in a Western Australian prison just days after his mother reportedly called the jail to warn that he was suicidal. The WA ... View article...

"The Aboriginal flag is a strong symbol for Aboriginal Australians and is respected by many non-Aboriginal Australians," the minister for Indigenous ... View article...

HPV vaccine coverage for young Aboriginal people is high, but course completion could be improved, an Australian analysis suggests. Guests:. View article...

"At Parliament House, we fly the Aboriginal flag with abundance during ... apology to Australia's indigenous people and the Barunga Statement from ... View article...

Dr Kong, Australia's first Aboriginal surgeon, said the Yarn For Life promotion would target indigenous people's reluctance to talk about cancer and ... View article...

A hostel for Indigenous boys that has been home to some of Australia's top NRL stars is in such high demand its waitlist could take years to get ... View article...

​Ngaei is not the only voice raising concerns about access to health care, as a survey conducted by the New Zealand Māori Council says Māori also ... View article...

As of 2018, the Independent Police Conduct Authority had zero Māori ... On the contrary, having the IPCA look to NZ Police for examples of good ... View article...

New research has suggested that, if Maori and Pacific four-year-olds ... The study, the first of its kind in New Zealand, drew on data from more than ... View article...

New Zealand Maori Council calls Hobson's Pledges claims that they would accept an invitation for a hui LIES – after the organisation declines ... View article...

A former head of the Māori Affairs community section says the controversy over Oranga Tamariki's baby uplift policies raised wider questions about the ... View article...

Almost two years after a Māori Land Court judge asked for an independent inquiry into a New Plymouth hapū trust which was the victim of a $480,000 ... View article...

The Chair of the National Maori Authority, Nga Ngaru, Matthew Tukaki (who is also the Executive Director of the New Zealand Maori Council – Nga ... View article...

"As far as we can tell, we're the first band, the first metal band to be singing all in Maori on our tracks, and be singing about New Zealand history and ... View article...

Folau is wrong': Gosford priest slams Israel Folau over  LGBT  stance -  Folau had his $4 million contract torn up by Rugby  Australia  after he was found guilty of a code of conduct breach for saying “hell awaits” gay people in ...

News from around the Web Malaysian PM doubles-down on opposition to same-sex marriage -  The prime minister has expressed his opposition to  LGBTI  on numerous occasions in the past.  LGBTI  rights activists in Malaysia have called out the ...

Two teens aged 14 and 16 told to 'kill themselves' in homophobic attack -  Furthermore,  LGBTI  hate crimes are soaring in the UK. A group of men assaulted two queer women on a London bus as they came home from a date.

Conservative commentator Ben Shapiro thinks same-sex couples shouldn't be allowed to adopt -  Ben Shapiro is known for his negative stance on  LGBTI  rights. He opposed the federal legalization of same-sex marriage, for instance. He also doesn't ...

Iranian foreign minister defends death penalty for homosexuals -  Michael Roth, from the German foreign ministry, also criticised the response, saying: “ LGBTI  rights are human rights. And they have always been.

Pete Buttigieg to be the first ever gay candidate in the Presidential Debates -  While Buttigieg's appearance in the debates will be a huge milestone for  LGBTI  representation in the US, the 37-year-old is not the first openly gay ...

Message of hope at vigil on 30th anniversary of Ulverstone's anti-gay rally -  And together we are the ones that can make that change happen,"  LGBTI  rights advocate Rodney Croome told the crowd

Rachel Dolezal comes out as bisexual during Pride Month -  Dolezal insisted she is not confused and not "almost" gay and encouraged people not to "ignore or delegitimize the 'B' In  LGBTI ...It's a real identity." ...

Bakery creates bread and flour tributes to  LGBTI  icons for Pride Month -  A gay-owned bakery is paying tribute to  LGBTI  icons for Pride Month. Bakers at MarieBette Café and Bakery, based in Charlottesville, VA, create ...

Folau launches fresh attack on  gay  and transgender people -  Folau launches fresh attack on  gay  and transgender people ... The former Wallaby's $5 million Rugby  Australia  contract was torn up last month after he ...

Folau Back At It Again With New Anti- LGBTI  Attack -  Just a month after being sacked by Rugby Australia for Anti- LGBTI  posts, Israel Folau is back attacking the Rainbow community.

Face of the Māori world on display for Australians as Ta Moko exhibition ... Australians are getting an insight into Māori traditions and history with the ... View article...

In Daintree National Park, part of Australia's Wet Tropics World Heritage area, embark on a walkabout with a local Aboriginal guide in search of ... View article...

A project to introduce Noongar names to Albany landmarks has failed to receive Federal funding. Restoring Noongar Place Names is a collaborative ... View article...

You could start this story in Australia's Gibson Desert in 1984. Or you could start it in Steve Martin's Upper West Side apartment in 2015. It really ... View article...

Justice Steven Rares disagreed, and said Indigenous communities in remote parts of Australia, particularly the Northern Territory, were "much more ... View article...

The petition was created by Spark Health Australia, an indigenous health and well-being program who have created 'Closing The Gap' clothing items ... View article...

The flag in dispute was designed by artist Harold Thomas in recognition of the Aboriginal people of Australia and as a symbol of their race, identity and ... View article...

... between the CSIRO and Aboriginal rangers is helping scientists across Australia and overseas understand more about changes to the atmosphere. View article...

The rate of Māori incarceration is a crisis. .... to the cities was accompanied in 1938 by the Social Security Act. New Zealand began unpicking the fabric ... View article...

"We cannot shrink from the fact in New Zealand that there's a long term legacy of colonisation that exists and disadvantages Maori, and there's modern ... View article...

National Maori Authority puts forward a response to Oranga Tamariki. "As this national conversation unfolds - we need to plot a path that sees no more ... View article...

Over 200 guests packed into Rongomaraeroa, the Māori marae at the ... HE Mira Woldberg, Netherlands ambassador to New Zealand, holds high a ... View article...

It comes after concerns raised over Oranga Tamariki in a Newsroom investigation, which showed the agency's attempt to take a newborn baby from a ... View article...

The Chair of the National Maori Authority, Nga Ngaru, Matthew Tukaki (who is also the Executive Director of the New Zealand Maori Council - Nga ... View article...

Māori leader 'sick and tired' of free speech advocates looking for 'excuse to call .... which is total contempt and ridicule from all of New Zealand society. View article...