Stigmabase | Australia - New Zealand

Intercultural cities: good practice examples - Staff is supported to learn and use te reo Māori which is one of the three official languages of New Zealand (the other two are English and New ...

With its $3.85b mine takeover, Indonesia inherits a $13b pollution problem - 10 percent stake is held by the government of Papua province, where ... only economic benefits but also better protection for the people of Papua ,” ...

Nine dead in Papua New Guinea floods - Weeks of heavy rains and flooding have killed at least nine people in Papua New Guinea, with authorities warning more bad weather and ...

New Plymouth councillor 'ashamed' to sing national anthem in Te Reo - A New Plymouth District Councillor says he's “too ashamed” to sing the national anthem in te reo Māori . Murray Chong replied to a Facebook post ...

Asia's first LGBTI boat parade to kick off Myanmar pride - This year, &Proud will also hand out awards to LGBTI heroes. 'This is where we send a powerful message to the public' HlaMyat Tun told Gay Star ...

Suspected gay men tortured to death in Chechnya's latest anti-gay purge - Two men have died from extreme torture and about 40 more people detained on suspicion of being gay as the details of the latest wave of anti- LGBTI  ...

Safety course to get a gun licence in New Zealand will now take only 'one session' -  People applying for a firearms licence in New Zealand will be be able to complete a firearms safety theory test and practical training in one session ...

NZ food industry calls for strong new penalties for people who maliciously tamper with food - poses a real risk to the public, it causes massive cost to industry and huge wastage of food," says Greg Hartfood from Retail New Zealand .

Japanese gay couple to 'marry' in 26 countries to promote LGBT - community - Their "26 times wedding" project will take them to countries including Argentina, Canada, South Africa, New Zealand , and Iceland. They will also visit ...

End of the Road for Maori Language Students in Rodney - Wananga o Aotearoa is cutting short its Te Ara Reo Maori programme at Te ... The move follows a damning review released by the New Zealand  ...

Should be no harm, no foul for star high school basketball player - There was no malice, no intent to pull a fast one, no evidence that Maori ... No reason for any penalty at all, because Maori didn't do anything wrong.

Wait, what? We are going to re-victimise Māori AGAIN? - As New Zealand gears up for a referendum on Cannabis, some of the ideas being floated right now look to re-victimise Māori . National are suggesting ...

Conservative group sues to block trans women from using faith-based shelter - The ADF – which has been labeled an anti- LGBTI 'hate group' by some rights organizations – argues that issues of privacy and religious freedoms are ...

Detentions of gay men and women signal another anti-LGBTQ crackdown in Chechnya - Lastly, the report recommended that other OSCE nations, including the United States, welcome LGBTI refugees from Chechnya and take into account ...

Virginia LGBTI rights group launch employment equality awareness campaign -  An LGBTI rights group in Virginia has launched a new awareness campaign about the discrimination sexual minorities experience in the state.

Royal British Legion establishes first branch to support LGBTI troops - They hope the new branch helps to undo some of the wrongs against LGBTI people in the military. 'There are many people who historically have not ...

Island youths to learn about Maori culture, share First Nations culture - They will spend time sharing their culture with the Maori – indigenous peoples in New Zealand – staying at an equivalent of a First Nations big house ...

Māori correspondent in Whanganui part of RNZ's shift to regions -  Māori correspondent in Whanganui part of RNZ's shift to regions ... we do think RNZ's mandate is for all of New Zealand , it's just not for main centres." ...

Majority of students Nth Islanders, women - Separate statistics on the Maori student population showed most were from either Auckland or Wellington, with others from the Bay of Plenty, Dunedin, ...

Life as a librarian in the Māori community - Nearly 700,000 New Zealanders are of Māori descent, with most Māori living in the North Island. Hastings is a city on the North Island, and Hastings ...