Stigmabase | Australia - New Zealand

An age- old problem: Australia considers later retirement  -  Australian Treasurer Joe Hockey wants to raise the nation's retirement age to 70, the highest in the world, to prevent an ...

Turn bikie laws on sly-groggers  - The indigenous leader, who championed the introduction of alcohol ... The Weekend Australian revealed a secret report into spiralling child abuse, ...

Record attendance at Singapore gay rights rally  - Thousands of people have gathered at a rally in Singapore in support of gay rights. An estimated 26,000 people attended the rally - one of the largest crowds ever recorded in the country for a civil society gathering.

Film about gay surfing culture to screen at Oceanside International Film Festival  - He was gay , and gay was not acceptable in surf culture. ... openly gay Australian surf icon Nell Schofield, controversial surf journalist Fred Pawle, ...

Better odds for those in Australia  - Research from Auckland University shows that more than 700 people who die of cancer each year in New Zealand would have survived had they ...

Matariki celebrations kick-off  - More than 92,700 people attended last year. It celebrates an important part of New Zealand culture with kapa haka, flax weaving (raranga), interactive ...

Iwi leaders back reo plan  - Iwi leaders have swung in behind a proposed law change that would put them in charge of Maori language strategy. Many Maori language advocates ...

Maori business potential discussed  - Climate change and water projects are among the topical economic issues to be discussed at a conference on Maori participation in the Bay of Plenty ...