Stigmabase | Australia - New Zealand

NZ workers scheme for Fijians by next year  - The New Zealand Seasonal workers scheme will be available to Fijians ... Alot of our people went there in the 60s and 70s and they created a very ...

Whanau rooms and waiata for Maori hospice  - Advice on how to set up a Maori hospice may be an outcome from doctoral research being undertaken by a Ngati Porou and Maniapoto woman.

Tribunal considers cartoon racism  - Manurewa MP Louisa Wall says her challenge to what she sees as anti- Maori cartoons is about standing up for the people in her electorate.

Maori Battalion veteran dies at 96  - He hoped to see 100, but Maori Battalion veteran Solomon Whakahoro Te Whata has fallen short by just a few years. The Ngai Tu kaumatua from ...

Tamaki claim nears settlement  - says the new body will recognise the importance of the cones to mana whenua in a tangible way, and it will mark a new relationship with Maori .

Craig gunning for Maori seats  - It wasn't Maori that thought up the Maori seats. It wasn't Maori who said they want to be segregated. If you want to put it crudely, that was the white ...

Papua New Guinean revivalist churches push dangerous campaign for 'faith-healing' of AIDS  - Revivalist faith healers are telling people with HIV and AIDS to throw away ... Revivalist churches in Papua New Guinea are promoting prayer as a ...

Papua independence to move forward  - Papua independence to move forward ... 2011 on charges of treason after the republic was declared by a vote at the Third Papua People's Congress.

Papua campaign to move forward  - imprisoned by Indonesia in October 2011 on charges of treason after the republic was declared by a vote at the Third Papua People's Congress.

The long battle for Indigenous equality  - Seven years ago the late Peter Symon, general secretary of the Communist Party of Australia, wrote: “People and organisations from all over the world wonder how so many Indigenous people in Australia continue to live in appalling Third World conditions in such a rich and prosperous society.” Matters have not improved since then. Recent studies have revealed that almost one in three children who contact homelessness agencies now are Indigenous, even though Indigenous children only represent 5.5 percent of the entire Australian child population.

Two-thirds majority back current or higher immigration intake  - The survey shows 27 per cent of Australians want the program cut, with low income earners the most likely to regard immigration as too high. Older  ...

Drug survey: smoking, heroin and ecstasy use down, meth steady  - But despite that, 26% of people in Australia aged 14 or older reported being a victim of an alcohol-related incident in 2013. That being said, it's an ...

How Australia can get the job done on the employment  - Our attitudes to older workers must change. But it is not simply enough to hire older workers. Businesses, both here and in other G20 countries, must ...

Baby boomers face retirement challenge  - Around one in three older Australians say they're uncomfortable with increasing property prices and won't be able to fund their retirement, according to ...

Growing Your Wealth as Australia Gets Older  - As people get older , they also, unfortunately, tend to spend more time in hospitals. The bar in the above graph representing the 65-69 year olds gives ...

Australian athletes get into the Scottish swing of things while training in Gateshead  -  Australia's first Aboriginal field star gets into the Scottish swing of things at Gateshead's International Stadium ahead of the Commonwealth Games.

The Simple Case For Greater Aboriginal Heritage Protection  - The fast pace of development in Western Australia has destroyed much Aboriginal heritage. In recognition of this, WA's parliament passed, in 1972, ...

New survey indicates rampant homophobia a staple of Australia's sports culture  - While openly gay athletes in the United States are encountering a slow, grudging but increasingly accepting environment on the field for their skills, ...

AIDS 2014: Plight of many gay men highlighted  - In a major session on human rights, chaired by ex-NZ prime minister and now senior United Nations administrator Helen Clark, retired gay Australian  ...

Disgraced Georgian soprano plans charity concert for gay rights  - Soprano Tamar Iveri, who was reportedly sacked by Opera Australia after a letter surfaced on her Facebook page referring to LGBTI people as 'fecal ...