Stigmabase | Australia - New Zealand

Lee Suckling: Does gay pride still matter?  - Throughout the last month, gay pride weeks have shone brightly across the ... New Zealand has had particular trouble sustaining Pride celebrations ...

Survey reveals rise in region's Maori obese  - More than half of Hawke's Bay Maori adults are obese, according to Ministry of Health figures. One third of the region's adult population is obese, ...

Maori culture still 'hidden' in south - kaumatua  - A report released by the Royal Society of New Zealand says the Maori population is the highest per capita in Southland than anywhere else in the ...

West Papuan political prisoners freed  - Five West Papuan political prisoners were ... beaten for distributing leaflets calling on the West Papuan people to boycott ...

Radar search to find lost Aboriginal burial site  - Scientists said on Tuesday they hope that radar technology will help them find a century-old Aboriginal burial ground on an Australian island, ...

Helping communities direct their own futures  - Across Australia , Indigenous organisations are often the lifeblood of their communities, providing vital services and employment for locals.

Ten Commonwealth Games moments that lifted the nation  - She grabbed an Aboriginal flag and speared it like a pin through a bulging boil that was Australia's reluctance to embrace and confront its twisted ...

Australia reinforces its commitment in fight against AIDS  - Australia has taken a lead in supporting public health in India over the years. With XX International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2014) being held in Melbourne, Citizen News Service (CNS) interviewed Bernard Philip, Deputy High Commissioner of Australia to India. "The conference is providing an opportunity to showcase Australia's leadership in the global HIV response, particularly in Asia and the Pacific.

Concerns raised over the prospect of pokies in indigenous communities  - Marisa Fogarty, a post doctoral fellow at the Centre for Gambling Research at the Australian National University, did her PhD on indigenous gambling ...

Aboriginal burial sites must be mapped to provide protection from development, group says  - Work stopped at a housing development on Tuesday (June 15) when bones from three bodies were found at the Kingborn Rd site, owned by Salisbury Council. Police and archaeologists say the bones, found on on Tuesday and Wednesday, are historical Aboriginal remains. Kaurna Nation Cultural Heritage Association chairwoman

Indigenous Communities Say Education, Funding Key to Fighting HIV/AIDS  - There are 130 aboriginal women who are living with HIV in Australia , but apart from myself there is only one other woman who speaks openly about ...

Commonwealth Games: is it time to stop playing?  - Barely six months ago, international anger and calls for a boycott of the Winter Olympics in Russia drew nearly as much news coverage as the games’ sporting achievements. And as the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow get under way, it is worth remembering that although Scotland

International AIDS Conference begins in Australia  - With the International AIDS Conference in Melbourne officially open, delegates will continue to  remember the victims of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17, even as they are spurred to action in the global response to the epidemic. Speaking at a media conference before the opening of the International AIDS Conference in Melbourne on Sunday, - See more at: http://www.washingtonblade.com/2014/07/21/international-aids-conference-begins-australia/#sthash.smioCK5H.dpuf

Positive messaging in New Zealand feels the love  - Robinson said that people had become quite complacent about HIV in New Zealand , and simply giving knowledge about HIV wasn't effective and they ...

Fewer people receiving welfare now  - THE number of people drawing benefits in Gisborne has dropped in the ... Ms Bennett says there are 16,000 fewer people throughout New Zealand on ...

Lowest HIV rates ever among injecting drug users in NZ - study  - A recent study by the New Zealand Needle Exchange has revealed the HIV prevalence rate amongst injecting drug ... "There may be six degrees of separation between any two people on the planet, but there's only one degree of ...

Nina search 'poorly managed' - families  - Families of seven people lost in the Tasman when their yacht vanished have criticised New Zealand's search as poorly managed. And a close friend of ...

Kiwi families… are you embracing a digital Govt?  - Digital Government services are continuing to be a success with New Zealand families, according to Internal Affairs Minister Peter Dunne. National Party stats claim Kiwis are doing more of their government transactions digitally; by March this year, an average of 42 per cent of measured government service

Mixed response to report's claim  - A report that claims the number of female entrepreneurs in New Zealand is ... "There's always been a feeling with the people I talk to in my circle of ...

Labour 'will revive the regions with new fund'  - The regions are the lifeblood of New Zealand and Labour understands ... "Many regions have been hollowed out under National with young people  ...