Stigmabase | Australia - New Zealand

Health needs assessment update released  - MidCentral District Health Board and Whanganui DHB populations have higher proportions of groups with higher health needs ( Maori , ...

A legacy of apathy and dependency  - This is the evil and crazy game show they call Australian politics. ... As a proud member of the Brisbane Aboriginal Sovereign Embassy (BASE), ...

Probe into racist cop's handling of violence case  - Constable Rissman was already facing complaints over her racist internet attacks against West Australian Aboriginal activist Joyce Capewell when ...

Indigenous healthcare service 'a model'  - A new model of Indigenous health care is being presented to Australia's ... health in the state's largest Indigenous town to a community-based group.

Neighbours Adds an Indigenous Character to Its Regular Cast  - Neighbours,” Australia's longest running soap opera, has recently added its first indigenous actor into the main cast. Read on to learn more about the ...

Resilience amongst Australian Aboriginal Youth: An Ecological Analysis of Factors Associated with ...  - We investigate whether the profile of factors protecting psychosocial functioning of high risk exposed Australian Aboriginal youth are the same as ...

Gay diver Matthew Mitcham was surprised when Tom Daley came out  -  Australian diver Matthew Mitcham, the only openly gay male athlete at the 2008 Summer Olympics, is not even the only out diver at this summer's ...

Courtney Act: Why Boys Like 'Boys Like Me'  - I actually understudied the role in Australia but never got to perform it. You take West Hollywood gay men to task in your new song "Mean Gays .

Farrer MP Sussan Ley targeted by marriage equality campaign  - Border town MP, Sussan Ley, is about to be inundated with postcards showing support for same-sex marriage as Australian Marriage Equality (AME) ...

Gay men interested in taking PrEP already report high-risk behaviour  - Surveys of gay men in the Netherlands and Australia suggest that some would use condoms less frequently if they were taking PrEP – but that these ...

Australian Anglican Church Issued an Apology to LGBT Community  - Anthony Venn-Brown, Christian gay rights advocate, recently spoke at St. Mark's Anglican church in Melbourne, Australia , concerning support for gays ...

More New Zealanders using statistics  - More people are accessing Statistics New Zealand's website for information. A key focus of this Government is to make it easy to interact with the ...

Wellington Councils plan to reduce junk mail  - Thirty kilograms of advertising circulars are delivered to each home in New Zealand every year. Ecomailbox is a new service for people to stop ...

Health Experts Plead Action to Prevent Skin Cancer Epidemic in New Zealand  - Though non-melanoma skin cancer is estimated to cost the government $123 million a year, and an average of 67,000 people in New Zealand are ...

New Zealand's loser towns  - Firstly, let's make it clear that the increasing urbanisation of New Zealand's ... The standard of living faced by people in stagnant or shrinking towns ...

If I'm a dick, NZ looks bad - Steven Adams  - For me once I go out there to America I'm pretty much representing all of New Zealand because most people haven't met New Zealand people , so I ...

New tool to engage youth in politics  - A website has been launched to encourage an interest in politics and voting by young people by engaging them online. The website Vote Kiwi has ...

Pavlova whisks up top spot as Ireland's favourite sweet treat  - IT may be the unofficial national dish of New Zealanders , but pavlova is the dessert of choice for most Irish people .

NZ First shuns race-based parties  -  New Zealand First leader Winston Peters says his party won't be part of any post-election deal in September involving either the Maori Party or Mana.

Web tycoon Dotcom says he'll reach 5% in New Zealand election  - The Mana Party, led by Maori MP and activist Hone Harawira, also advocates for Maori rights. Key is seeking a third term in government. While his ...