Stigmabase | Australia - New Zealand

Timely reflections on NZ's early Christian missionaries  - New Zealand is approaching the bicentenary of the arrival of the first Christian missionaries and their interaction with Maori here and is preparing to ...

4 things to know about age discrimination  -  An age old issue: where do you stand if you think age discrimination is affecting you at work? Age discrimination is becoming an issue that more employees feel they are facing, as we work beyond what was once considered to be the traditional retirement age. The recent successful prosecution by the Commonwealth Fair Work Ombudsman of two Gold Coast restaurant owners has highlighted this issue.

Overseas-born Australians live longer  - expectancy) results to Australian born residents, whilst women continue to live longer than men and the death rate among indigenous Australians is ...

Indigenous smoking program cuts risk widening the gap  - Kristin Carson writes: Tobacco use is the leading cause of preventable disease and early death among Indigenous Australians , with smoking ...

Tiwi Islands: A must-do Darwin experience for indigenous culture  -  AUSTRALIA is lucky to have some of the most spectacular islands in the world. They include the Tiwi Islands, 80km north of Darwin where the Timor ...

Failures' in clinic care of anorexia sufferer Alana Goldsmith before death  - The unpredictable nature of suicide makes prevention difficult. ... training, procedures and standards of treatment in Australia ,'' it said in a statement.

There's no place in Australia for this hate conference  - A stridently anti- gay , anti-abortion network is struggling to find a place to meet in Melbourne this weekend, since its conference venues keep ...

Transgender Health Conference to focus on clincal service, science and community  - The full conference program for the biennial Australian New Zealand Professional Association for Transgender Health is now available online.

Andrew Bolt Insists Indigenous Australians Weren't 'Here First'  - Earlier today, he caused a stir on his show The Bolt Report when he addressed the question of whether or not Aboriginal Australians actually have any ...

Pilger Back In Oz To Share 'Dangerous Ideas' And Bust A Few Myths  - Utopia focuses on the struggle of Aboriginal people, and looks at the enduring silence in Australia about a host of historical atrocities, including the ...

Working For a Healthier Indigenous Australia  - Prior to this appointment, Mokak was the CEO of the Australian Indigenous Doctors Association (AIDA) in Canberra, building that organisation into a ...

Aboriginal grandmother denied access to children in care 'scared of Indigenous people'  - An Aboriginal grandmother from Perth says she is being denied access to two of her grandchildren in state care because of claims the children are ...

Breakthrough offers hope for diabetics  - A cure for diabetes is a step closer after scientists found what they believe is the root cause of the disease. A 20-year New Zealand study has found both type-1 and type-2 diabetes are likely caused by the formation of toxic clumps of a hormone called amylin.

8/10 people believe teachers undervalued  - It's found nearly 80 percent of people think teachers are undervalued by New Zealand society, and nearly 90 percent think teachers have a "really ...

Maori efforts to halt smoking praised  - An Australian Aboriginal health advocate is praising Maori for pushing for tough tobacco reforms in New Zealand and says his country needs to follow ...

Improving life for our new New Zealanders  -  New Zealand is for the most part a tolerant and harmonious society where people of all races and religious backgrounds are shown respect. However ...

NZ economy could hit the rocks - economists  - ' People say the New Zealand economy has three gears: first, fifth and reverse. For us to engineer a soft landing and have that Goldilocks profile for a ...

Migrants 'treated like bonded labour'  - Migrant workers in New Zealand are at risk of working in slavery-like ... " People become bonded labourers by taking on big loans, and they are not ...

History of New Zealand Stamps  - But people complained because they thought that licking the ink was ... people in Great Britain were able to buy this before New Zealanders as the ...

Māori Party says New Zealanders deserve better  - The Māori Party says New Zealanders deserve to hear more about policies, plans and philosophies than dirt, grime and personal attacks leading up to ...