Stigmabase | Australia - New Zealand

Century-old mystery of missing ship solved  - Human remains and debris have occasionally washed up on Hokianga beaches, with local Maori burying them in graves. The decision was made to ...

Teen accused of league star's murder named  - He was also selected for the New Zealand Maori under-17 side and was named in the New Zealand under-17 merit team. The case is back before the ...

Bids open for Maori programmes  - The move was announced a month ago and sparked concern that it would mean Maori would have even less influence on the state broadcaster than ...

Moon ignoring Maori accounts  - A Maori legal scholar says AUT University Professor Paul Moon's criticism of the Waitangi Tribunal's Te Paparahi o te Raki report shows an ...

IOC won't say Tom Daley is ' gay ' in new video  - Robbie Manson, Olympic rower for New Zealand , comes out publicly as gay , talks about the struggles in the closet and coming out to friends before ...

Setting foot on sacred land! Kim Kardashian gets special permission from Aboriginal community to ...  - Kim Kardashian needed special permission from the Aboriginal community for her high-fashion, beachside Vogue Australia spread at Hole in the Wall ...

Indigenous Australia's diverse memorialisation of the dead  - Beliefs and ceremonies associated with death in Indigenous Australia are ... This was evident at the late Aboriginal activist Charles “Chicka” Dixon's ...

Aboriginal leader Kwementyaye Stuart, whose life sparked royal commission and inspired film ...  - Kwementyaye Stuart went from being convicted of murder to one of Australia s most respected Aboriginal Kwementyaye Stuart went from being ...

WA plan to close 100 remote and Indigenous communities 'devastating'  - Plans by the West Australian government to close more than 100 remote and primarily Indigenous communities is the “biggest threat to our people since the shocking events of the 1960s”, traditional owners and native title holders of the Fitzroy Valley have said in a joint statement. The statement, released on Tuesday by a number of groups representing people in Fitzroy Crossing and 35 surrounding communities, said they were “appalled” by the recent announcement by

Overcoming Disadvantage Report shows disadvantage not overcome  - During this same period the rate of self-harm for non- Aboriginal Australians remained stable. The report follows soon after extensive media coverage ...

First Contact's Sandy sparks Twitter fury with racist comments  - The show's producers chose six white Australians who had articulated strong opinions about Aboriginal Australians without meeting any, and placed ...

Having to die because you cannot afford dialysis  -  Aboriginal Health Council of South Australia public health medical officer, Dr David Scrimgeour said, “The most disadvantaged and the most ...

White people have better brains': Mother-of-five quits show where Australians live with Aboriginals ...  - Mortgage broker Sandy, 41, was one of six white Australians who had volunteered to meet Aboriginal communities around the country, including in ...

Landmark report reveals scale of indigenous disadvantage  - Levels of self-harm and incarceration for indigenous Australians have increased at alarming levels despite the efforts of both sides of politics to 'close ...

Don't knock it til you try it jokes Harry Styles on dating men  - One Direction band member Harry Styles has set the gay rumour mill a-whirl ... Styles has added further fuel to the gay rumour fire with his latest aside.

It's a nice day for a gay wedding  - IF I told you there was something that would put South Australia in the history books, generate a significant economic boost, enhance mental health, ...

Rental regulation questioned after fire   -At the moment, basically rental housing is an unregulated jungle in New Zealand ," he said. "There's no requirement for things that most of us would ...

Fighting chronic fatigue syndrome  - CFS affects between 10,000 and 20,000 people of all ages, socioeconomic and ethnic groups in New Zealand , on average it effects a patient's life for ...

New Caledonia referendum a must  - Mr Hollande says France will honour its pledge and leave it to the New Caledonian people to make the choice which seems most suitable for their ...

Green Cross Health positions for future as New Zealand leader in provision of primary healthcare ...  - an agreement to acquire Access Homehealth Limited (Access), a provider of home healthcare services to more than 16,000 people in New Zealand .