Stigmabase | Australia - New Zealand

Wahine Maori top victim stats  - Police say one in five assault victims in the past four months was a Maori woman - despite wahine Maori making up only 7 percent of the population.

New water regime needed before progress  - Ngati Kahungunu leader Ngahiwi Tomoana says a system needs to be put in place that recognises Maori interests in water before more irrigation ...

Delegate's criticism upsets minister  - Climate Change Minister Tim Groser is upset about criticism of the government by a Maori member of New Zealand's delegation at an international ...

Papua New Guinea approves 50 applications from Manus Island asylum seekers but resettlement ...  - Without people actually being released, people are being told 'yes you're a refugee' but they're still stuck," said Graham Thom, Amnesty's refugee ...

Papuan bishop decries witch hunts, violence against women  - Bishop Orowae said: “ People are still ignorant and would not want to accept that people can die at any time through sickness or damage done to their ...

How to actually keep your New Year's resolution  - A new initiative called Promise or Pay is motivating Australians to stick to their resolutions, by asking them to donate money to charity if they break their promise. Research shows that only 8 per cent of those who make resolutions in the new year will actually stick to them. But if money is on the line, that figure increases to 72 per cent.

It's time for the older generation to pay  - The report into the wealth of Australians also identified that older generations get a lot more from the country's tax and welfare system, compared to ...

Australia's jihadi problem is bigger than just Sydney's hostage crisis  - During the 1980s and the 1990s, Australia's jihadist network focused outward, according to a 2011 paper in Terrorism and Political Violence . “For the ...

Deaths raise concerns over domestic violence in Australia's Indian community.   - Psychiatrist Dr Mandula O'Connor is an expert in domestic violence in multicultural communities. She says some cultures are more tolerant of ...

Canberrans accessing homelessness services at one of the highest rates in Australia : report  - Canberrans affected by domestic violence and housing affordability woes are ... The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare released its third annual ...

Boxing and equality: five questions to Wiradjuri man Joe Williams  - I'll use this week to express my views – especially regarding Indigenous Australia – and also to highlight positive actions being taken in my area and ...

Record number of Indigenous doctors graduate from the University of New South Wales   -  The largest cohort of Aboriginal graduate doctors will begin working in hospitals around Australia next year. Six Indigenous students graduated this ...

Native Title: sorting through the puzzle of a scrambled Aboriginal history  -  Native Title has the ability to empower and unite Aboriginal communities around Australia . But the application process can be strenuous and ...

Hunting for crocodiles in remote Aboriginal country  -  Australian Aboriginal hunter Roy Gaykamangu of the Yolngu people walks across a billabong while hunting a crocodile near the 'out station' of ...

How to fill the gaps in Australia's dental health system  - The picture is worse for Indigenous Australians , especially in remote communities, where sugar-laden processed foods are now ubiquitous but dental ...

Work with us not for us' to end the Indigenous policy chaos  - The inequitable status of Indigenous Australians is broadly recognised. “Closing the Gap” is an officially declared policy priority. However, the results ...

Study reveals suicidal patients unsatisfied with hospital care  - A new study coauthored by the SANE Australia mental health charity and the University of New England has resulted in controversy. While the people ...

Poverty and the terrorist  -  Poverty is constantly on the rise in all South Asian countries. ... Australia recently hosted Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi as part of the G20 ...

New Zealand's largest abortion facility gives woman IUD without her consent  -  New Zealand's largest abortion facility is under fire after a woman filed a .... “You have the potential for people who are biologically male but present ...

What are we doing right?  -  People started to notice the New Zealand system. We had had a focused, targeted approach since 2006 but the results in 2012 really made people sit ...