Stigmabase | Australia - New Zealand

The Politics of Social Enterprise  - In Australia historically the social sector looking at new ways to address poverty , disadvantage and injustice had a clear political alliances and do so ...

Evicting Indigenous Australians from their homelands is a declaration of war  - A woman protests the eviction of Indigenous Australians from remote ... The homelands are seen as a threat to white power, for even in poverty they ...

What emojis reveal about YOUR country revea;ed by SwiftKey  - In the US, gadget users send 30 per cent more LGBT -related emoji than the .... Australia uses double the average amount of alcohol-themed emoji, ...

Conservationists turn tiny New Zealand island into bold wildlife experiment  - And then people came. Within less than 150 years, the first humans – the Polynesian Maori – wiped out the moas, according to new research, and ...

Agency defends ad beckoning Asian investors to take 50% of Kiwis' wages  - Singapore's 90.5 Gold radio station plays the ad, asking listeners: "How would you like the people in New Zealand to give you around half their weekly ...

Protest against closure of Aboriginal communities continues to gain momentum  -  However, despite a number of New Zealand MPs voicing their concerns, ... standing up and lending their voice in support of the Aboriginal people .

Harassment or harmless?  -  People will have different views of how serious it is but it certainly amounts to harassment. The Prime Minister should have known better. It is also an ...

People keep saying bonjour in New Zealand - is that normal?  - Four-time Grammy Award winner Sam Smith says people keep saying "bonjour" in New Zealand - leaving the English singer confused during his first ...

Four accused of witchcraft in Papua New Guinea's highlands; Locals threaten to burn them to death -  Four people in Papua New Guinea's highlands have been accused of witchcraft and could be put to death, anti-sorcery activists say. Those accused ...

West Papua : mining in an occupation forgotten by the world  - A protester from the Papuan Students Alliance holds West Papua's banned ... Meanwhile, the people of West Papua have endured great pain and ...

Papua desperately in need of mosquito nets to prevent  -  Papua , Indonesia's most remote and underdeveloped province, has called on the public ... The national average was 27 of every 100 people in 2014.

Maori ward vote tyranny of majority  - Former race relations commissioner Joris De Bres is warning that a referendum on Maori wards in New Plymouth could become a tyranny of majority.

Farm sale a travesty  - New Zealand First leader Winston Peters is describing the impending sale of a Maori Education Trust farm in south Wairarapa as a travesty.

First in leave Maori dry  - One of the advisors to the Freshwater Iwi Leaders Group says the current review of fresh water management may have to claw back some property ...

Syphilis still a pressing problem: expert  - In Australia , urban gay men and young Aboriginal heterosexuals in remote communities were the two population groups affected, the Professor of ...

Being gay in rural Australia  - Growing up in my hometown was cool. I did the usual stuff: go hiking; go camping; go to the lake, or nearest river; and seeing as I lived near the snow, I was on the slopes a lot.

Labor puts banned drinker register back on the cards for Northern Territory  - He said although TBLs effectively stop 12,000 Aboriginal people from proscribed communities in central Australia buying takeaway alcohol, the BDR ...

Niece discovers lie uncle told to get to war  - About 1200 Aboriginal people are thought to have served in Australia's armed forces in World War I despite laws banning them from joining up.

Fighting three kinds of racism in Australia  - Abbott caused further outrage with cuts that will leave 100 to 150 remote Aboriginal communities on traditional lands in western Australia without ...

Melbourne mother forced into poverty after son was diagnosed with severe autism  - Deborah Frith stood in line with her toddler at the church-run food relief centre, waiting to collect the much-needed supplies she couldn't afford: nappies, canned vegetables, milk. The single mother had just moved back to Melbourne from interstate after her three-year-old son, Jacob, was diagnosed with severe Autism Spectrum Disorder.