Stigmabase | Australia - New Zealand

More than Ministry Encouragement Needed for Te Reo - New Zealand First says Education Minister Hekia Parata needs to do more to ensure te reo Māori is supported throughout Secondary education so the ...

Tikanga Māori intervention for problem gamblers  - A tikanga Māori -based intervention and training programme to help Māori women address their problem gambling is now being used by ...

New Zealand's tobacco tax improving health of Maoris; Cuts Kiwis' healthcare costs - New Zealand government's tobacco tax is doing a great social service by bridging the health inequality between ethnic Maori and rest of the ...

New way to learn te reo online  - There are two motives for the project, the first is to help revive te reo Maori by helping people gain a better understanding of the language. ... So now only a small proportion of the population are fluent in te reo and up until recently ...

New Zealand speed skater announces marriage to boyfriend  - Out speed skater and LGBT activist Blake Skjellerup has used social media to announce his marriage. Skjellerup – who represented New Zealand in ...

Making gay marriage legal will not resolve inequality for gay couples  - While some countries allow Australian same-sex couples to adopt children from overseas, such adoptions are not legally recognised in these states.

Study aims to improve services' understanding of CALD seniors  - The benefits of ethno-specific aged care on the wellbeing of older people ... One in five people aged over 65 in Australia were born in a non-English ...

Why my mum should be allowed a wife -  Australia's Marriage Act specifies that marriage is the union of a man and a woman ... As an adult child of gay parents, I can confidently say that it is not ...

Making gay marriage legal will not resolve inequality for gay couples - Making gay marriage legal will not resolve inequalities between same-sex and opposite-sex couples under adoption and surrogacy laws in Australia , ...

Australian politicians face off over marriage equality  - Conservative government MP Senator Cory Bernardi – who has been accused of having “obsession” with gay people – argued against legalising ...

Coal not 'good for humanity':  - The report, entitled “Powering Up Against Poverty ”, also found that the Australian government's love affair with coal risked putting the country out of ...

Women more likely to retire in poverty  - throughout their lifetime than men and are more likely to retire in poverty . ... she'd like to see quotas implemented in the corporate world in Australia .

Tarnanthi Aboriginal art festival in Adelaide brings indigenous artists to town  - Dispelling tired preconceptions about Aboriginal art by showcasing its ... An initiative of the Art Gallery of South Australia , Tarnanthi will be the most ...

Program aims to cut Indigenous smoking  - Under the COAG National Healthcare Agreement, Australian governments have committed to halve the daily smoking rate among Aboriginal and ...

Traditional ceremony at Gallipoli to pay tribute to Indigenous soldiers  - It's estimated around 50 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander soldiers ... Next week, a group of Indigenous Australian soldiers will travel to Gallipoli to ...

Booing has Australian footballer Goodes considering quitting  - He may not have an international profile due to playing in the home-grown game of Australian rules football, but the Aboriginal star was twice voted ...

Language matters when you're talking about suicide  - This phrase still sometimes gets trotted out as code for suicide in the case of a sudden death, but the media has matured. In 2011 the Australian Press ...

One-in-six young Aussies consider suicide  - ALMOST one-in-six young Australians have thought about suicide , and one in 20 have made a plan to take their own life. Shocking figures reveal that ...

Understanding the abominable jail & suicide rates of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders  - The national trend for suicide for the Australian population is 10 per 100,000 population but for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders standalone the ...

Will New Zealand get a new flag?  - The New Zealand RSA has set up its own campaign to get people voting against a flag change. They have put media releases out, made bumper ...