Stigmabase | Australia - New Zealand

Where's Anzac spirit gone?'  - It could soon be time to introduce laws to treat Australians in New Zealand as poorly as Kiwis are received across the Tasman, the Maori Party says.

Almost half the callers to Papua New Guinea's new domestic violence hotline men, operators say  - Nearly half of the people who have called Papua New Guinea's new Family and Sexual Violence Hotline are men, including those with questions on ...

Reports two students shot in West Papua  - That these things happen mean that Indonesia cannot close or isolate West Papua and kill the young people there, to kill the generations there.

Nursing Māori graduates bring distinct skill set to the job  - Whitireia New Zealand will tomorrow hold a graduation ceremony for the last group of Bachelor of Nursing Māori students to finish in July, before the ...

Carver's direct descendent to restore Rotorua carvings  - A few years later, in 1907, they were shipped back to Rotorua, with some installed at NZ Maori Arts and Crafts Institute and others at Government ...

Tech programme has eye on past  - A new initiative to encourage children, especially Maori and Pasifika and girls to embrace science subjects launches today. OMG Tech is the ...

Blood moon a battle scene for ancients  - Rangi Matamua, who is working on a Marsden Fund project to capture Maori astronomical traditions and create resources for schools, says as a ...

Major companies form group to push for LGBT rights globally  - A dozen corporations, including Google Inc., Microsoft Corp., and Coca-Cola Co., are joining a new coalition to push for LGBT  ...

Social mums beat the blues  - New mums are at lower risk of postnatal depression if they stay connected with their important social networks. That’s the central finding from a study by Magen Seymour-Smith of The University of Queensland School of Psychology.

Mind the gap – significant inequality faced by a third of Australian kids  - The research, as part of the Australian Child Wellbeing Project, was conducted across every state and territory in Australia and also asked young people about their schooling experiences, whether they had experienced bullying and about their subjective wellbeing Read more at: http://phys.org/news/2015-09-mind-gap-significant-inequality-australian.html#jCp

Chris Brown asks for a visa to enter Australia so he can 'raise awareness of domestic violence'  - Chris Brown has said he wants to come to Australia to educate people on domestic violence in an apparent last minute bid to sway a decision not to ...

Matt Damon clarifies comments about gay actors on 'Ellen'  - Matt Damon does not believe that gay actors should stay in the closet, nor did he even ever say as much. But he caught hell on ...

4 Aussie queer stories whichwould make great films  - What parts of Australia's vibrant and facsinating queer history could be ... While there are many instances of homosexual murders in South Australia in ...

Racism plays major role in poor education outcomes for Aboriginal children  - Dr Biddle said his research findings suggested there was a need to "confront the attitudes" of non- Indigenous Australia in order to improve educational ...

Now here we are, fighting for our rights': a new generation returns to Yule River  - protection for Indigenous heritage in Western Australia and deny traditional ... his office told Guardian Australia he had “a pre-existing appointment”.

Shocking child abuse  - Amnesty International Australia Indigenous rights adviser Rodney Dillon, a Palawa man, told the Koori Mail that it was beyond comprehension that ...

March to help keep Indigenous girls in school  - A group of Indigenous girls from across Australia has walked a stretch of the Sydney harbour foreshore to raise awareness and funds for "Girls ...

Courts cases will stop without Aboriginal interpreters  - Chief Justice Wayne Martin has demanded that court cases in Western Australia can no longer proceed without Aboriginal interpreters for those who ...

This Indigenous Community Is Suing The Government For Racial Discrimination  - This wouldn't have happened anywhere else in Australia except for a remote Indigenous community like Palm Island where the people are powerless ...

Racism hits Indigenous students' attendance and grades  - In further research we have found not only attendance but wider school outcomes are negatively affected when Indigenous Australians experience ...