Stigmabase | Australia - New Zealand

Australia's aboriginals reclaim stolen artifacts - An Australian aboriginal group has just completed a tour of European museums in a bid to retrieve items taken from their ancestors in the 18th century.

Genomes of healthy older Australians to accelerate medical research in NSW and beyond - Information about the genome sequence of 1,200 of Australia's healthy older people has been made available to medical researchers worldwide, with ...

Students tricked with Christmas cards, really anti- LGBT pamphlets - Schoolchildren in Australia were excited to get on the bus in hopes of receiving an early Christmas after their drivers handed them shiny golden ...

Rabbis oppose assisted suicide legislation -  AUSTRALIAN rabbis across the religious spectrum appear united against assisted suicide , as the Victorian government considers whether to become ...

How Blacks and Whites Die Differently Behind Bars -  New data released Thursday from the Bureau of Justice Statistics shows a stark difference in how white and black inmates are dying in the nation's ...

Global benefits of indigenous soil knowledge - Soil is basic to our survival, Dr Tuivavalagi of the College of Micronesia-FSM says the knowledge that indigenous people hold in relation to soil can ...

Big tobacco 'winning the battle for the hearts and lungs' - Data from the 2015/16 New Zealand Health Survey released today shows that overall, 14% of adult New Zealanders (520,000) are smoking daily: 36% of Maori (172,000); 23% of Pacific people (51,000); and 12.5% of ...

National study finds 'staggering' Maori and Pacific problem gambling rates -  Maori and Pacific adults are five to eight times more likely to become problem gamblers than other New Zealanders , a new study has found.