Stigmabase | Australia - New Zealand

Racial tolerance underscores human rights - Addressing a press conference at her Auckland office this morning, she made the following statement: We want people to record attacks, to support people who are being attacked and to ensure attacks are reported. When we see yet another racist attack on the news we need to ask ourselves: Is this us? Is this the kind of country we want to be? If the answer is No, then we need to do something. What we do today is our insurance policy for the future of our nation.

PNG government Committed to Providing Better Rural Homes - We have changed Papua New Guinea by putting our people first and if our Government returns after the election we will continue with our core ...

New Zealand school abolishes gendered uniforms - A primary school in New Zealand has abolished gendered school uniforms to avoid stereotyping, following in the footsteps of dozens of British schools ...

Raw drug-use video prompts woman to change - The clip has brought the graphic effects of drug use to the forefront and the NZ Drug Foundation says that unlike legal highs that were sold from the ...

Project hopes to provide clean water access for Pacific neighbours -  New Zealanders are being challenged to go a whole day without turning on their taps at home and at work, in a new project hoping to provide easy ...

Diversity Award a big boost for New Zealand businesses - Downer New Zealand has also enjoyed greater exposure for its Māori leadership programme, both internally and within the New Zealand business ...

Study describes what helps and hinders Māori success -  Māori university graduates describe whānau (family) support as the top factor ... The findings are from the Graduate Longitudinal Study New Zealand  ...

Disturbing online video prompts warning from NZ Drug Foundation - The Executive Director of the New Zealand Drug Foundation Ross Bell has issued a warning regarding the extreme dangers of taking synthetic ...

We Asked Young Doctors Why Their Peers Are Committing Suicide - The 29-year-old was the fourth junior NSW physician to commit suicide in recent months. The Australian Medical Association said Abbott was an ...

Leaders ask government, community for national plan to reduce suicide rate - There's a lot of suicide prevention efforts doing some incredible stuff across the state or across Australia , but we're not talking to each other,” Mr ...

Cherbourg health on the way to closing the gap - Nationwide statistics show 11% of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people have diabetes, three times higher than non-indigenous Australians and ...

Aboriginal drag queens compete in Miss First Nation - THE first of a series of new national drag queen competitions is all about our nation’s first people. Entries for Miss First Nation have been pouring in from Aboriginal drag queens and sistagirls since they opened yesterday. Izaak Field, aka Isla Fukyah, 22, said it was a great opportunity for our divas to be loud and proud. “Having such a big competition is going to bring a lot of fresh eyes on what we do and what we love,” she said.

10 Years On: The Northern Territory Intervention Continues To Cause Harm - Facing electoral annihilation and media pressure, the Howard Government launched an unprecedented assault on Aboriginal rights and communities.

Supporting research to improve the health of Indigenous children - The Academy has awarded the Douglas and Lola Douglas Scholarship to Dr Bianca Middleton for her research on improving the health of Indigenous  ...

Indigenous hunters using Great Barrier Reef as 'supermarket' -  INDIGENOUS hunters are using the Great Barrier Reef as a "supermarket" for dugong and turtle meat in an uncurbed practice putting the species in ...

How a Rocky school uses hoodies to keep kids in the classroom - North Rockhampton State High School now rewards students with prizes for good attendance and behaviour with Indigenous students able to qualify ...

This Harmony Day, Australia Needs to Learn How to Live in a Global Community - If you wouldn't want to see a quarter of Australia's population living in poverty , then there is no way you would want to see that many children in one ...

Ethnic, migrant groups back multicultural integration focus - The Settlement Council of Australia welcomed the statement, which ... and settlement along with migration, ethnic minorities and indigenous Australia .

South Africa's San people issue ethics code to scientists - A 2011 study reporting the first genome of an Aboriginal Australian (taken from an early-twentieth-century hair sample) was nearly scrapped because ...

Malcolm Turnbull tries to contain backlash from Indigenous and ethnic groups over 18C - Malcolm Turnbull tries to contain backlash from Indigenous and ethnic groups over ... The National Congress of Australia's First Peoples described the ...