Stigmabase | Australia - New Zealand

Open letter from Suresh Rajan to Minister Peter Dutton - It is simply changing our migration patterns that have evolved recently to one that goes back to the days of the invasion of Aboriginal Australia .

The story of Australia's first indigenous representative - At long last, the first indigenous person ever to represent Australia in any sport will be recognised. Depicted on the jersey, forming a ring around a ...

The same sex marriage survey has caused much pain for many in the LGBTIQ community - none ... - Equality Report states that people who identify as LGBTIQ have poorer health and the highest rates of suicide of any population group in Australia .

More part-time, casual work driving more into poverty , Salvation Army says - Casual and part-time workers seeking help from the Salvation Army's Moneycare financial counseling service has increased by 140% compared to 12 ...

Marriage Debate Inflicting Serious Psychological Harm On LGBTQ - The senator said he had heard of stories about gay Australians experiencing "irritability, sleeplessness" and "feeling under pressure". "The evidence to ...

Australia launches online support portal as it 'struggles to catch up' with rapid spread of 'revenge ... -  Australia launches online support portal as it 'struggles to catch up' with ... About a third of those who identified as lesbian, gay or bisexual had fallen ...

Churches Vandalized by Gay Marriage Supporters ahead of Legalization Vote - Several churches in Australia were vandalised by same-sex marriage supporters. Such conflicts have become increasingly frequent in Australia as the ...

Time for language of our first people - The legislation includes the establishment of an independent trust made up of Aboriginal community leaders, who will oversee the development a ...

Anti- LGBT Archbishop Ironically Says Government Should Stay “Out of the Bedroom” - Catholic Archbishop Anthony Fisher of Sydney recently urged followers to vote against the legalization of same-sex marriage in Australia during the ...

Australian George Michael Mural Vandalized with Anti- LGBT Slurs - A mural of deceased singer George Michael in Sydney, Australia was vandalized last week in the wake of the country's mail-in vote on same sex ...

Wananga looks at NZ Wars legacy - Te Whare Wananga o Awanuiarangi and Te Runanga o Ngati Awa have teamed up to present a symposium on the wars between Maori and colonial ...

Te Puea refines homeless project - has signed agreements with other social agencies as it attempts to develop new ways to tackle the needs of homeless Maori and Pasifika whanau.

Why learning te reo Māori doesn't have to be a political act - Among nine guests, five languages were spoken: Portuguese, Spanish, French, English and Māori . At different points in the evening, it was not ..

Enough with the MMP catastrophising. The system is working just fine - National, for example, needed the Māori Party to remain in parliament. If it had been more alert to the issues of poverty championed by the Māori Party, ...

Thor: Ragnarok' Director Taika Waititi Says He Filled The Film With Cool Aussie Easter Eggs - Some of those “little things” that make the film Australian include casting Indigenous Australian and Māori actors, meeting with traditional owners for a ...

A universal story told in an Indigenous way:' Maori anthology tale Waru opens ImagineNative film fest -  Maori stories have been some of New Zealand's biggest box office successes, but it's time for female Maori stories to shine, say two of the filmmakers ...

All Indonesians are migrants': Tracing the origins of Indonesia's peoples through genetics - Meanwhile in the eastern part of Indonesia we found haplogroups Q and P. These two haplogroups are unique to people of Papua and Nusa .

Northland to become more diverse as population multiplies - The population increase for Maori in Northland is expected to be the biggest of all ethnic groups. Statistics NZ is predicting an additional 21,200 Maori  ...

Indigenous prisoner numbers to jump - By 2025 one in two Australian prisoners will be Aboriginal unless generational disadvantage is addressed now, a prison reform expert warns.

It's hard to imagine the family of a white artist being treated like Albert Namatjira's - But it should not be at all surprising given the Commonwealth of Australia's historic and ongoing treatment of its Indigenous people – even those it has ...