Stigmabase | Australia - New Zealand

What does your hair say about you? - Through my journey of understanding more about how my Māori worldview can shape my hauora, I discovered the way that my tūpuna reinforced practices and behaviours that encouraged people to be healthy. I began to eat the kai that enhanced the mana of my tinana. I thought about physical activity ...

Heartland wary of global market volatility in affirming annual earnings forecast - One of our priorities is to address the under-representation of Maori at Heartland when compared to New Zealand's working population," he said.

The Native American Heritage Resource and Education fair showcases culture through ethnic ... - He dressed up as a Maori warrior and brought weapons that are used for battle and tools, such as Wooden Wahaika, Taiaha (spear) and Pouwhenua (staff). He painted his face to represent a tattoo called “Ta Moko” and how it presented an undeniable declaration of who someone is. For his finale, he ...

TriLinc Global Impact Fund Makes Impact Investments in Latin America and Southeast Asia - The majority of harvest contractors and workers are sourced from the Maori tribes and local communities, and it is expected that ongoing harvesting and management of these assets will generate substantial employment and commercial opportunities for the Maori . Most of the harvest will be shipped to ...

Aussie homes are getting smaller - When it comes to global rankings, the United States still builds the biggest houses in the world (204.3m²), followed by Australia (189.8 m²), New Zealand ... “Lower interest rates and the increased supply of cheaper apartments (compared with houses) have prompted older couples to down-size.

Migrants a must for growth in South Australia -  AUSTRALIA has always been a country which has thrived on migration, helping boost our skilled workforce, arguably increasing our intellect, and bringing waves of culture ... Our population is ageing faster than most states — our median age sits at 40; two years older than any other mainland median.

The Australian tour guide taking global travellers inside the secretive country - "I'd encourage people to go to Australia despite our horrific treatment of Indigenous people and refugees camps and similarly I'd be happy to travel to America despite there being a lot of things I don't believe in American politics. It has the largest percentage of imprisoned people per capita for example ...

SA native food farmers meet in Adelaide to find ways to grow exports and markets - This is part of a strategic plan to increase supply,” she said, adding that currently South Australia and New South Wales had the most mature markets. Yesterday, the Federal Government also announced almost $400,000 investment in helping Australia's native food sector continue to export more of its ...

Push to rename electorate after trailblazer for Indigenous Australian rights - A trailblazing activist for Aboriginal rights could be recognised with the renaming of the federal electorate of Gellibrand in his honour. A push is under way for Gellibrand to be renamed Cooper, after Indigenous rights pioneer William Cooper, who helped to establish the Footscray-based Australian  ...

Incarceration not the answer for Indigenous youth - as the sun went down. To my amazement not one single person we met was an indigenous Australian . The Anangu traditional owners live nearby but seem invisible. They don't even staff the office that collects the park entrance fee which helps them maintain their families and the Mutitjulu community.

I visited Indigenous women in Canada - their grief was all too familiar - A dozen or so First Nations people have gathered at Turtle Lodge to share their stories with me, an Indigenous journalist from Australia . Although I'm here to report on a different issue – the national inquiry into missing and murdered Indigenous women launched by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in 2015 ...

Nai Palm On Solo Work, And Engaging With Australian Aboriginal Traditions - Diarisitic yet political, the record is bookended by two ceremonial songs from Aboriginal performer Jason Guwanbal Gurruwiwi, evoking a rich history of indigenous Australian music that goes beyond language and into land and earth itself. We caught up with Nai Palm following her recent show at ...

Shocking' Detention of Australia's Aboriginal Children - Isolation of 21 or more hours per day, sometimes for weeks, was used as punishment, contrary to law and in ways highly damaging to youths' mental  ...

The new smartwatch tech that could help diagnose mental ill health - Its screening tool analyses circadian heart and sleep data from wearable tech to provide a mental illness risk. Currently available through a digital public health program called Australia's Biggest Mental Health Check-in, it will be widely launched early next year and compatible with many devices.

Australian Official Won't Support Gay Marriage Because of Crocodile Attacks - Bob Katter, a Christian fundamentalist and anti- LGBT politician in Australia , has an interesting reason for not supporting same-sex marriage rights: he has to focus on deadly crocodile attacks. Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull vowed to enact marriage equality after the national mail-in survey in which 62 ...

Stylist Celebrates Australia's Gay Marriage Vote With Rainbow Hair - An Australian hair stylist is handing out free, multi-coloured, unicorn hairdos to support gay marriage. Melbourne-based Mykey O'Halloran, who was bullied as a teen for his coloured hair, says his WearYourHues campaign is aimed at supporting freedom of expression. With Australia having legalised ...

Police defend not warning LGBTI community about a spate of gay bashings - Western Australian police have defended their decision to not tell the LGBTI community that a series of violent assaults on gay men were occurring in Perth's southern suburbs. Two men appeared in court last week pleading guilty to their involvement in the attacks, they will return to court next month for ...

Game changer' same-sex marriage opens up visas for foreigners - Roman Deuana, case study on same- sex marriage visas on November 20, 2017 in Sydney, Australia . 

Jacqui Lambie stands up for No voters in blazing debate on same-sex marriage - You still have nearly 40 per cent of Australians out there hurting right now. What they're worried about - people that have been ringing me that have garden weddings, they're making cakes. I had a bloke ring me about two weeks ago saying, 'I want to know what my rights are right now because I only ...

Australia's Gay Marriage Win Proves How Important It Is to Get Everyone to Vote - This is an opinion piece by Sally Rugg, equality director at GetUp, an Australian community action group. Australia has decisively and clearly declared a huge “Yes” to marriage equality. This historic moment is monumental for more reasons than one. I, like the vast majority of Australians , will remember ...