Stigmabase | Australia - New Zealand

Matakana Island visitors are being disrespectful and dangerous. Māori have every right to protest. - Most Tauranga people couldn't give two hoots about the challenges and aspirations of the people who have occupied the island for centuries, but when you tell Pākehā they can't use the island when they're out boating because they're leaving a mess? Well then those uppity Māori have started a fight.

Mental health a serious public health issue in New Zealand - We are also aware that Māori and Pasifika people are disproportionately impacted by poor mental health and that there is a need to focus not only on socioeconomic issues but also disadvantage which has its roots in historical events.” NZPsS says it supports the new Government's plan to urgently ...

More than 60 percent oppose Maori wards - In Palmerston North, a majority of 63% disagreed with Maori wards, 5% supported the move, and the remainder with no opinion. ... Hobson's Pledge is supporting petitions to trigger a vote on Maori ward proposals in Western Bay of Plenty, Palmerston North, Manawatu, Whakatane, and Kaikoura.

Voters urged to ignore Maori ward petition - Voters urged to ignore Maori ward petition ... Mr Bonne says the nation is maturing, and once Maori wards are in place people will ask why there was a fuss. ... Whakatane-based list MP Kiritapu Allen is also urging support for the seats, given that 43 percent of the population in the area is Maori . She says ...

10 Weird Things You (Probably) Didn't Know About the Milky Way - On a really dark night, in areas free from light pollution, that ribbon becomes so intensely spangled with stars that it's possible to see the dark, dusty clouds of dust and gas deep in space that blot out their light. Those clouds are so prominent that Australia's Aboriginal people saw them create the shape of ...

A Long Way from Home by Peter Carey - A Long Way from Home (whose title acquires multiple meanings as the novel progresses) closes in, by a devious route, on the dispossession of Australia's Aboriginals . What opens as a story about a race ends as one about race. As Willie the teacher learns a great deal, pages fill with graphic instances ...

Where the Ancestors Walked - Australia as an Aboriginal Landscape - This work delves into the exciting story of one of the oldest continuous civilizations on earth. Beginning with the complexities of early human colonization and continuing through later European resettlement, the history of Australia's native people is told in a wide-ranging and sympathetic fashion. Drawing ...

Mental health is top concern for our young - We need a more inclusive and consultative way of working with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander young people that empowers them to make decisions about how to address the concerns they see in their own lives and in their communities." Mission Australia shares the results of the Youth Survey ..

Aboriginal Facebook page deleted by hackers in lead-up to Australia Day – as a member of online ... - A popular Aboriginal activist Facebook page was hacked and temporarily taken down in what its owners claim was a racist attack. Blackfulla Revolution disappeared on Thursday before resurfacing two days later when the administrators said they regained control of the page. A member of men's group ...

Why Pat Cash won't be celebrating Australia Day: Tennis legend says he was 'reduced to tears and ... - Tennis legend Pat Cash says he is 'embarrassed to be Australian ' and refuses to celebrate the national holiday he calls 'Invasion Day'. The 52-year-old former Wimbledon champion told Today he won't acknowledge the day on January 26 after he was reduced to tears when working with Aboriginal  ...

Mental health care “grossly underfunded”: AMA - Almost one in three (30%) of Indigenous adults suffered high or very high levels of psychological distress in 2012-13. Indigenous adults are 2.7 times as likely as non- Indigenous adults to suffer these levels of distress. General practitioners manage mental health problems for Indigenous Australians at ...

Not all doctors agree my patient deserved his kidney transplant. They're wrong - Just before Christmas 2016, a 68-year old man received a kidney transplant, one of 1091 Australians that year. However, as an Aboriginal Australian , he was one of only six over the age of 65 to receive a kidney transplant in the past 20 years. In fact, he was the second-oldest ever. Should my patient ...

Do You Really Need To Decant Your Wine? - For starters, it's usually only needed for nicer, more expensive wines (at least $30 and up per bottle), some older red wines, or wines with high tannins. If you're buying white wine or supermarket wine that's only a couple years old , it's not necessary. Eshou explains that most affordable wines are usually ...

Bringing back a language only 50 people can speak - All that's left of the Gamilaraay language from northern NSW and southern Queensland are a few phrases spoken by fewer than 50 people. ... The university also plans to establish the Australian Indigenous Languages Institute and begin offering courses in other languages such as Yolngu Matha in ...

Politics isn't working for us today because we allowed it to fail' - The attack on welfare recipients reminds me of a line I heard describing America is now attacking the poor rather than poverty . Australia currently is doing the same. Sure, there are real bludgers out there unwilling to work and using all sorts of means to make sure they still get welfare with the littlest effort.

WA law changes could pave way for same-sex couples to use surrogates - The review will be carried out by legal academic Professor Sonia Allan, who did a similar review in South Australia , resulting in that State allowing same-sex couples access to surrogacy from last year. Other issues up for consideration under the terms of reference include the genetic testing of embryos ... Android Chrome Windows Mobile friendly AppsCenter

We might be celebrating, but despite same-sex marriage, we're far from equal - I can't comment on those writing the pieces, they may well be from the gay and lesbian community, but they certainly aren't trans. Because I couldn't be more confident in the fact that no trans person would ever claim to feel equal within Australian society. It's an easy assumption and conclusion to come .

Dubbo's Nicholas Steepe in Mr Gay Pride Australia competition -  The public have just hours left to cast their vote for Mr Gay Pride Australia 2018, with Dubbo's Nicholas Steepe one of seven finalists. ... In Mr Steepe's message included in the the online announcement of the finalists he said: “I want to be Mr Gay Pride Australia because I believe that I have a universal ...

Inside one of Australia's first – and most extravagant – same-sex weddings - Michael Petchell, 28 and Benjamin Gresham, 29, have invited Australia inside one of the country's first legal same-sex weddings – and the first beneath Sydney Harbour Bridge, where the couple shared their first kiss. There was no 'love, honour and obey' at this historic ceremony. It was all about mutual ...

Here's How This Air Force Reserves Pilot Became A Gay Multimedia Powerhouse - Doran OmniMedia, also, includes Gaycation Magazine, distributed in the continental U.S., Canada and Mexico, KWIR Radio, an LGBTQ internet radio network and Rainbow Tourism, a booking site based in Australia . Doran started his working career flying C-130 planes in the reserves for 23 years.