Stigmabase | Australia - New Zealand

Countries where same-sex marriage is legal; will India enter the list? - The love that dare not speak its name Around the world, Australia is one of the latest ... Here is a list of countries where same-sex marriage is legal: ...

Dublin LBGT Film Festival 'Gaze' Announces Line-Up - Riot, shining a spotlight on Australia's gay and lesbian rights movement kicks off the festival. Also, screening are two music docs. Tranny Fag focuses ...

New era in broadcasting – or more of the same? - “It's the beginning of a new era,” said broadcasting and digital media ... such as Maori and Pacific Peoples, children and regional New Zealand .”.

Māori and Moriori ancestral remains offered respect -  Māori and Moriori ancestral remains offered respect and dignity. On Friday 13 July, the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa will hold a ...

Why New Zealanders are feeling the hard edge of Australia's deportation policy - This change in the law has had a disproportionate impact on New Zealanders , particularly those of Maori or Pacific Island descent. In the past two ...

Maori on list for extra radio content funding -  Maori on list for extra radio content funding. Radio New Zealand and New Zealand on Air have been asked to team up to oversee a new $6 million ...

New facts unearthed about impact of Polynesian settlement on New Zealand's fauna - A new study has shed new light on the impact of 750 years of Polynesian ... Other species mentioned in the study include the New Zealand Fur Seal, ... The Maori hunted many of the archipelago's endemic animals, including the ...

Youth voice important for Justice reforms - lawyer - Māori members say "significant" change is needed but to work it must work for ... Despite making up 15-percent of NZ's population Māori account for ...

Indigenous women closing the health gap - Closing the health gap means achieving health and life expectation equality for Australia's Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples,” she said.

Former Nobel Peace Prize nominee charged over alleged Aboriginal community assault - Irish- Australian by heritage, Zohl has worked and lived with Indigenous Australian and Pacific women and their communities since 1979," it reads.

Ghil'ad's Indigenous language game changer - Concerned that 96 per cent of the 330 Aboriginal languages in Australia are on the verge of imminent extinction because they're not spoken by ...

Arabana language revival mission - According to experts, majority of Australia's Indigenous languages could be completely wiped out by 2050, with the number of traditional languages ...

Another report paints dire health warning -  Indigenous Australians are 2.6 times more likely than non- Indigenous Australians to have two or more chronic health conditions, according to new ...

What is it like to grow up Aboriginal in Australia ? - Award-winning author Anita Heiss's powerful anthology Growing Up Aboriginal in Australia showcases many diverse voices, experiences and stories ...

Nominations are open for Sydney's most prestigious LGBTI awards -  People are being encouraged to nominate a LGBTI community member they admire, or a person or organisation they know who has helped the ...

LGBTI activist forced to resign from minister's office because he's gay -  Pressure on a new Malaysian minster over his choice of press officer – who also happened to be a LGBTI activist – became so much the staff member ...

Hong Kong's failure to safeguard LGBT rights shames its equal society - country after country is recognising the right to same-sex marriage, including the US, Australia and Taiwan. From recognising gay rights to allowing ...

Gay farmers go naked to help raise awareness of mental health -  Gay farmers go naked to help raise awareness of mental health ... The cause, which raises awareness about the mental health of Australian farmers, ...

Social development plan for Maori councils - The chair of the New Zealand Māori Council wants to see much more of the organisation's work done at a local level, including the creation of social ...

Māori aims backed in future education survey - A preliminary assessment of the national conversation to develop a vision for the future of education has found support for better teaching of Māori  ...