Stigmabase | Australia - New Zealand

Don't tell me I'm 'too pretty to be Aboriginal '. It's not a compliment; it's racism - I wanted to use the power of documentary to address the discrimination Aboriginal women face on a daily basis all over Australia ; I wanted to help ...

Indigenous trailblazers to headline 2019 National Multicultural Festival - Mark Olive is Australia's best known Aboriginal chef who features on television and has performed live cooking promotions around Australia and ...

17 novels any lesbian and bi woman should read before turning 30 -  LGBTI literature can be crucial in providing young readers with the role models they desperately need or with some insights into a different life they'll ...

Activists fear new LGBT purge in Chechnya after dozens arrested - The report criticised Russia's response, saying “Russian authorities responsible for investigating alleged crimes against LGBTI citizens persecuted in ...

Te Reo Maori needed in smaller communities too - Te Wānanga o Aotearoa is rejecting a suggestion it is short changing Māori language students on the Kaipara. Peter Boyes, who took Te Ara Reo ...

Why we need to encourage straight people to go to gay clubs - like many other LGBTI people, do not hang out exclusively with people of the same sexuality. This presents an obstacle for me on nights out.

Singapore is tightening adoption laws after gay man adopts surrogate son -  LGBTI community celebrated the court's ruling as a win for equal rights. But the judges made it clear they made their decision based on the child's ...

WHY? Because Koteka Is The Reason - West Papua is a part of Indonesia too, but not many people are at all concerned about the situation there – with all the genocides, massacres and ...

First-Ever Indigenous Peoples March Will Fight Against Injustices Faced Across the Globe - More than 10,000 marchers are anticipated to descend on DC for the event, including people from Australia, Guatemala, Papua New Guinea, Canada, ...

Intercultural cities: good practice examples - Staff is supported to learn and use te reo Māori which is one of the three official languages of New Zealand (the other two are English and New ...

Health organisation calls for less tobacco availability in Māori communities - That's distracting from the big issue, which is how much tobacco tax Māori are paying disproportionately, and that is harming our communities ...

A tobacco-free Māori nation is vital' - However, one researcher disputed that and said the best thing for Māori was to ... to elsewhere, which disproportionately impacted Māori communities.

Five Key Values of Strong Maori Leadership - The indigenous people of New Zealand/Aotearoa, Maori , are facing a renaissance of culture, despite a long history of colonization and cultural ...

Outback isolation no sweat for new Aboriginal cops ready to hit beat in troubled Territory towns - Raised in the tiny outback town of Elliot, a gruelling 700 kilometres from Darwin in the north and Alice Springs in the south, Joshua Jackson is all too ...

Locking in the future of tourism and jobs in Kakadu - Kakadu is one of Australia's most important environmental and heritage assets, biggest tourism icons and home to 60,000 years of living Indigenous  ...

WA workers urged to start meeting with welcome to country - been billed as a way to combat the history of dispossession of indigenous Australians and “end the exclusion that has been so damaging”.

Hang-ups on colonisation won't fix indigenous suicides, academic says Andrew BurrellFollow ... -  Australia's indigenous suicide crisis won't be fixed by blaming colonisation, says Aboriginal academic Anthony Dillon, who is calling for a greater focus ...

Aboriginal girl 'traumatised' after police strip-search in Hobart - strip-search of a 13-year-old Aboriginal girl who was held in custody for allegedly breaking a curfew has been criticised by her family and ...

Interesting myths and other facts you didn't know about Australia - Prof Langton's book suggests cultural experiences that can help Aussies learn more about Aboriginal culture and offers insights into language , ...

In 2019 the LGBTI History Month will be going global -  2019, the annual LGBTI History Month will be one of the biggest ever. Not only is the grassroots event celebrating its 15th anniversary but it ...

Guyana: Officials Dare Everyone to Stand Up for LGBTI Equality - CVC has partnered with stakeholders in Guyana to do critical work to help advance the rights of LGBT persons in that country. Through that work ...

Intercultural cities: good practice examples - Staff is supported to learn and use te reo Māori which is one of the three official languages of New Zealand (the other two are English and New ...

With its $3.85b mine takeover, Indonesia inherits a $13b pollution problem - 10 percent stake is held by the government of Papua province, where ... only economic benefits but also better protection for the people of Papua ,” ...

Nine dead in Papua New Guinea floods - Weeks of heavy rains and flooding have killed at least nine people in Papua New Guinea, with authorities warning more bad weather and ...

New Plymouth councillor 'ashamed' to sing national anthem in Te Reo - A New Plymouth District Councillor says he's “too ashamed” to sing the national anthem in te reo Māori . Murray Chong replied to a Facebook post ...

Asia's first LGBTI boat parade to kick off Myanmar pride - This year, &Proud will also hand out awards to LGBTI heroes. 'This is where we send a powerful message to the public' HlaMyat Tun told Gay Star ...

Suspected gay men tortured to death in Chechnya's latest anti-gay purge - Two men have died from extreme torture and about 40 more people detained on suspicion of being gay as the details of the latest wave of anti- LGBTI  ...

Safety course to get a gun licence in New Zealand will now take only 'one session' -  People applying for a firearms licence in New Zealand will be be able to complete a firearms safety theory test and practical training in one session ...

NZ food industry calls for strong new penalties for people who maliciously tamper with food - poses a real risk to the public, it causes massive cost to industry and huge wastage of food," says Greg Hartfood from Retail New Zealand .

Japanese gay couple to 'marry' in 26 countries to promote LGBT - community - Their "26 times wedding" project will take them to countries including Argentina, Canada, South Africa, New Zealand , and Iceland. They will also visit ...

End of the Road for Maori Language Students in Rodney - Wananga o Aotearoa is cutting short its Te Ara Reo Maori programme at Te ... The move follows a damning review released by the New Zealand  ...

Should be no harm, no foul for star high school basketball player - There was no malice, no intent to pull a fast one, no evidence that Maori ... No reason for any penalty at all, because Maori didn't do anything wrong.

Wait, what? We are going to re-victimise Māori AGAIN? - As New Zealand gears up for a referendum on Cannabis, some of the ideas being floated right now look to re-victimise Māori . National are suggesting ...

Conservative group sues to block trans women from using faith-based shelter - The ADF – which has been labeled an anti- LGBTI 'hate group' by some rights organizations – argues that issues of privacy and religious freedoms are ...

Detentions of gay men and women signal another anti-LGBTQ crackdown in Chechnya - Lastly, the report recommended that other OSCE nations, including the United States, welcome LGBTI refugees from Chechnya and take into account ...

Virginia LGBTI rights group launch employment equality awareness campaign -  An LGBTI rights group in Virginia has launched a new awareness campaign about the discrimination sexual minorities experience in the state.

Royal British Legion establishes first branch to support LGBTI troops - They hope the new branch helps to undo some of the wrongs against LGBTI people in the military. 'There are many people who historically have not ...

Island youths to learn about Maori culture, share First Nations culture - They will spend time sharing their culture with the Maori – indigenous peoples in New Zealand – staying at an equivalent of a First Nations big house ...

Māori correspondent in Whanganui part of RNZ's shift to regions -  Māori correspondent in Whanganui part of RNZ's shift to regions ... we do think RNZ's mandate is for all of New Zealand , it's just not for main centres." ...

Majority of students Nth Islanders, women - Separate statistics on the Maori student population showed most were from either Auckland or Wellington, with others from the Bay of Plenty, Dunedin, ...

Life as a librarian in the Māori community - Nearly 700,000 New Zealanders are of Māori descent, with most Māori living in the North Island. Hastings is a city on the North Island, and Hastings ...

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Australia's 2018 Human Rights Performance Slammed - The Australian government's human rights approach to refugees, Indigenous people and those with disability has been slammed by an annual review, ...

Deaths in custody: it's time to share shameful stats with the world - Ms Rule, a Flinders University tutor, will leave Australia on Saturday with another woman Kaleesha Morris ahead of the Indigenous Peoples March on ...

Kiwis help out Aboriginal women jailed for not paying fines - New Zealanders are involved in a crowd funding campaign to free Aboriginal Australian women jailed for not paying small fines. The campaign has ...

The spoken literature of the world's oldest culture is disappearing – but there are ways to keep it alive - But the Aboriginal elder worries about the future of storytelling. ... we think we know about Aboriginal lives, and the past century of Australian history.

The unexpected result of the Uluru climbing ban - More confronting is Australia's best-known natural landmark, Uluru, the ... Since Aboriginal people first settled around Uluru some 35,000 years ago, ...

Sydney-centric festival shooting for the moon - Enoch, presenting his third Sydney Festival, is an indigenous theatre director ... artists and instituted a “vigil” to commemorate Australia's colonisation.

Majority of United States schools are unsafe for LGBTI students - A majority of LGBTI students in every state assessed reported hearing anti- LGBTI remarks made by other students. This includes slurs and negative ...

Hong Kong govt rejects calls to include sexual orientation in next census - Chan told Gay Star News that concerns over how to include non-binary residents in the census revealed how the government is letting down its LGBTI  ...

More than 100 Oxford clergy criticise bishops' LGBTI guidance - MORE than 100 clerics in the diocese of Oxford have written to criticise their bishops' approach to LGBTI+ people. A letter released on Monday warns ...

For LGBTI people in Lebanon, they go through their own Stonewall everyday - For LGBTI people in Lebanon, they go through their own Stonewall everyday Gay Star NewsFor the LGBTI community in Lebanon everyday is a ...

Decades of service in Maori mission recognised by Pope - A priest who has worked in the Maori mission in New Zealand since the 1950s has been honoured by Pope Francis. Pa Mikaere (Michael) Ryan, MHM ...

Tiki talk fertile field for protest - A Māori trademarks advisor is challenging the way New Zealand businesses continue to culturally appropriate Māori culture in their marketing.

First-Ever Indigenous Peoples March Will Fight Against Injustices Faced Across the Globe - More than 10,000 marchers are anticipated to descend on D.C. for the event, including people from Australia, Guatemala, Papua New Guinea, ...

Rafting NZ and Lake Rotoaira Forest Trust join forces - Rafting New Zealand , the country's most awarded rafting company is ... sense of New Zealand's landscape along with its Maori heritage and culture.

New professor brings art to science - She leads collaborative, interdisciplinary, kaupapa Māori and action research projects on subjects such as freshwater decline and climate change ...

Emergency response plan to prepare East Coast communities - We are all responsible for ourselves and our families – we are all part of Civil Defence in New Zealand .” The launch of the project comes in response ...

Bush camps connect old and new for better Indigenous health - Bush camps connect old and new for better Indigenous health ... small camps with groups of men at four sites across remote Australia in 2018.

Julie Bishop named patron of remote netty program - of an organisation which is using netball to encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander girls in remote and country areas in Western Australia to ...

First Nations artists cheated by fake souvenir trade - Indeed most non- Indigenous Australians and visiting tourists cannot readily distinguish authentic First Nations art and craft from imitation products.”.

We Are Still Here!' - Indigenous people to march in nation's capital - Members of indigenous tribes, nations and groups will come from North and South America, the Caribbean, Asia and Australia to stand in solidarity ...

Swaziland: King Mswati in Complete Control As Another Year of Human Rights Struggle Ends in ... - On a more positive note a church in Swaziland openly welcomed LGBTI people but discrimination against this group of people remains rife.

Second man found dead in gay Democratic donor's West Hollywood home - Buck, an LGBTI activist and Democratic donor, lives in West Hollywood, California. Both victims found in Buck's home were African American men.

Colorado swears in the United States' first ever openly gay governor - He fought for numerous progressive causes, such as LGBTI rights, education access, and healthcare. Civil Rights icon and House of Representatives ...

70% of teachers have no recent LGBT+ training' - Over two-thirds of teachers have had no recent training on LGBT+ issues, according to a survey, with teachers reporting that the result is that ...

Up to 30 jailed Indigenous women expected to be freed after crowdfunding campaign - Organisers of a crowdfunding campaign that aimed to raise $99,000 to pay off the fines of Aboriginal women jailed for fine default in Western Australia  ...

WA Indigenous communities reeling after suicides of two girls within a day - Two communities in Western Australia are reeling after the suicides of two ... Workers from the National Indigenous Critical Response project are in ...

New chapter of persecution': Indonesia cracks down on West Papua separatists - New chapter of persecution': Indonesia cracks down on West Papua ... Headquarters trashed and three people charged with treason for holding a ...

Bilingual city should be proud of languages - The message in te reo Māori was certainly not "lengthy", as claimed by your ... Moreover, Rotorua is proudly New Zealand's first official bilingual city.

Fonterra's Kapiti cheese name Tuteremoana insulting to descendants of great chief, advisor says -  Māori trademarks advisor Karaitiana Taiuru said cultural appropriation of Māori had become normalised by New Zealand businesses and our biggest ...

Māori kiwifruit orchard takes action to attract more fruit pickers - an attempt to attract more fruit pickers to address the anticipated shortfall of workers during harvest that starts in March, a Tauranga-based Māori  ...

Aoteoroa's own Māori Aladdin hoping to win over Kiwi audiences - Aoteoroa's own Māori Aladdin hoping to win over Kiwi audiences ... that he's been overwhelmed with feedback since coming back to New Zealand .

Call for seasonal workers to receive living wage - So we want to have a strategy that is about labour force in New Zealand first and foremost.” “Nobody wants to give up a job to go and work there, ...

Scorched earth: capitalism, climate change and Australia's bushfire threat - Reflecting this long history, scientists estimate that about 70 percent of Australia's native plants need or tolerate fire. Australia's Aboriginal societies ...

WA Indigenous communities reeling after suicides of two girls within a day - Two communities in Western Australia are reeling after the suicides of two ... Workers from the National Indigenous Critical Response project are in ...

Indigenous Leader Warren Mundine says those in the bush have had a gut full and are fighting back - ADANI'S Carmichael mine is an opportunity to define if the Coalition stands up for places like Townsville, former Australian Labor Party president ...

Sydney university plans Australia's first indigenous residential university - University of Technology Sydney (UTS) has announced plans to build “ Australia's first truly comprehensive indigenous residential college”.