Stigmabase | Australia - New Zealand

Pussy Riot protest for LGBTI rights in Chechnya at SA Parliament - But that's exactly what happened on Wednesday when the feminist protest group Pussy Riot took to the steps, protesting the lack of LGBTI rights in ...

Gay and lesbian singers need to stop validating biphobic attitudes - Apparently not only does this biphobia happen in everyday situations within the LGBTI community – But in the music people from the community ...

New Zealand's infant mortality rate falls significantly in 10 years - A decline in infant mortality has seen some of the lowest-ever rates reported for New Zealand's total population and for Māori . The rate fell from 5 ...

A Ban on Smoking and Vaping in Cars With Minors Will Have Racist Consequences - Over half of women in prison in New Zealand are Māori . Smoking rates among Māori mothers of children under 18 are the highest in the country.

Fund open for freshwater fisheries - Fund open for freshwater fisheries. Te Wai Maori Trust is looking for projects that promote and advance freshwater fisheries development, research ...

Pacific's Cook Islands mulls new name - The committee, convened in January by a paramount chief, Pa Marie Ariki, is deliberating on a name in Cook Islands Māori , which is similar to New ...

New Zealand in pictures: Gisborne - The haka is traditionally performed at Maori welcome ceremonies and has also been embraced by the New Zealand All Blacks rugby team in order to ...

New Zealand's First Māori -Owned and -Operated Winery Has Global Distribution and a 500-Year ... - Some people have a one-year or five-year plan; well, we have literally a 500-year plan,” Dan Taylor, the export and sales manager for Tohu Wines, ...

It is still acceptable for gays to write ' Aussies only' in Grindr profiles – we have to fight it - is still acceptable for gays to write ' Aussies only' in Grindr profiles – we ... But in the time since, what has changed for queer Indigenous people and ...

An end to endings: how to stop more Australian species going extinct -  Australian species have suffered at a disproportionate rate. Far more mammal species have become extinct in Australia than in any other ... reverting to Indigenous names for landmarks, through reinvigorating Indigenous land ...

Kevin Rudd 's Sorry Speech - Sorry Day Apology in Full - Indigenous welfare remains one of Australia's most difficult and complex ... number 1, Motion offering an apology to Australia's Indigenous peoples.

Alliance Supports Uluru Statement from Heart - The Statement seeks substantive constitutional change and structural reform to recognise the rights and role of Indigenous people in Australian  ...

Tech Giant Launches Foundation to Tackle Indigenous Disadvantage - One of Australia's leading tech companies is giving away more than half a million dollars to organisations helping Indigenous children, as part of a ...

Pilbara racism row breaks out over mass cattle deaths - the Office of the Registrar of Indigenous Corporations) but there is no system in place to clean them out like there is in corporate Australia ,” he said.

China promises to protect its LGBTI people - China promises to protect its LGBTI people. A mother of a gay son talks at a China PFLAG seminar (Photo: Provided) China this week accepted United ...

Swaziland: 'Bisexual' Pastor Suspended By Swaziland Church in Latest Example of LGBTI ... - Churches in Swaziland where homosexual acts are illegal are at the lead in encouraging discrimination against LGBTI (lesbian, gay, bisexual, ...

NSW Police investigating four alleged assaults on LGBTI people during Mardi Gras - New South Wales police are reportedly investigating at least four assaults on LGBTI people over Mardi Gras weekend. The attacks saw men pushed ...

US Spent Millions Training Cameroon Forces to Hunt Boko Haram. They're Hunting Gays Instead. - As reported by the international advocacy group Erasing 76 Crimes, which focuses on abuses in more than 70 countries that have anti- LGBTI laws, ...

New respiratory disease 2018 impact report figures -  Māori mortality rates remain highest of all ethnic groups - new impact report launched • New Te Reo Māori children's show launches in Rotorua

Capital Gains Tax would hurt Māori and Pacific entrepreneurs - Capital Gains Tax would hurt Māori and Pacific entrepreneurs ... gains tax would put a brake on the economic aspirations of Māori and Pacific people.