Stigmabase | Australia - New Zealand

From kura kaupapa kids to kapa haka champions - Bonded through their days as some of the first students of Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Hoani Waititi Marae, alumni like Kororia Taumaunu and Jade ...

11 Gay Moments Were Cut from China's 'Bohemian Rhapsody' and Many Scenes 'Didn't Make ... - Feili Xie, a 28-year-old gay man from Beijing told ABC Australia that because the scene where Mercury comes out to his girlfriend as liking men was ...

Brunei urged to halt introduction of strict anti- LGBT laws - Brunei urged to halt introduction of strict anti- LGBT laws ... given a date and is rushing through implementation," said the Australia -based campaigner.

Rātana church satisfied with the government – but warns it shouldn't be forgotten - But he went on to criticise the government's actions for Māori , saying the Coalition simply didn't have a plan. The church had some gripes to make, ...

Obama in New Zealand with traditional Maori ceremony. Gives advice to pregnant PM before ... - Obama in New Zealand with traditional Maori ceremony. Gives advice to pregnant PM before speaking at closed-doors gala where he was paid ...

Knowledge gap drives Māori media fears -  Māori media organisations are urging members to have their say on a review of Māori television and radio. Māori Development Minister Nanaia ...

Awanuiārangi celebrates graduation of 3000 students -  Māori Development Minister Nanaia Mahuta, will be among hundreds of iwi, government and local authority representatives, ...

Confessions of a former racist - didn't notice other people's skin colour but by heck I knew that reverse racism was a thing and the Māori were fleecing us Pākehā. I didn't know much ...

Racism undermines rheumatic fever follow up - Rheumatic fever rates among Māori and Pacific children in Aotearoa New Zealand are comparable to some of the highest in the world, despite the ...

Perth shows support for the local Muslim community - who gathered were members of Perth's jewish community, indigenous Australians , LGBTIQ+ leaders and politicians from across the political divide.

Ama calls for age of criminal responsibility to be raised to 14 years of age - The criminalisation of children in Australia is a nationwide problem that disproportionately impacts Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children.

Australian identity - is it relevant anymore? -  Australia's flag, ceremonial days, oaths of loyalty and citizenship ... Whilst indigenous imagery is celebrated locally and internationally through music, ...

The digital platform saving Indigenous languages from extinction -  Australia , 50 per cent of Indigenous languages are now extinct, and only 13 are considered strong and viable. On a global scale, every 14 days an ...

Video Games Show Us The Weird, Often Baffling Ways The World Imagines Australia - due to some clumsy narration which inadvertently drew parallels to Australia's poor treatment of Indigenous and First Nations people. What drew the ...

Eye health experts call for $86 million to increase services for Indigenous communities - According to Vision 2020, Indigenous Australians are three times more likely to suffer from blindness and vision loss than non- Indigenous people, ...

Switchboard Funded to Supporet LGBTI Senior Australians - Switchboard Victoria is a community-based not-for-profit organisation that provides peer-based support services for LGBTI people, their families and ...

WA surrogacy laws discriminate against gay men, review finds - Western Australia's “outdated” surrogacy and reproductive technology laws discriminate against gay couples and should be changed, a review of the ...

Bohemian Rhapsody premieres in China — but without any references to Freddie Mercury's ... - Feili Xie, a 28-year-old gay man from Beijing who was a big fan of the film, told the ABC that while he was in favour of Bohemian Rhapsody being ...

Neighbours casts its first transgender character - Stone is known as the youngest person in Australia to receive hormone ... and came just months after Australia finally legalized same-sex marriage.

LGBTI organisations call for decriminalization of sex work - As a young Maori sex worker I was arrested and convicted of prostitution and soliciting pre the decriminalization of prostitution. Doing street-based ...