Stigmabase | Australia - New Zealand

Care abuse survivors need more than changes to flawed system - More than 50 percent of claimants are Māori . The Matahaere-Atariki and Douglas report recommends integrating whānau in the claims process and ...

LGBTI Tasmanians 'over the moon' after gender laws make history - The state of Tasmania in Australia passed historic gender laws which will make gender markers optional on birth certificates. Tasmania's parliament ...

Brisbane rally planned outside Brunei-owned hotel to protest anti-gay laws - At long last, LGBTI Australians enjoy many of the rights taken for granted by others, including marriage equality – but on Australia's doorstep, people ...

Māori input sought for climate risk action - A Māori scientist and economist have been included on an expert panel charged with working out how New Zealand's vulnerability to climate change ...

Māori need structural role in children's system - A call for a Māori Children's Commissioner has won the support of the person now in the job. The New Zealand Māori Council says the fact three in ...

Fresh, people-led approach for smokefree communities -  New Zealand's goal is to be smokefree by 2025, and Auckland Council is committed to ... 40% of those who smoke in Auckland are Māori and Pacific.

The point being missed in the capital gains tax debate -  New Zealand is one of few countries without a capital gains tax, and the proposal ... two distinctly New Zealand frameworks: Te Ao Māori ( Māori worldview) and the ... Currently, in New Zealand , some income is taxed and some is not.

Study finds rise in primary school achievement -  New Zealand Council for Educational Research (NZCER) has found that achievement in schools have risen due to schools creating a coherent focus ...