Stigmabase | Australia - New Zealand

Mental Health Inquiry & Afghan Inquiry – two more whitewashes & more evidence of a corrupt ... -  Were vulnerable  Māori  sidelined by the Government's much-vaunted mental health and addiction inquiry? Some recent reporting suggests this has ...

"We decided to write about it because it's one of these untold stories in New Zealand history that really had a great impact on a lot of Māori." The band ... View article...

Māori disappointed ancestral land up for tender for oil and gas drilling in ... The government aims to reduce New Zealand's emissions to net zero by ... View article...

UNICEF New Zealand will launch the county's first MÄ ori Child Wellbeing Monitor in Wellington tomorrow, Tuesday 7th May. More than 500 MÄ ori ... View article...

The findings of a report released over the weekend highlighting New Zealand's addiction to sugary drinks has not come as a surprise to some in the ... View article...

Are isolated  LGBTI  Japanese finally about to step out of the closet? -  Tomoyuki Oishi is probably the only  LGBTI  person living in his small village in Nagano ...

L'Equipe magazine fights against homophobia in sport -  As the Wallabies and Waratahs star squares off with Rugby  Australia  in a ... “Beyond the  homosexual  kiss, its poetry comes from the reimagining of a ...

LGBT  discrimination in sport highlighted after a week in the headlines -  LGBT  discrimination in sport highlighted after a week in the headlines ...  Australian  cricketer James Faulkner received support from peers after his ...

'Looking over each other's shoulders': Living as a gay man in Brunei -  Freedom of expression is lacking in the country, and many  LGBTI  Bruneians do not speak openly about their experiences. Being outside of the country ...

Madonna gives emotional speech after being honored at GLAAD Media Awards -  The organization gave the pop superstar the award for a lifetime of accelerating  LGBTI  acceptance in pop culture and beyond on Saturday (4 May).

Four tips for supporting LGBT pupils in your school -  We must break down the barriers to  LGBTI -inclusive education'. Long read: Somewhere, cover the rainbow. Quick read: 'Strong' ...

Dancers attacked by mob in Indonesia for 'promoting  LGBTI  content' -  They thought the dance contained  LGBTI  content, which they believe is not compatible with ... Indonesia is currently in the grips of anti- LGBTI  hysteria.

Gay rugby player slams Israel Folau: 'Gay kids are killing themselves' -  Former Australian National Rugby League player Ian Roberts says he 'kind of… feels sorry' for Folau, but his public denunciation of  LGBTI  people has ...

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The western world is just catching up to what we know -  The study proved that humans were occupying arid  Australia  49,000 years ...  Indigenous heritage is not  Australian  heritage nor is it world heritage.

Australian  Bishops call for politics that promote peace, common good -  Australia's  Catholic bishops have called for respect and understanding in the ... outcomes between  Indigenous  and non- Indigenous Australians .

Bipartisan commitment to housing funding needed to secure future of remote communities -  While the Northern Territory and South  Australia  have both signed ... been involved in funding remote  Indigenous  housing since at least 1968, and as ...

Small Screen Highlights: Will  Australia  ever have a black Prime Minister? -  Mark Coles Smith is the charismatic presenter of this 55-minute ABC documentary, that asks what chance an  Indigenous Australian  born today has of ...

Independents pledge to block Adani mine in event of minority government -  Phelps, who is running in the Sydney seat of Wentworth, told Guardian  Australia  that, regardless of who won the next election, the next parliament had ...

The package also includes targeted activities addressing stroke and preventable disease risk in regional Australia, Aboriginal and Torres Strait ... View article...

Dustin Lance Black reflects on fatherhood in heartfelt video -  The video was made in collaboration with  LGBTI  rights group the Human Right Campaign to raise awareness and help generate support for ...

LGBTI  Equality Act approved by the House Judiciary Committee -  The Equality Act, a wide-ranging bill banning discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity, has been approved by the House ...

Binary Australia attack ad slamming Labor and Drag Queen Story Time banned -  “Binary will protect our children from those who would seek to indoctrinate them with programs designed to promote the  LGBTI  agenda while bullying ...

Bizarre billboard costing $75000 that claims Bill Shorten supports 'drag queen story time' is banned -  . celebrates diversity and I know that children and families will really enjoy this family friendly celebration of  LGBTI  culture,' Pratt said in November.

Transport and logistics company, Mainfreight, has delivered a 40' open top container to Belgium, containing a gift from the New Zealand Māori Arts ... View article...

The Waipa District Council are rallying behind Waikato iwi aiming to build a museum to commemorate the New Zealand Land Wars. The museum will ... View article...

Even after 15 years of living here, a New Zealand road trip is my favourite ... Two Maori ceremonial canoes are lit up at sunrise in the Bay of Islands. View article...

Brush up on your history of early New Zealand at the Russell Museum, home to a unique collection of traditional Maori artefacts, as well as a scale ... View article...

Following concerns raised by New Zealand gamers, the developers of H1Z1 have removed a Polynesian-inspired outfit from an upcoming update. View article...

New Zealand has its first Māori Supreme Court judge. Justice Joseph Victor Williams replaces Sir William Young, who is chairing the Royal ... View article...

Early influenza season in Central Australia - Influenza can cause severe illness or death, especially in people at high risk such as pregnant women, Indigenous people, the elderly, individuals with ...

It's time to properly acknowledge - and celebrate - Indigenous composers - This is at odds with the fact that numerous Australian composers have referenced Indigenous music and culture in their works, many of which have ...

Racist vandalism targets Aboriginal Greens candidate's federal election poster - Mr Sumner is a respected Ngarrindjeri elder who, in 2014, was made a Member of the Order of Australia for his contribution to the Indigenous  ...

Uranium mines harm Indigenous people – so why have we approved a new one? - Last week the federal government approved the Yeelirrie uraniam mine in Western Australia in the face of vigorous protest from traditional owners.

Indigenous candidate's campaign posters vandalised with 'vile' slur - A campaign poster for an Indigenous Greens Senate candidate in South Australia has been defaced with a racial slur. The poster of Major 'Moogy' ...

Port Botany residents in 'permanent state of anxiety' - Cr Said said the location was one of “if not the most significant spot in Australia ”, due to its importance to indigenous Australians and the story of the ...

8 funny, uplifting LGBTI films to watch if you're feeling lonely or down - Never has a mainstream romcom been gayer. Directed by Greg Berlanti, the husband of gay US soccer star Robbie Rogers, LGBTI cast and crew ...

Seven murders of LGBTI + persons in Brazil in the last two weeks - In the last two weeks, from April 6th until April 19th, there were at least seven LGBTI + deaths in Brazil. Among the seven deaths, six of them were trans ...

Another day, another flagrant rip-off of Māori taonga and intellectual ... with the Māori New Zealand Arts & Crafts Institute, a legal entity enshrined in ... View article...

Older LGBTI people fear having to return to the closet - Filmmaker Glenda Rome helmed the production. The documentary talks to several LGBTI people in Scotland aged 50+ about their fears as they age.

How I started living for myself and not just for weekends on the gay scene - What came out of it was the older LGBTI people in Brighton came to us and said it was amazing. These were people that weren't going out but they still ...

How could it be anything but tokenism - how could a Maori female possibly be the right ... In response, New Zealand Cricket is transforming - and fast. ... Sport New Zealand recently set a target for all sports organisations to have a ... View article...

Muslims, Maori, and people of colour in New Zealand have described how their concerns regarding racist and Islamophobic violence in New Zealand ... View article...

A New Zealand mother has taken to social media to praise a young ... worker after he took her family's order in their native language, te reo Maori. View article...

The New Zealand Maori Council has today asked the New Zealand Human Rights Commission to investigate the organisation known as "Hobsons ... View article...

Māori unemployment dropped one percentage point in the first quarter to 8.6 ... Statistics New Zealand says wages grew 3.4 per cent over the year to ... View article...

Jamie Tuuta as has been appointed chairman of the New Zealand Tourism ... He is currently the chairman of Māori Television, the Taranaki Mounga ... View article...

Education key to health - The indigenous are now dying in their 40s and 50s of chronic health ... which brought volunteers together from across Australia "to help facilitate, ...

Family of Aboriginal woman who died in custody want coroner to consider 'systemic racism' - If application accepted, Tanya Day's case will be first time in Australia that systemic racism has been considered as a contributing factor to a death in ...

Why the leaders of the future should look to philanthropy - The scholarship winners take part in a Company Directors Course for Indigenous Business Leaders led by the Australian Institute of Company ...

Australia must 'radically rethink' its prisons to avoid becoming like America, US activist says - In Australia , that "other" is Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, who make up just 2 per cent of the broader Australian population but more than ...

5 Of The Most Incredible Indigenous Experiences You Can Have in Queensland This Year - With a 50,000-year history, the Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures are some of the oldest continuing cultures in the world.

Deep Time Dreaming captures imaginations and literary award - Until the mid 20th century, it was widely believed Indigenous Australians had arrived only a few thousands of years before and their societies were ...

Dem presidential hopefuls decline invite to anti- LGBTI Christian group summit - Buttigieg has spoken out against religious conservatives who are opposed to LGBTI rights in the past. He has been hugely critical of heavily religious ...

LGBTI advocates urge Labor to commit to ending discrimination in schools - Australian LGBTI advocacy group just.equal have written to Opposition Attorney General Mark Dreyfus, asking him to detail Labor's policy on ...

Malaysian LGBTI rights activist accuses police of intimidation - A prominent Malaysian LGBTI rights activist has accused the authorities of intimidation following a statement he gave to the United Nations (UN).

There seems to be a misunderstanding." How Australia found, and then lost, our first gay cricketer. - If you Google the term ' gay cricketer' it will take less a fraction of a second for you to be delivered the result: James Faulkner. There's just one ...

The government is committing an extra $10.36 million to fund Statistics New Zealand's preparations for the 2023 national census after lower than ... View article...

ACEM will launch its strategy for excellence in emergency care for Māori at this week's Winter Symposium in Rotorua, Aotearoa New Zealand. View article...

"I am a firm believer that for te reo Māori to survive and prosper it must ... iwi authorities, fund managers and even the Reserve Bank of New Zealand, ... View article...

Statistics New Zealand says it now has records for about 4.7 million people in the 2018 Census ... Ms MacPherson says the department is working with the Data Iwi Leaders Group, Māori interest organisations, iwi, and Māori to find ... View article...

Kuia receiving cancer treatment calls for more Māori nurses ... That's the second language in New Zealand but you can get a Chinese interpreter at the ... View article...

The pair say the music came from wanting to connect more to the Māori ... moved to New Zealand I wanted to teach her a bit of New Zealand culture ... View article...

New NT centres to help parents raise kids - Seven new Families as First Teachers centres will open around the NT to help Indigenous parents raise their children ...

A lot of the people I meet have never met, hung around or worked with Aboriginal people': Today's ... - Today show entertainment reporter, Brooke Boney, 31, has revealed there are still many Australians who have never met an Aboriginal person.

Les Murray dead: Australian poet dies aged 80 -  Recurrent themes in his work were the history and landscape of Australia , white settlers, indigenous life, family, and the rural landscape. Murray ...

Will Australia Ever Have A Black Prime Minister? -  What chance does an Indigenous Australian born today have of one day becoming the leader of our nation? Actor and musician Mark Coles Smith ...

Deep Time Dreaming captures imaginations and literary award - When historian Billy Griffiths set about charting the history of Aboriginal archaeology in Australia more than six years ago, he wrote out of a sense of ...

Indigenous footballers play their first official matches in Darwin - Northern Territory football fans witnessed history as Australia's Indigenous men's and women's teams played their first official matches in Darwin as ...

Call for primary classrooms to 'show and tell' diversity - also found that in comparison with their peers, LGBTI young people reported twice the level of self-harm, three times the level of attempted suicide ...

We need to talk about the loneliness many LGBTI people experience - It's an organization committed to helping young LGBTI people who are homeless or in a housing crisis. Through akt she learnt how important chosen ...

Madonna's next video 'tribute to Stonewall, drag queens and LGBTI rights' - Many believe the next video off the Madame X album will be a love letter to the LGBTI community. Fans say there are three exciting reasons why ...

Nirvana's manager reveals whether Kurt Cobain had gay lovers - The frontman of Nirvana, Kurt Cobain, was a LGBTI ally far before it was popular. That is one of the most significant memories of the rock legend in ...

2018 Census – real data about real people - The first release of data will include the census usually resident population counts; the number of general and Māori electorates; and the general and ...

Tobacco tax hike drives up cost of living for beneficiaries, Maori - Stats NZ figures show the cost of living for beneficiaries rose 0.6 percent in the three months through March, and rose 0.4 percent for Maori .

Māori Council ups fight for fair deal - The New Zealand Māori Council has set itself an ambitious programme including action on water, housing, health, poverty, environment and justice.

Share a drink with Lisa Renard and know more about the art of embellishment of Maori people in ... - In Maoridom, how one does not wear a cloak or a māori tattooing but one is worn by such ancestral treasure and what does that mean? Dr. Lisa ...

Census falls short on iwi stats - She says the work done to combine census data with administrative records means data on Māori ethnicity and Māori descent is likely to be more ...

She outlined today how Stats NZ had plugged those gaps by fast-tracking plans to make far greater use of ... loss", but that Stats NZ was taking the failure across government agencies to collect data on individual Maori peoples' iwi ... View article...

Homophobic remarks by Brazil's president may harm tourism industry - Bolsonaro's homophobic remarks will have social and economic repercussions for Brazil," said John Tanzella, president of the International LGBTQ+ ...