Stigmabase | Australia - New Zealand

"The meaning of it for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people across Australia is immense, and it's really important that we send the message that ... View article...

Mr Wyatt, the first Aboriginal Australian ever appointed to cabinet, hoped to achieve bipartisan support on a referendum proposal, and the opposition ... View article...

There was also concern Indigenous Australians Minister Ken Wyatt has left a lot of "wriggle room" on the call in the Uluru Statement from the Heart for ... View article...

Forestry Minister Shane Jones says Māori landowners seem to have a better grasp of the Government's billion trees strategy than their Pākehā ... View article...

Māori Development Minister Nanaia Mahuta says the reviews of Oranga Tamariki, including a Māori-led one expected to come out of a national hui in ... View article...

Te Vai Ora Maori - the Maori Water of Life - said the water on Rarotonga is sourced from high in the mountains and it's clean - there is no need to use ... View article...

Owner Lesley Leevey​ wants to do her bit to get New Zealand bi-lingual, and is doing so by encouraging customers to give te reo Māori a go without ... View article...

New Zealand had the highest number of suicides in 10 years in 2016, according to ... The rate of Maori who died by suicide was 20.3 per 100,000, with ... View article...

A $23 million event marking 250 years since Europeans arrived on Māori shores has been labelled "tone-deaf" by indigenous rights activists. View article...

Geographically the Asia pacific animal nutrition market is segmented as Japan, China, India, Australia & New Zealand, ASEAN (Includes Indonesia, ... View article...

The first Māori president of the New Zealand College of Midwives hopes to encourage a more community-based approach to training, in a bid to ... View article...

Gay men were biphobic at Pride: this needs to stop -  The Equality Network found 66% of bisexuals do not feel part of the  LGBTI  community. Figures that seem to have a knock-on effect. Bisexual adults are ...

Malawi police arrest two leading  LGBTI  activists -  Trapence heads the  LGBTI  organizaton, the Center for Development of People (CEDEP). They also arrested Anglican priest and human rights activist, ...

This bi woman was yelled awful slurs at on her way to Pride in London -  This isn't the first time Ellison has experienced anti- LGBTI  verbal abuse on her way to Pride. 'Last year I got dirty glances and tutting. This year it was ...

Ally for life' Theresa May did not take part in Northern Ireland marriage vote -  The prime minister pledged life-time support for  LGBTI  people over the weekend, yet, was one of numerous high-profile lawmakers to not vote in what ...

Australian  sports star sacked for anti- gay  comments, prompting debate about religious freedoms -  Despite being one of  Australia's  and the world's best players, Mr Folau was sacked by his employer, Rugby  Australia , after posting an anti- gay  ...

Scotland Is The First Country To Implement  LGBTI  Education In Schools -  Blue and Beyonce keep schooling us on how to match. Now this is how you match. Dubbed"The Leighton Jumper," the breezy garment is inspired by ...

Six Signs the Trump-Pence Administration is Abandoning LGBTQ Human Rights Abroad -  From declaring LGBTQ rights to be human rights to appointing a special envoy for  LGBTI  human rights and writing a government-wide memorandum ...

Bagpipes and Queen Tribute band marked British presence at Santiago Pride March -  The Embassy participated at the event to promote  LGBTI  rights, supported by the Foreign Office on a global level.

This Drug, Underused in the US, May Help Make HIV Very Rare  in Australia -  But in the past five years, the number of new infections with the virus has dropped by almost a quarter  in Australia , with higher declines among  gay  ...

To mark NAIDOC week, the RACGP highlights its position on the health of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and recognises the ... View article...

The Gomeroi woman from northern NSW has made a name for herself as one of Australia's most talented and sought-after Indigenous designers, ... View article...

One of the finest examples of ancient aquaculture and hydraulic engineering is right in Australia's backyard. After a decades-long campaign by the ... View article...

Indigenous affairs is a national priority for Australia. Ken Wyatt's appointment as the first Indigenous Minister for Indigenous Australians has brought ... View article...

The Hong Kong government has lodged an appeal against a court ruling that had partially revoked male indigenous villagers' traditional rights to build ... View article...

Indigenous Australians Minister Ken Wyatt will make his first major speech at Canberra's Press Club since becoming the first Aboriginal person to hold ... View article...

The inner-Sydney suburb of Redfern has been the site of many historic moments for Indigenous Australia, and now its small fire station has become ... View article...

The Mission Songs Project, from performer and music director Jessie Lloyd, delves into the secular songs Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander ... View article...

The prevalence of diabetes in Maori and Pacific populations is around three times higher than among other New Zealanders. Counties Manukau DHB ... View article...

 About four years ago, Māori TV started making one of the best current affairs/comedy shows New Zealand has ever seen. Now TVNZ, with its ... View article...

New Zealand's sexual health services are failing our marginal communities, ... Peter Saxton, New Zealand AIDS Foundation Fellow in the School of ... particularly amongst Maori and Pacific populations and men who had sex with ... View article...

The chair of Local Government New Zealand's Te Maruata Māori sub-committee says the association's new localism drive fits well with a kaupapa ... View article...

A leading teacher educator says teachers don't have to ask permission to teach local history and mātauranga Māori in their classrooms. Kathleen Irwin ... View article...

As part of the University of Otago's Maya-Māori cultural economy exchange last month, four Mayan academics visited New Zealand to share their ... View article...

Māori including herself have tried to achieve change by going to parliament, but the answer lies outside. "Until we have restored to us our right to be ... View article...

The figures also show that the rate for male and female Maori was double that of non-Maori. For Maori males, 2016 had the highest number of deaths ... View article...

Community leader Anton Hermann praised for support of  LGBTI  people -  Aleph Melbourne have praised the work of Anton Hermann, a leader in Melbourne's Jewish community, in fostering inclusion and acceptance of ...

Popular trans television presenter gunned down in Honduras -  The social media star created well-received reports on  LGBTI  news. ... Honduras outlaws discrimination against  LGBTI  people under Article 321 of the ...

London gay magazine Boyz ends weekly publication to go monthly -  It went from strength to strength in the 1990s as the  LGBTI  scene across the UK grew. It launched a separate UK edition to complement its London ...

UK government wants to end all cigarette smoking by 2030 -  The UK government has an ambitious plan to end smoking in the country by 2030. The plan will have a particular focus on  LGBTI  people.

Tbilisi hosted its very first impromptu Pride march -  Nonetheless, local  LGBTI  activists didn't lose hope. Not only did they fly a drone carrying a rainbow flag, but they also organized an unofficial protest.

Tijuana University creates safe spaces for LGBT students -  Create in UABC safe spaces for  LGBTI  students. In this faculty, there are just over 1,600 students, of whom 10% belong to the  LGBTI . Related image.

Dutee Chand, India's First Openly  Gay  Athlete, Is Cosmopolitan's Latest Cover Girl -  Dutee Chand has been in the news of late, and perhaps for not the best of reasons. Dutee Chand, a national lever sprinter, who came out as  gay  in ...

Why I became a drag activist in South Korea -  Ahead of his first London show, Heezy Yang on growing up gay in South Korea and using drag and art to change attitudes towards  LGBTI  people.

... its morning session to add Bahrain's Dilmun Burial Mounds, the Budj Bim wetlands landscape formed by Australia's aboriginal Gunditjmara nation, ... View article...

The latest design omits the lion that represents the Duke of Wellington and Manaia, the Māori guardian. However, the guardians will still appear on ... View article...

ABC Indigenous producers Rudi Bremer (a Gamilaroi woman) and Yale MacGillivray (a Kalkadoon woman/Australian South Sea Islander) and ... View article...

In Logan, the event gains momentum each year attracting more people from different cultures curious to learn about Australia's first people. This year ... View article...

The Federal Court of Australia has applied the Australian Consumer Law to protect Indigenous Australian artistic designs by penalising a seller of ... View article...

As a young girl, she grew up in the small northern New South Wales ... Ms Larkin said Australia could learn from New Zealand, which has Maori ... View article...

Nominations remain open for Aboriginal Victorians to be part of Australia's first ... "Treaty is an opportunity for every single non-Indigenous person to ... View article...

Remote Aboriginal elderly people struggle in aged care a long way from ... inclusive picture of ageing: from the remote Top End to urban Australia". View article...

... indigenous Māori people and for the European settlers who followed them. ... However, it was Northland New Zealand's unique blend of natural and ... View article...

In 2018, Kaloti founded a radical antifascist organization called Love Aotearoa Hate Racism (Aotearoa is the indigenous Māori people's name for New ... View article...

The party, named Coalition NZ, is led by Hannah Tamaki, wife of Destiny's ... NZ is being played by Jevan Goulter, formerly a member of the Maori ... View article...

New Zealand's being urged to drop HIV-related travel restrictions by two United Nations organisations. UNAIDS and the UN Development programme ... View article...

He noted that there were "economic causes" for the refugee crisis, including US corporations "putting Third World farmers out of business" with unfair ... View article...

New Zealand decider's a battle of nerves but few can match England when we .... I've got some Maori inspired ink and a silver fern tattoo on my arm. View article...

While the Silver Fern and Māori culture still make the AUT study list, some additions are more contentious. These include, New Zealand wine, Bluff ... View article...

​Māori words and phrases such as haka, Pākehā, kia ora, kai moana, and kia kaha have made their way into English and Twitter is probably ... View article...

Australia  Is Closing The  Gay -Straight HIV Gap -  Recent  Australian  research revealed good news around HIV prevention.  Gay  and bisexual men are driving a sharp decline in new HIV transmissions ...

Prostestors show their solidarity for  LGBTI  + Istanbul Pride march -  For Freedom in England and to show their support for those in Turkey the Mesopotamian and Anatolian Queer group protested in front of the Turkish ...

Powerful portraits and statements from Brazil's black and  LGBTI  community -  It's no secret that Brazil has severe issues with discrimination. Last year 320 people were murdered in homophobic and transphobic attacks, not ...

Tbilisi Pride postponed, activists fly rainbow flag above anti- LGBTI  rally -  Tbilisi Pride was due to take place today (8 July) but was prevented from going ahead. This is the second attempt for local  LGBTI  activists who have ...

Meet the trans woman headed to the US Supreme Court for being unfairly fired -  This is one of three  LGBTI  employment discrimination cases being reviewed by SCOTUS - its most significant  LGBTI  rights ruling since marriage ...

Scottish teen who stated there are only two genders is barred from school -  Last year, Scotland had  LGBTI -inclusive education embedded within its curriculum, the first in the world to do so. According to a friend, Murray had ...

Cicilline Statement on Pompeo's Anti-Women, Anti- LGBTI  Commission -    Last month, the U.S. House approved an amendment blocking funding for Secretary of State Mike Pompeo's so-called “Commission ...

Rainbow flag burned outside a black-owned gay bar in NYC for the second time -  For the second time in a little over a month, a rainbow flag was burned outside a black-owned  LGBTI  bar in New York City. The Alibi Lounge in Harlem ...

The Budj Bim Cultural Landscape, near Portland, became the first in Australia to receive World Heritage status for its Aboriginal cultural importance ... View article...

Disney Channel has partnered with creator Media Farm and First Languages Australia to produce an Indigenous language series, Spread the Word. View article...

"And to be truly relevant to the Australia we live in now as a fully inclusive Australia, we need to have more Australian Indigenous plants in our food. View article...

Born to Sparkle has worked with local Indigenous Elders to create a First ... Annually in July, NAIDOC Week celebrations are held across Australia. View article...

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples currently have poorer health outcomes and higher rates of disability than non-Indigenous Australians of ... View article...

As a Worrorra woman from Derby, in the Kimberly region of Western Australia, Vinka grew up in the Aboriginal community of Mowanjum. "The end ... View article...

We have adopted the Reflect model from Reconciliation Australia. ... for the voices of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples to be heard. View article...

Budj Bim, in Victoria state, is the first site in Australia to receive World Heritage status solely for its Aboriginal cultural importance. Nineteen other World ... View article...

Despite having one of the highest Māori population in the country, Northland iwi leaders say the lack of representation in the council means Māori ... View article...

Crown Forestry is investing $5 million in joint ventures with two Bay of Plenty Māori land trusts to plant more than 200,000 trees this season. The first ... View article...

This year's hui is hosted by Ngāti Kahungunu and the theme is 'Ko te amorangi ki mua ko te hapai o ki muri,' there are many learnings from the past to ... View article...

"It brings Crown Forestry's investment in the Bay of Plenty to $6.3 million and takes the total number of joint ventures in New Zealand to 25, totaling ... View article...

TOURISM New Zealand marked the Maori new year in Kuala Lumpur with a unique fusion lunch prepared by Malaysian celebrity chef James Won. View article...

"It brings Crown Forestry's investment in the Bay of Plenty to $6.3 million and takes the total number of joint ventures in New Zealand to 25, totalling ... View article...

A festival celebrating the New Zealand Maori new year aims to unite the broader community at Williamstown this month. Matariki Festival organiser ... View article...

Māori communities across New Zealand are connecting with veganism. Kirsty Dunn, a University of Canterbury doctoral scholar, has conducted ... View article...

Malaysian rights groups call out state for anti- LGBTI  actions -  Evidence of state-sponsored violence and discrimination against  LGBTI  people in Malaysia has been documented and established, a coalition of ...