Stigmabase | Australia - New Zealand

A Port Macquarie Indigenous leader has described the potential timeline around Indigenous recognition as "too long". Australians will have the ... View article...

There hasn't been such overwhelming anger from Māori since the foreshore and seabed issue. Hundreds packed an Auckland venue last weekend to ... View article...

The awards, led by Hutt Valley DHB's Māori Health Team, celebrated everything our people do to improve whānau experience, eliminate health ... View article...

It may be known worldwide as Lake Tekapo but one historic feature on the lake held on to the destination's traditional Māori name, Takapō. View article...

The opening of the fourth inquiry into the actions of the Ministry for Children was a watershed moment in New Zealand's history that set in motion plans ... View article...

Tamaki Makaurau Tumahai after flooding at the Okahu Bay church and urupā in 2017. Coastal Māori communities will be hit hard by climate change ... View article...

Waikato District Council has given support for Māori representation on council committees, with mayor Allan Sanson saying the move has been "a ... View article...

Meanwhile, the Flying Fijians were hosted to the traditions of the Maori's in New Zealand. Captain Dominiko Waqaniburotu says it's important for ... View article...

Praise flows for record of Maori pioneer battalion .... An article on Whitiki featured in a recent NZ Listener, with writer Peter Calder calling the book "a ... View article...

Russian city allows, then bans, Pride parade as 'children might see it' -  Nikolay Alexeev, a  LGBTI  rights activist in Russia, said the Tomsk region city parade was scheduled for 24 July. 'Strezhevoy may become the first town ...

Oxfam under attack in Senegal for defending  LGBTI  people -  Members of the Islamic Front for the Defense of Ethic Values protest in Senegal in April 2009 about the release of nine gay men who were jailed for ...

Pride journeys are now part of London Transport Museum's  LGBTI  project -  Fam from being an isolated incident, anti- LGBTI  verbal and physical abuse is on the rise in the UK. Ahead of this year's Pride in London, a bisexual ...

Australia  tried to suppress interview with a  gay  refugee: 'Do you drink cum?' -  Australia's  government tried to suppress an interview with a  gay  refugee that contained 'highly inappropriate' questions. Asylum officials asked a ...

 There was a queer marriage in Final Fantasy IX 19 years ago -  Queer characters in video games is often considered a new idea – something modern to welcome  LGBTI  audiences. But, in Final Fantasy IX, which ...

Man fined after refusing to apologise for anti-gay flyers -  Tasmania's Supreme Court has fined a man who refused to publicly apologise for distributing anti-gay flyers. James Durston distributed the flyer titled ...

Comedian perfectly responds to concerns books on gay people turn kids gay -  British comedian Joe Lycett had the perfect response to people concerned about books on  LGBTI  people turning kids gay. It came about after BBC ...

Time is running out to have your say in EU survey for  LGBTI  people -  Time is running out to lend your voice to the EU's new survey for  LGBTI  people. The research is being conducted by the European Union Agency for ...

1970-ies in Australia is the "boom" of flared pants, disheveled hair, ... the campaign for aboriginal rights to land and the liberation movement of gays. View article...

The nation's first indigenous Minister for Indigenous Australians must ... of Aboriginal people in our nation's founding document but delivers a practical ... View article...

The 13th Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair is proud to host over 70 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community Art Centres from across Australia, who ... View article...

The Flinders Ranges in South Australia are known for their rich Aboriginal history and now Barngarla woman Jonas Dare and Wiradjuri woman Jaja ... View article...

Indigenous Australians Minister Ken Wyatt was contacted for comment but referred the request to the federal government's new National Indigenous ... View article...

In Ninga Mia, on the doorstep of Australia's largest open cut gold mine, ... Mr Wyatt, cousin to the Federal Minister for Indigenous Australians, Ken ... View article...

Thank goodness Indigenous Australians Minister Ken Wyatt has been brave and blunt enough in his comments ("Get real, Wyatt tells urban ... View article...

"Soon you will be pushing out Australia's first set of Indigenous emojis, made by young people on Arrernte country in Mparntwe/Alice Springs," the post ... View article...

Of the 69 cases identified in the audit, which has been published in the New Zealand Medical Journal, 64 (93 per cent) of all cases were Māori; four ... View article...

The New Zealand Maori Under-20 manager is predicting a real Fijian style of play when his side play the curtain-raiser to the Māori All Blacks game in ... View article...

New Zealand Maori, who had lost just one of their previous 25 matches, get a shot at redemption when the teams meet again in Rotorua this week. View article...

An inquiry into Oranga Tamariki was launched by a powerhouse of Māori leaders at a packed hui in Mangere this weekend . The inquiry is one of four ... View article...

Last year, 41-year-old mother-of-three Wiki Mulholland was diagonosed with advanced breast cancer. Since then Wiki and her husband Malcolm have ... View article...

Organisations that incorporate te reo Māori in their workplaces benefit from increased job satisfaction, new research from Auckland University of ... View article...

Google can now recognise written te reo Māori and translate it instantly into more than 100 different languages. Before, the machine translation ... View article...

An iwi leader is suing the Government over its "failure" to protect Māori from climate change and wants the courts to force dramatic action ... View article...

Notorious Republican homophobe, William Dannemeyer, has died -  William Dannemeyer, who spent 14 years in Congress undermining  LGBTI  rights and protections, has passed away. He was 89 years old. He served ...

Birds Of Prey will feature a same-sex couple and fans are here for it -  The stand-alone movie on Margot Robbie's bisexual Harley Quinn features yet another  LGBTI  character. Lesbian policewoman Renee Montoya, ...

These tech companies continue to donate to anti- LGBTI  politicians -  a group of 30  LGBTI  advocates sent a letter to dozens of tech companies, urging them to stop donating to anti- LGBTI  ...

LGBT people are more likely to develop dementia -  One in seven  LGBTI  Americans reported confusion or memory problems that have been getting worse over the past year compared to one in ten in the ...

Stonewall announces top global employers for 2019 -  The attendees will hear from four speakers throughout the night: Dann Bross from the Partnership for Global  LGBTI  Equality, Glenroy Muray from ...

Working towards a more inclusive world -  It's important for those who are not able to 'come out', it's important for those who believe 'there are no  LGBTI  people in this area/workplace' and it is ...

At Uber, we want to create a workplace that is inclusive and reflects the diversity of the communities ... -  Almost a year after the decriminalisation of homosexuality in India by a Supreme Court ruling, India maintained its past position by abstaining from a ...

I'm the  gay  grandson of a persecuted Jew; freedom of religion is not freedom to harm -  A few months ago, while researching my family history, I came across a letter addressed to my grandfather, Walter Mankiewicz, from his employer, the ...

In New Zealand, the Treaty of Waitangi is broadly accepted as an agreement offering solutions to policy failure. It protects the Māori right to ... View article...

Two years after the Australian government rejected a landmark plan to officially recognize indigenous people in the country's Constitution, a top ... View article...

An Indigenous academic in Bendigo says the federal government should work towards establishing a treaty with Indigenous Australians before ... View article...

In Australia's 2016 census, 160 Indigenous languages were reported to be spoken at home, but only 13 of those languages are still spoken by ... View article...

Indigenous Australians Minister Ken Wyatt says he will not "rush it" this time as the successful 1967 referendum was "a result of tireless advocacy and ... View article...

The 2020 Australian Paralympic Team uniform features an Indigenous design representing Australia's eight States and Territories, created by ... View article...

Mr Wyatt pledged to put the question of Indigenous constitutional recognition to Australians in a referendum within the next three years, ... View article...

Most voters support recognising indigenous Australians in the constitution ... Indigenous Australians Minister Ken Wyatt has committed to holding a ... View article...

Māori leaders have issued a call to action after a video emerged of Oranga Tamariki attempting to uplift a baby in Hawke's Bay. A wide cross-section of ... View article...

Māori language advocate Dame Iritana Tawhiwhirangi says Māori need to stop working for government agencies, and operating within western ... View article...

A Hastings community pharmacy's project to improve asthma management in a group of Māori and Pacific children has left everyone breathing easier. View article...

But Treaty of Waitangi lecturer Hemopereki Simon said his actions illustrated an on-going ignorance in New Zealand that needed to be addressed. View article...

A tobacco company is targeting Māori with its new e-cigarette because it wants to make ... Youth addiction worry as high-nicotine vape JUUL to hit NZ. View article...

There is one new name for each of the seasons: Raumati (Summer), Koanga (Spring), Hо̄toke (Winter) and Ngahuru (Autumn), as well as Te Puna ... View article...

A talk on the wisdom of the Maramataka, or Māori lunar calendar, promises to be thought-provoking and enlightening. Rereata Makiha (Te ... View article...

After being selected at a competition for Māori designers, Erana Kaa will be showing her work at New Zealand Fashion Week in August. Kaa, who is ... View article...

India's first ever  LGBTI  job fair draws a crowd over 250 in Bangalore -  An  LGBTI  job fair, billed by organizers as the first such event in India, attracted more than 250 people on Friday looking for employment with ...

LGBTI  groups urge the Church of England to 'follow the Methodist's lead' -  Anglican  LGBTI  groups are calling for the Church of England to follow the example set by the Methodist Church in its acceptance of same-sex ...

How much is too much talk about sex? This French philosopher believes we're overdoing it -  She says it's not about attaching shame to sex — there are many, like the  LGBTI  community and people with disabilities, whose lives were much more ...

Spain's far-right party wants the private data of  LGBTI  people and groups -  Spain's ultra right wing political party, Vox , is trying to track down the names and information of people linked to the  LGBTI  organization, COGAM.

Why we need UK Black Pride and why it was so amazing -  Lady Phyll is the co-founder and director UK Black Pride. She is also the incoming executive director of Kaleidescope Trust making her the first black ..

Student who tied red rope around his genitals during Pride fined -  Hong Kong has limited rights for  LGBTI  people. But high-level courts have recently made some historic rulings in favor of the  LGBTI  community.

Intel and Uber among participants in India's first job fair for  LGBTI -  An  LGBTI  job fair, the first such event in India, attracted more than 250 people on Friday looking for employment with companies like.

'I'm sorry': Zodwa Wabantu apologises for recent homophobic comments -  Entertainer and media personality, Zodwa Wabantu, has used her reality TV show as a platform from which to apologise for anti-gay statements made ...

In those two minutes, the emotions of our story, as Indigenous Australians, welled up in me. It's hard to express what I actually felt and what it meant to ... View article...

In the Munga Thirri-Simpson Desert, an ancient oasis and habitation site of Aboriginal people has been rediscovered after being lost for more than a ... View article...

The program bridging the gap to get more Indigenous students into university .... Universities Australia's Indigenous strategy aims to boost this figure, ... View article...

In the near future, Australians will be able to send emoji-filled messages featuring boomerangs, the Aboriginal flag and other visual representations of ... View article...

The Coalition party room is split over the plan to introduce an Indigenous voice to parliament announced by Minister for Indigenous Australians Ken ... View article...

Former Nationals leader Barnaby Joyce believes giving more Senate representation to regional Australia is a better way to boost indigenous ... View article...

Batemans Bay Aboriginal women celebrates her first job – on the bridge ... for its commitment to recognising and respecting Australia's indigenous ... View article...

This week is NAIDOC Week 2019 – dedicated to celebrating the history, culture and achievements of Australia's Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander ... View article...

Educators need to throw out a "broken system" that has repeatedly been shown to fail Māori learners, a former principal says. Keri Milne-Ihimaera was ... View article...

A Palmerston North family are at the front of the line to make a submission to a select committee inquiry into Māori healthcare, but the size of the soap ... View article...

Te reo Māori card game Tākaro moves into production after kickstarter .... There has been a lot of interest in retailers around New Zealand stocking ... View article...

Waatea Leads Livestream Broadcast of Historic Māori-led Inquiry on Oranga Tamariki. Award-winning broadcaster, Waatea has been selected by ... View article...

A Maori Women's Welfare League past president says Maori problems need Maori solutions. Dame Areta Kopu hopes some of those solutions will ... View article...

For centuries, the Tainui tribes of the Māori cultivated massive gardens here. Even after European contact, they grew crops for themselves and to sell ... View article...

According to him, a Māori garden was always on the menu. ... To grow kūmara in cold, rainy New Zealand, Puke notes, the gardeners of yore mixed ... View article...

Jean Te Huia Māori Midwives Aotearoa CEO shared her experience and honest opinion of the failing realities of the agency Oranga Tamariki, inflicted ... View article...

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HIV rates among Singaporean  gay  men drop as PrEP uptake increases -  Australia's  not alone in reporting a big drop in the number of new cases of HIV – Singapore has also just released figures showing a significant ...

Acceptance of same-sex relationships falls in the UK -  Fifteen percent described themselves as 'very' or 'a little' prejudiced against transgender people.  LGBTI  rights activist Peter Tatchell told The Guardian ...