Stigmabase | Australia - New Zealand

Australia's policymakers must address the cultural and institutional barriers that exist for Indigenous Australians instead of framing them as a problem ... View article...

Bringing the experience, knowledge and wisdom of Indigenous Australians to bear on the policies and laws that affect them and their communities will ... View article...

"Indigenous Australians have been historically excluded from water rights and now have very little control over water use. This new study showed firm ... View article...

A Māori woman is accusing craft store Lincraft of racial profiling, after she was accused of stealing cross-stitch from one of its shops in Christchurch. View article...

... we had to write it so that anyone outside of New Zealand would know what a ... "When you think about the barriers to completing a degree for Māori ... View article...

... converged at a Saskatchewan powwow when a New Zealand softball team performed the haka, a traditional dance of that country's Māori people. View article...

The awards, led by Hutt Valley DHB's Māori Health Team, celebrated ... with the rising of the Matariki (star cluster) marking the Māori New Year. View article...

for the maori yacht, designer marco ciampa built on his 2017 model maori yacht 54ft , and built on its horizontal aesthetic to make the design even ... View article...

Another long-term commitment for our Government is to create more opportunities for all New Zealanders to learn te reo Māori. That's a core value for ... View article...

It's no secret that New Zealanders squeal in glee at the mere mention of their homeland, so the presence of a Māori character was sure to set off ... View article...

Managing Director of Te Kōhao Health Lady Tureiti Moxon told TVNZ1's Breakfast no child should ever be removed from their families. Source: ... View article...

Zambia president won't budge on gay rights even for international aid -  It is not the first time Lungu declared his firm stance on  LGBTI  rights. During his election campaign in 2014, he said no amount of money would force ...

Russian president Vladimir Putin called trans people 'transformers' -  When Russia's president, Vladimir Putin called trans people 'transformers' a Russian  LGBTI  organization decided to school him. Putin went head to ...

IKEA brings its rainbow pride bags to  Australia -  IKEA  Australia's  people and culture manager Richard Harries said the ... Spencer sold a Lettuce, Guacamole, Bacon and Tomato ( LGBT ) sandwich.

80% of Singaporeans agree  LGBTI  people face discrimination -  80% of Singaporeans agree  LGBTI  people face discrimination. Pink Dot 2019 calling for the repeal of the law which criminalizes male homosexual sex ...

The First  LGBTI  Film To Win Hearts Of People Travelling In Emirates Flights -  Evening Shadows is a 2018 Indian Hindi-language drama film directed by Sridhar Rangayan. The film depicts the story of  LGBTI . The film that ...

LGBTQI people under-reporting mental illness due to 'distrust and fear', royal commission told -  Until we reduce the stigma of being  LGBTI , people won't record that in their suicide stats," the commissioner said. "Why don't we ask about ...

Israeli education minister now says conversion therapy is 'wrong' -  Those comments provoked condemnation from  LGBTI  rights groups. Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu also criticized the comments.

Government to fund gender affirming surgeries in Indian state -  LGBTI  advocates have argued the bill restricts, rather than protects transgender people's rights. 'In the name of empowering us, this bill further ...

And what drew you to the area of economic independence for Aboriginal ... I have been able to lift my gaze from the Australian context to the global ... View article...

Emojis are set to become more inclusive than ever with a new set of Emojis that will see Indigenous Australians cultures celebrated and recognised. View article...

I am ashamed, as I hope many fair minded Australians are, at the Prime Minister's weak-kneed response to the Minister for Aboriginal Affairs Ken ... View article...

AS THE monster flu season rages on, health professionals are urging indigenous Australians to get vaccinated. Galangoor Duwalami Primary Health ... View article...

The Queensland Government has committed to starting a conversation about a pathway to an Indigenous treaty, but says it could be years before ... View article...

The opening night ceremonies were enhanced with a dance and song performance by a visiting troupe of Maori media personalities including Peter ... View article...

Last week, many Australians participated in NAIDOC Week – an annual event which celebrates the history, culture and achievements of Aboriginal ... View article...

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 ...