Stigmabase | Australia - New Zealand

... Aboriginal group, the Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung Cultural Heritage Aboriginal Corporation. “There are few specialists in this area and therefore there ... View article...

... Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Nurses and Midwives, Janine has been at the forefront of championing cultural safety.  View article...

ACT Minister for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs Rachel Stephen-Smith said reconciliation was about building an understanding of First ... View article...

... Aboriginal communities," he said. "The enrolments are only the start of their pathway and the real success is going to come from the students ... View article...

Goods exports by Māori authorities were down $28 million to $150m, with milk powder, butter and cheese exports falling 13 per cent on the previous ... View article...

Whanganui iwi leader Ken Mair says there's a strong desire by Māori around the country to take action against the coalition Government's plans. View article...

Historically, there's been speculation about whether a continent known as Zealandia or Te Riu-a-Māui in the Māori language exists. According to TN ... View article...

The Maori community, having endured colonisation, land dispossession, and cultural suppression, remains at the forefront of these historical struggles ... View article...

The Australian War memorial recently announced it will extend its exhibition to recognise the Frontier Wars, where Aboriginal resistance fighters ... View article...

Federal Court dismisses claims that pipeline will endanger Aboriginal cultural heritage sites. View article...

Ms Angus and her brother Bolo Angus are among Indigenous tourist operators whose ancestral lands are on the vast Aboriginal Lands Trust estate ... View article...

Learn about the health disparities faced by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in Australia, and the urgent need to address these ... View article...

Paul Diamond, the Curator for Māori at the Alexander Turnbull Library in Wellington says these images have the potential to help give context to ... View article...

Kairangahau Māori Erina Wehi-Barton says, “We're being strategic with our riparian planting so not only does the whenua gather the nutrients and ... View article...

In December, the Kiingitanga called a nationwide hui over fears of the coalition government's plans for Māori . Iwi across the country are set to ... View article...

For Te Ture it is to affirm the status of the Māori language as the indigenous language of New Zealand, as a taonga of iwi and Māori , as a language ... View article...

A new health care education program developed in rural Western Australia is breaking down communication barriers between clinicians and Aboriginal  ... View article...

She chose the University of British Columbia because it had the most available courses in Aboriginal law. UBC also had an exchange program through ... View article...

The grandmother is lauded as a 'pioneer in First Nations Australia literature in South Australia' and was considered to be the first Aboriginal female ... View article...

An Australian Indigenous Astronomy spokesperson said First Nations people were the oldest astronomers in the world. " Aboriginal and Torres Strait ... View article...

The Maori Haka is actually a ceremonial war dance. Hana Rawhiti Maipi Clarke claims to be a guardian of the Maori language in New Zealand. Here is a ... View article...

Māori daily smoking rates remain 2.5 times that of non- Māori at 17 per cent. The 2022-2023 Health Survey results for Pacific peoples are inconclusive ... View article...

"For us as iwi Māori in place we've always known it as Waimarino. "National Park, it's not a name as such, it's just an acknowledgement of the two ... View article...

... Maori and Pacific peoples, promoting vaping as the main tobacco control ... It said Maori daily smoking rates remain 2.5 times that of non- Maori at 17 ... View article...

The Labour government's plan to open up remote Aboriginal communities to individual home ownership is an important step toward improving the ... View article...

... Aboriginal sculptures reflecting the cycle of life and death. The London-based gallery's newest exhibition is also about a place and a space for ... View article...

Two incidents at Alice Springs prison have highlighted conditions Aboriginal advocates and a union that represents corrections workers... View article...

A First Nation-owned health centre in Forster will benefit from a $46 million program to rebuild after last year's floods. View article...

Tourism New Zealand has partnered with six Māori tourism operators to help international audiences form a deeper connection with Māori culture. View article...

The Tiktoker comes in hot with the first of her unexpected shout outs to our indigenous foods, saying the she loves the traditional Māori  ... View article...

In the video posted on YouTube, he can be seen saying, "According to Maori practices and values, I will perform my functions and duties and ... View article...

“We do this to protect what has been hard-fought.” Morgan likened the high court action to an aukati (a line not to be crossed) set by the first Māori  ... View article...

The Heart Research Institute (HRI) is delighted to welcome the Djurali Centre for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Research and ... View article...

Aboriginal people have a long tradition of teaching and learning through sharing their connections with country, community, language and culture, and ... View article...

The Northern Australia Aboriginal Justice Agency says the “mass incarceration of Aboriginal people in over-crowded, hot prisons” contribut... View article...

... Aboriginal heritage, they see this as a divisive thing. “And so should anybody with any common sense. “This is not a way of bringing people together.” View article...

Calling all young aspiring Māori leaders. . . here is your chance to join the national Tuia Programme. The programme is designed to build ... View article...

In December, 5300 images and pictures relating to Māori were returned home to the National New Zealand Library after spending a decade in Los ... View article...

In a video uploaded to TikTok, the 'Epiphany' singer can be seen attempting to perform a portion of the Māori dance as part of his headline set. View article...

Whakatāne District Council has improved relationships with Māori but more work needs to be done just to keep up with legislative requirements and ... View article...

The statues were commissioned by the museum, after the 1925 Australian census declared Aboriginal people a "dying race". The statues, of a child ... View article...

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised this article contains the name and image of an Indigenous person who has died. View article...

... Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and communities after they graduate. Five ADA First Nations Study Grants of $5000 each are available ... View article...

Being part of the Aboriginal Talent Academy has opened doors that young allrounder James Eatt didn't… View article...

In a moment that captured the essence of cultural prowess, twenty-one-year-old Māori MP Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke, New Zealands youngest lawmaker ... View article...

Thousands of taonga images showing different aspects of Māori life from the early 20th century, including people and kaupapa connected to ... View article...

The Right Reverend Richard Wallace, a prominent figure in the Anglican Church and the Māori community, passed away. His life of service in the ... View article...

T-Pain left fans scratching their heads as the American rapper attempted to perform the traditional Maori dance during his JuicyFest set over the ... View article...

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures will be at the forefront when the Big Bash League's annual First Nations round gets under way. View article...

... Aboriginal Experiences, launched in 2018. “ Aboriginal guides will ensure a real connection to their place and open a door to a whole new ... View article...

Councillors in Kalgoorlie-Boulder have voted to proceed with public consultation for the sale of land in Broadwood, which includes an Aboriginal  ... View article...

Aboriginal people accounted for 88 per cent of domestic and family violence-related assault victim-survivors in the NT in 2021, 79 per cent of whom ... View article...

It emphasises Māori experiences, and each year's commemoration is hosted by different hapū and iwi. In 2023, for example, it focused on Ngai-te-rangi ... View article...

Dr Simmons says she and Dr Inder knew each other and both enjoyed serving vulnerable communities, complex patients and whānau Māori . Establishing a ... View article...

For services to Māori , literature and education. CNZM. To be Companions of the said Order: Mr Michael Francis Barnett, ONZM, of Auckland. For services ... View article...

Winston has also pointed out that Te Pāti Māori – which received only 3 per cent of the vote, about a fifth of the part- Maori population – does not ... View article...

There are concerns public access arrangements to a section of one of the state's longest walking tracks could be in jeopardy after an Aboriginal  ... View article...

The reforms were introduced in Victoria in November, and Wathaurong Aboriginal Cooperative has been providing outreach services for Aboriginal and ... View article...

Gerhardt Pearson has described the Peter Garrett-led push to secure Aboriginal consent for a World Heritage listing on the north Queensland ... View article...

Rio Tinto stumped up $125 million in backdated royalty payments to an Aboriginal group in the Pilbara and the mining giant is set to fork out ... View article...

James Wan's two Aquaman films give Arthur Curry a deeper cultural identity, with Jason Momoa playing a half- Māori version of the character, ... View article...

Shingles vaccine holds promise but effects on Maori a grey area ... New research has found that getting vaccinated against shingles could significantly ... View article...

Waitangi National Trust chair and iwi leader Pita Tipene, and new Treaty Negotiations Minister Paul Goldsmith on the Government's Māori policy agenda. View article...

As the year draws to a close, Waikato Herald is taking stock of 2023. What moved readers most? As part of a 12-day series, Waikato Herald reporter ... View article...

A decision to wind down a peak Aboriginal and Indigenous advisory body by the Howard government laid the foundations for the voice referendum two ... View article...

We are currently looking for an experienced individual with an exceptional knowledge of Aboriginal culture and communities to join the Museum and ... View article...

Locals of an affluent suburbs have been left stunned by a landmark Aboriginal land claim to take control of an area of a popular Sydney park. View article...

Aboriginal children in Victoria are about 21 times more likely to be placed in out-of-home care than non-Indigenous children. First Peoples are also ... View article...

... Māori folklore and hold cultural significance. The name Waitomo comes from the Māori words wai (water) and tomo (hole) and can be translated as ... View article...

Free water safety lessons in Southland and Otago are aimed at reducing the drowning rates of Māori while underwater kai gathering. View article...

Norm devoted much of his life to vigorously promoting improved health and social services for Māori , actively working with various community and ... View article...

The defaced steel sculpture Whatonga. Its phallus was removed on the night of December 30. The phallus on a prominent Māori sculpture in Te Āpiti – ... View article...

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AAHMS is committed to supporting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health and wellbeing: it is an objective that influences all our work. View article...

An Aboriginal man holding a carved wooden dog inside a workshed. ... In a small room beside an indoor basketball court, the digital age is colliding ... View article...

Aboriginal people made up 58.9 per cent of NSW's juvenile detention population at the end of June. In Barwon, children and teenagers aged between 10 ... View article...

Noel Pearson, an Aboriginal lawyer and land rights activist and a prominent supporter of the referendum, says Price was caught up in a “redneck ... View article...

... Māori tauira (students) who typically enter nursing at a later stage in life, often having families and increased responsibilities. "There is a ... View article...

Having lived experience of Māori environmental practices, naturally this piqued my curiosity to discover what holistic knowledge my Sāmoan ancestors ... View article...

Professor Vaughan Bidois, of Te Whare Wānanga o Awanuiārangi, says it is hard to believe that in 2023 we are having to justify the use of te reo Māori View article...

As well as capturing the high levels of abuse and threats directed at Māori women journalists, our survey documented ways in which the content of news ... View article...

... Aboriginal -specific primary healthcare services. “These racial ideologies, born through colonisation, continue to be reflected and perpetuated ... View article...

“It is overdue that well-meaning non- Aboriginal people step back and allow and support Aboriginal people to lead initiatives to improve the health and ... View article...

Native wildflowers are growing where there was once only dead grass. Thanks to the work of an Aboriginal ranger group, parts of one of Australia's ... View article...

A prominent Aboriginal body proposed a bold alternative to the Albanese government just four days after the Voice failed at the referendum. View article...

Now the 42-year-old high-performance lifestyle coach and businesswoman wants to inspire other Māori wāhine to overcome the odds and “get out there ... View article...

Lara hopes that te reo Māori will become the most spoken language in Aotearoa in her lifetime. I do not know Lara's age but I am 77 years old and ... View article...

Maori All Stars prop Shannon Mato has opened up on the decision to honour her heritage despite having represented Australia in two codes and why ... View article...

This thin record is featured in Pākehā Settlements in a Māori World: New Zealand Archaeology 1769-1860, a riveting and encyclopaedic catalogue by ... View article...

The North Australian Aboriginal Justice Agency is facing serious allegations of corruption and fraud, which the chief auditor is refusing to probe due ... View article...

The overwhelming rejection in a referendum on giving Indigenous groups a constitutional voice has many looking for ways to keep up the fight for ... View article...

They serve as one example of how Aboriginal land management techniques help country. After the 2019/20 fires, which damaged 5.5 million hectares ... View article...

A 46-year-old Aboriginal man has died in Casuarina Prison, a maximum security prison in Western Australia.The Department of Justice revealed on ... View article...

To really get to know New Zealand you have to encounter its indigenous Māori culture – luckily, there are countless ways to do so across the ... View article...

Tu Mai Taonga is led by local Māori , and is providing employment for young people, many of whom have never worked in conservation before. More from ... View article...

The 158-year-old Weeping Woman monument will be removed from Pākaitore after objections to its inscription condemning upriver Māori for ... View article...

The Covid hangover, cost-of-living crisis and crime-related issues all culminated in a mood for change in Auckland, Robertson says. In the Māori seats ... View article...

Merry Christmas 2023 — Our mission is to inform about stigma around the world and make the data collected accessible for researchers

Merry Christmas 2023 — Our mission is to inform about stigma around the world and make the data collected accessible for researchers