Stigmabase | Australia - New Zealand

Australia's largest Aboriginal legal service could be stripped of its funding amid a crisis that is seeing Indigenous people fronting court ... View article...

Aboriginal students will benefit from stability and connection in their schools thanks to a NSW Government initiative that has increased the ... View article...

An Aboriginal housing provider has helped launch one of the first purpose-built Elders' retirement villages in Australia. The Aboriginal Community ... View article...

A sad thing about our politicians' tributes to Aboriginal leader Lowitja O'Donoghue after her death last weekend is that they trashed a great ... View article...

Māori will be among the most impacted by the Government's cruel, irrational, and senseless plan to stop funding pre-sentencing background reports. View article...

Māori activist Mike Smith is celebrating a big win in his legal battle against what he calls New Zealand's "Polluting 7", including Fonterra, ... View article...

Many Maori leaders find the bill abhorrent and a re-casting of New Zealand's foundational promise, made back in 1840 when the treaty was signed ... View article...

In 2021, te Pāti Māori co-leader Rawiri Waititi questioned the dusty parliamentary dress code that deemed a European style tie “appropriate business ... View article...

A gay Aboriginal man on a work trip from Melbourne alleged race and sexual orientation discrimination when he complained to the hotel about his room ... View article...

... Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community. Elected Body members will have their paid time increased and will be supported by an independent ... View article...

Advocacy groups want legal changes after an adoption agency refused to consider an Aboriginal baby's aunt as a carer because she was in same-sex ... View article...

A study by The University of Western Australia has found disparities in cancer screenings for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in the. View article...

Thousands of people converged on Waitangi on Tuesday in the biggest turnout in decades. And in the words of Dame Whina Cooper, the star of these ... View article...

Criminalising Māori activists because of the museum's own inaccuracies is fundamentally wrong and racist. The action has generated extraordinary ... View article...

... Māori language in public services, and scrapping the Maori Health Authority and anti-smoking laws, among other issues. The coalition also ... View article...

More than 1000 people have marched into the treaty grounds at Waitangi on New Zealand's north island — the culmination of a week-long protest ... View article...

A year on from the return of alcohol bans in Aboriginal town camps and communities, progress on alcohol-related harm and violence remains an ... View article...

“Jumbunna has recent experience working in the ACT, where it led co-design work on the establishment of the ACT's first Aboriginal and Torres Strait ... View article...

The Tasmanian Aboriginal legal service is set to offer a new tailored bail support program to support Indigenous Tasmanians navigate the justice ... View article...

McCabes has unveiled an internship program that will be geared towards Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students. The program is intended to ... View article...

In a fiery exchange at the birthplace of modern New Zealand, Indigenous leaders on Monday strongly criticized the ... View article...

The post called for people to dress in black or white and to bring a white flag. The call was from Māori activist Tāme Iti, and of course, the people ... View article...

Maori protesters heckled senior members of New Zealand's conservative government Monday and decried plans to review an 1840 treaty that founded ... View article...

... leaders have rejected allegations they are degrading tino rangatiratanga, saying the proposed Treaty Principles Bill won't "delegitimise" Māori . View article...

Harnessing the positivity of social media and private forums may help young Aboriginal and Torres Strait men explore their mental ... View article...

... Aboriginal communities and homelands as the development phase of the project progresses. Investments will be aimed at improving community and ... View article...

The common names of Australian animals often originate in Aboriginal languages, and beneficially so. Continuing use of names such as kangaroo and ... View article...

Aboriginal people accused of crimes in one of Australia's most remote and dangerous communities may be forced to indefinitely represent themselves ... View article...

The Māori are the indigenous Polynesian people of mainland New Zealand, which is also known as Aotearoa. They are proud of their heritage and culture — so why would I be pushed by a Māori man over soap in New Zealand? View article...

The protagonists on the Māori side of our present governance-wars are rhetorically harking back to the more collectivist worldview of their ancestral ... View article...

An Invercargill city councillor revealed his disdain for the use of te reo Māori in names after making an incorrect assumption at a meeting. View article...

The Treaty of Waitangi Act does not define what the principles of the Treaty are but requires the Tribunal to consider both the English text and Māori  ... View article...

According to the 2021 Census, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people made up 3.7 per cent of serving Australian Defence Force personnel. "It's ... View article...

“ Aboriginal art is well known in Japan, but very few films directed by Indigenous people have been released in theaters here. We'd like more people in ... View article...

Opponents fear the licence poses a serious risk to Aboriginal culture and country. In November 2021, the NT government re-approved a licence to ... View article...

The Uluru Statement from the Heart accurately calls out the “obscene number” of young Aboriginal Australians in detention, the Chief Justice of ... View article...

A member of one of New Zealand's most prominent families of Māori rights activists is accused of having repeatedly raped, strangled and threatened ... View article...

Several health sector commentators say Dr Reti has indicated the powers of iwi Māori partnership boards (IMPBs) could be expanded, possibly with a ... View article...

Kelvin Davis is urging Māori to not back down as he accuses the coalition Government of seeking to undermine Te Tiriti o Waitangi through his ... View article...

Alison Heremaia is proud to be the only Māori candidate that has so far entered the national Mrs Aotearoa beauty pageant. View article...

The number of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people dying in police custody has doubled since 2007. View article...

... Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island students in higher education. Students spent the week experiencing university life, living near campus and ... View article...

... Aboriginal elders. The independent living units in Bedford Park, are being built with the assistance of a $3 million grant from the National ... View article...

... Aboriginal heritage, past, present and emerging. Master of ceremonies David Marshall said it was a day of celebration across Australia, filled ... View article...

Labour leader Chris Hipkins believes responsibility for the bill should not be left solely with David Seymour but with the whole government. View article...

... Maori Party was up 2.5% points to 5%. The slump should surprise no one, this is the worst start of any Government in modern NZ history! Who had ... View article...

In December support for the defeated Labour-Greens- Maori Party Parliamentary Opposition was at 42.5%, up 6.5% points from November. Support for Labour ... View article...

NZ First MP Shane Jones joined our show today for his interview with us for the year to discuss what took place in Rātana last week, where Māori  ... View article...

... Aboriginal Association. “ Aboriginal community members and non-Indigenous allies advocated for an alternative date to be chosen for Australia's ... View article...

Hunters will face mandatory Aboriginal cultural awareness training and tougher penalties as part of a plan to allow duck and quail hunting to ... View article...

Two Aboriginal children without visas or passports are trapped in the child protection system in England while Australian authorities try to work ... View article...

Current Governor General David Hurley's term concludes in mid-2024, and Prime Minister Albanese was reportedly due to give his suggestions by ... View article...

Walking routes made by Māori navigators and traders were used by early colonial settlers across Aotearoa. Before becoming a historian, Toth briefly ... View article...

... Maori . I feel the level of racism is those groups is getting out of ... Maori issues and by and large, I still feel that way. I can however make ... View article...

Niwa joined the orthotics department at Taranaki Base Hospital straight out of school, about a year ago. He was one of five young Māori who were ... View article...

... Maori and focus on the real issues like heightened poverty, displacement and extreme homelessness. "When the essence of who you are is being ... View article...

The Victorian Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation is encouraging Aboriginal communities to connect with family and friends, ... View article...

“The theme of the 2023 round was 'Our Story' which represents the many elements of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander culture shared ... View article...

The Sydney Opera House is lit up in an Aboriginal artistic design. The Sydney Opera House was last year lit up at dawn in the artwork of Kamilaroi ... View article...

Non-Indigenous psychologists can provide psychological support to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples experiencing intergenerational ... View article...

The couple, Rachel and Jacob* had several children who were born into a predominantly Māori -speaking home and were educated in kōhanga reo ( Māori  ... View article...

Celebrations to mark the 151th birthday of the prophet and founder of the Rātana faith has concluded with whakamoemiti and a visit by the Ainu ... View article...

Jones is encouraging Māori to debate him at Waitangi next month, especially those who heckled him at Rātana on Wednesday. They had been disrespectful ... View article...

Pioneering Māori artist and broadcaster Selwyn Muru, best known for creating Waharoa, the wooden gateway that stands in Auckland's Aotea Square, ... View article...

More law firms are launching cadetships for Aboriginal law students, but experts caution such programs must be tailored to First Nations ... View article...

Few could comprehend the pressures on this young Aboriginal woman, thrust into the public eye when race relations dominated political discourse. View article...

Prior to academia, Ms Hilland advocated on behalf of Indigenous people to assert Aboriginal rights in respect to environmental issues. She was ... View article...

Using the Aboriginal name for an area isn't as simple as, say, calling Melbourne "Naarm". Here's why finding the right name is more complex. View article...

There's a warning the coalition Government's approach to Māori policy is making life tough for Maori public servants. Bill Te Huia Hamilton, ... View article...

"At a time when Te Ao Māori are rising up to challenge colonial oppression on our own shores this is a perfect example of how our colonial status in ... View article...

“Two of the main kaupapa at the forefront of te iwi Māori is Te Tiriti o Waitangi and te reo. I think this is what unifies our people, no matter who ... View article...

Some 10,000 people answered the Māori King's call to gather for a unified response to government policies affecting Māori and Te Tiriti o Waitangi ... View article...

January 26 is not a day for celebration. We should be celebrating 65000 years of rich Aboriginal culture as our ancient culture is a gift for all ... View article...

Bruny Island ferry passengers have this summer been greeted by a stunning Aboriginal art installation which captures the dreaming stories of the ... View article...

Community groups and organisations across South Australia have been awarded grants of up to $15,000 for projects that seek to minimise the prevalence of suicide. View article...

Aboriginal men and women die more than eight years earlier than non-Indigenous Australians, according to ABS data. View article...

The authority would be replaced by Māori directorates within Health NZ and the Ministry of Health. Reti stopped short of saying he would reintroduce ... View article...

... the leadership capability of young Māori across Aotearoa New Zealand. Founded by the Mayors' Taskforce for Jobs (MTFJ), the annual Tuia ... View article...

A new study has found elderly Māori are less likely to live in squalor than their Pākeha contemporaries. The Public Health Communication Centre ... View article...

Gerrard Albert says the turnout of thousands of people on Saturday to the Hui-ā-Motu called by Kiingi Tuheitia came as no surprise. View article...

... Aboriginal communities. "We're very concerned about the secrecy, we're all about openness and transparency, about all of Victoria being involved ... View article...

... Aboriginal Art showing Gwion Gwion Bradshaw figures and Wandjina rock art depictions of the Kimberley Region in Western Australia”. Adobe allows ... View article...

... Aboriginal Australians living in Central Australia. 'Our story - the On Country journey of remote stroke', led by Dr Anna Holwell from Alice ... View article...

The Victorian shadow minister for Aboriginal Affairs says he is personally comfortable if Treaty was to fall over in the state as a result of the ... View article...

“The hui of te iwi Māori katoa (all Māori people) and talk about kotahitanga (unity) - we certainly saw that up in Turangawaewae. These are some ... View article...

Hawke's Bay leaders say if a conversation on the Treaty is what Parliament wants, then that conversation now has the potential to empower Māori , ... View article...

Government faces potential challenges over Māori issues following National Unity Hui, amid debate over the Prime Minister's absence and leaked ... View article...

It can also transcribe bilingual speech using English and te reo with 82% accuracy. They're pivotal tools, made by and for the Māori people, that are ... View article...

Paddy Gibson spoke to Indigenous activist Ray Peckham about the fight against segregation and the Aboriginal Welfare Board, and how trade unions ... View article...

One of Australia's largest supermarket chain has been forced to clarify its commitment to fly Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander flags. View article...

The Federal Court giveth, and the Federal Court taketh away. Judge Natalie Charlesworth’s decision this week to permit construction of Santos’ Barossa gas pipeline was a rare defiance of one of the most important trends in Australian law of the past three decades: the embrace of Aboriginal mythology. View article...

The largest state in Australia, and the second largest in the world, Western Australia has opened itself up to be the new tourism destination for Indian travellers. With new attractions, hotels, and a brand new stadium ... View article...

Hikitia Ropata, chair of the Porirua-based Āti Awa Toa Hauora Iwi Māori Partnership Board, says with the Government likely to soon begin pushing ... View article...

Taki Rua Productions has seen many heavy hitter Māori movie stars over its history. Now the national Māori performing arts company is the focus of ... View article...

Papakangahorohoro” is the traditional Māori name for the area. Resuidents object to the te reo option saying it's too long. View article...

The UN challenge comes with Māori poised to converge on Tūrangawaewae this weekend to answer Kīngi Tūheitia's call for a united, independent ... View article...

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people should be aware that this ... In response, the Australian Museum commissioned three statues of 'full blood' ... View article...

Mr Cuimara, also the founder of Aboriginal Men's Healing Service in Newman, spearheads the push for justice reinvestment funding in the town. "The old ... View article...

This case was brought by Ms Kwementyaye Young, an elderly First Nations woman living in residential premises in the Aboriginal community of Ltyentye ... View article...

... Aboriginal people do support the voice”, there have been “ Aboriginal communities who have felt voiceless” during the campaign efforts to appeal to ... View article...