Disabled people's embodied and emotional geographies of (not)belonging in Aotearoa New Zealand.

This article addresses embodied and emotional geographies of (not)belonging for disabled people in Aotearoa New Zealand. The concept of 'embodied belonging' is used to show that bodies, things, place and space intersect in complex ways to produce contradictory feeling of (not)belonging in 'disability spaces'. Disability spaces can offer a direct challenge to ableism and create feelings of belonging for disabled people.

Infant oral mutilation - a child protection issue?

Infant oral mutilation (IOM) is a primitive traditional practice involving the 'gouging out' of an infant's healthy primary tooth germs. This can lead to transmission of blood-borne diseases such as HIV/ AIDS, septicaemia and death. Other complications include eradication and/ or malformation of the child's permanent dentition.