For the first time in Aotearoa, a new study announced by Mike King will look into the final letters or messages left by victims of suicide to find answers as to why so many New Zealander’s are taking their lives.
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Mental health services receive $6m boost
$6 million will be made available for underfunded mental health services at 22 general practices and one kaupapa Māori provider across seven DHBs. The Prime Minister and the Minister of Health made the announcement today as part of the government's first major investment in primary mental health for Budget 2019.
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Boxer to break world record to raise awareness about mental health
Albie Roebeck is preparing to break a Guinness World Record of the Longest Punchbag Marathon to raise awareness about mental health.
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Changing the mental health discourse with ‘Mahi a Atua’
Consultant psychiatrist Dr Diana Kopua is calling for a stronger focus on indigenous knowledge in mental health, pointing to recent provisional health statistics that show disproportionately high rates of Māori suicide. Kopua delivered a keynote address to the Māori Law Society at their annual conference in Wellington.
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Māori family spreads mental health awareness, through skateboarding
Skate to Live is an initiative that aims to use skateboarding as a means to combat anxiety and depression amongst men and women of all ages - a kaupapa that sits close to home with the Henare whānau.
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Dealing with mental health among Māori men outdoors
After losing family and friends to suicide and having a close call himself, Travis Tawera is helping other Māori men through depression and anxiety by enabling them to re-connect to the land and sea through hunting, diving, and fishing.
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Tower De Force for mental health awareness
Military and emergency response services have taken part in a Tour De Force multi-discipline challenge to raise funds for mental health awareness.
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Northland and East Coast addiction services to benefit in Wellbeing Budget
A record $1.9 billion dollars is to be invested in mental health services, with $200m set aside to improve mental health facilities.
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NewsPM: “When our children do better, we all do better”
Today’s Budget is being firmly aimed at taking social issues that affect families in low-income situations, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has announced.
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Bullying and harassment systemic in parliament- Report
The report into bullying and harassment in parliament has found that such behaviour is systemic, normalised and extends from violent behaviour through to sexual harassment and assault.
