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Perspective / BY Frances Valintine CNZM

AI and Mental Wellbeing

6 min read

AcademyEX founder and futurist Frances Valintine CNZM says It is crucial that we adopt an optimistic approach to technology, and mental wellbeing. Technology provides a pathway to a vision of empowerment, improved health, and societal enrichment.

AI and Mental Wellbeing

Put a cork in it

Opinion / BY Lotta Dann

Put a cork in it

1 min read

Lotta Dann, Blueprint for Learning project lead wants to see a curb on alcohol marketing.It’s about the message that’s being sent that it’s a household staple, normalised and acceptable to purchase daily and harmless to put into your trolly.

Legally Harmful

Opinion / BY Fiona Trevelyan

Legally Harmful

2 min read

Odyssey House CEO Fiona Trevelyan Highlights the Economic Realities of New Zealand’s Most Harmful Legal High

INNOVATION

Randoms Stole Our Language: Is It Time to Redefine Our Words?

Innovation / BY Sheree Veysey

Randoms Stole Our Language: Is It Time to Redefine Our Words?

2 min read

Sheree Veysey, Emerge Aotearoa's Lived Experience Partner's thought-provoking article "Don’t we all have lived experience?" A proposed definition of “Lived Experience”, challenges us to look critically at the context in which this term exists.

360° VR Tech Transforms FASD Understanding

Innovation / BY Joanna Chu

360° VR Tech Transforms FASD Understanding

2 min read

Senior Research Fellow Joanne Chu . The Ministry of Health estimates that around 3,000 babies are born each year in New Zealand with prenatal alcohol exposure, a staggering number that highlights the pressing need for better resources and awareness.

3-2-1 Innovation funding all go!

Innovation / BY Anya Satyanand

3-2-1 Innovation funding all go!

2 min read

Anya Satyanand, Director Ember Innovations. In Aotearoa, roughly 1.2 million of us are in need of mental health support every year. Our mental health system currently serves only 400,000 of those people – and it’s overwhelmed.

Survivor-Designed AI Therapist

Innovation / BY Tamara Waugh

Survivor-Designed AI Therapist

4 min read

EmpowerME founder Tamara Waugh knows survivors of sexual harm are more capable than they are often recognised to be. But the current bio-medical model of care is poorly funded, riddled with unconscious bias, and ineffective for those who need it most.

SYSTEMS CHANGE

Time to Value Whānau

Systems Change / BY Leigh Murray

Time to Value Whānau

4 min read

Leigh Murray, Family and Whānau Lead at Te Whatu Ora, argues that the current mental health landscape in Aotearoa New Zealand is missing a vital piece of the puzzle: the critical role of whānau.

Science behind System Change

Systems Change / BY Dr Helen Lockett

Science behind System Change

2 min read

Dr Helen Lockett, Strategic Lead at Te Pou writes - getting robust data into the hands of people, communities and government is imperative for supporting systems change, and addressing inequities.

Alcohol harm is pricing the key?

Systems Change / BY Andrew Galloway

Alcohol harm is pricing the key?

1 min read

Andrew Galloway,Executive Director Alcohol Healthwatch Trust argues that booze at pocket money prices needs to change

Hope when the world is "going to hell in a hand-basket"

Systems Change / BY Professor Terryann Clark

Hope when the world is "going to hell in a hand-basket"

4 min read

Professor Terryann Clark, Auckland University observes - The system seems to be paralysed, uncertain and lacking the leadership to challenge the status quo. It is easy to feel overwhelmed and cynical but there is a way through

WELL BEING

Working back to wellbeing

Wellbeing / BY Tyron Pini

Working back to wellbeing

3 min read

General Manager Workwise Tyron Pini reveals best practice when it comes to supporting people with health challenges to return to or stay in employment

Innovator and MasterChef Winner Tim Read Cooks Up Mental Health Support App

Wellbeing / BY Simon Kozak Editor

Innovator and MasterChef Winner Tim Read Cooks Up Mental Health Support App

2 min read

Tim Read Founder of NZ Startup Helmet Technologies has agreed a partnership with NZ Hospitality to offer his mental health and wellbeing app Tandem to all its members.

Health Now, Mission On !

Wellbeing / BY Edith Moore Staff Writer

Health Now, Mission On !

2 min read

Steve Zinsli Health Now Founder believes it’s as simple as set, select and spend when it comes to delivering the support and care to ensure your people are happy, healthy and thriving.

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