The advocate for New Zealanders mental health
BY Simon Kozak Editor

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Just how effective are we?

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If you think it's time we became leaner, faster and more focused on delivery, this edition will give you plenty to think about and plenty to debate. We'd love you to join the conversation by leaving a comment under the articles. Ready for a fast ride through the mental health and wellbeing sector? Then jump onboard the latest edition of HORIZON.

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In this edition, Rob Warriner asks whether our obsession with leadership has blurred our focus on delivery. Sean Versteegh argues that our public system pays for crisis rather than prevention, while workplaces have both the reason and the means to change that. Magdel Hammond explores whether "ruinous empathy" and being nice have become costly leadership failures.

Stephen Blythe introduces a new roadmap for faster action on mental health, with Grace Curtis reflecting on why lived experience must sit at its heart. Heidi McIlroy discusses her new book This Is How It Feels and why the beliefs we hold about distress can become more damaging than the distress itself.

Kimberly De Jardine introduces two emerging online therapy platforms. Our friends at Sonder examine the hidden cost of caring. Maraea Johns asks how we deliver healthcare reform at pace and scale without leaving behind the people who need it most.

Ben Sando reflects on Ember Korowai Takitini's award-winning community housing project and why good housing matters for mental wellbeing. And Ivan Yeo shares the personal dilemma of whether to speak up or pretend everything is fine.

Enjoy the edition, and don't forget to tell us what you think.This and more, in your inbox now. Enjoy.

If you have a story, opinion or perspective that you'd like to see published, get in touch: editor@thehorizon.nz.

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