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394 How To Quit Drinking Alcohol Without Hitting Rock Bottom

Podcasts / BY Arlina Allen

394 How To Quit Drinking Alcohol Without Hitting Rock Bottom

2 min read

In this powerful and thought-provoking conversation, meditation teacher and author Billy Winn shares his journey from heavy drinking to find

Sept drop - available now

BY Simon Kozak Editor

Sept drop - available now

1 min read

The adverse impacts on mental health and addiction of racism, 501 discrimination and harmful diet culture. The role and rise of te ao Māori

Wellbeing / BY Dr Cheryl Buhay

Overlooked

3 min read

Pathway's Dr Cheryl Buhay on how diagnostic overshadowing means that healthcare providers might attribute a person's experience to their mental health or substance use issues, rather than looking at what else their ailment could possibly be, including physical causes.

Fast-Tracking Pacific Voices Can Transform Workforces

Wellbeing / BY Edith Moore DRIVE

Fast-Tracking Pacific Voices Can Transform Workforces

3 min read

Edith Moore addresses how Pacific people in recovery were being fast-tracked into roles before they were ready.Fast-tracking without mentoring wasn’t helping — it was harming.

Diet Culture Costs Far More Than Treatment

Systems Change / BY Dr Eve Hermansson-Webb

Diet Culture Costs Far More Than Treatment

6 min read

Dr Eve Hermansson knows eating disorders don’t happen in isolation — they grow out of a culture obsessed with thinness. Recovery is always possible, but prevention is crucial. We can all help shift the messages we consume, the words we use, and the way we treat our bodies.

High- and low-context communication

Systems Change / BY Ivan Yeo

High- and low-context communication

3 min read

Ivan Yeo, challenges us to listen carefully, to broader context being shared it often contains real clues to how Asians and Maori understand their wellbeing.

Why We Need a Smartphone-Free Childhood

Innovation / BY Katrina Colombié

Why We Need a Smartphone-Free Childhood

6 min read

Katrina Colombie, founder Smartphone Free Childhood NZ writes like many parents, I felt I was watching a generation being rewired before my eyes—and no one seemed to know what to do about it.

Art is our anchor!

Innovation / BY Susanne Ritzenhoff

Art is our anchor!

3 min read

Susanne Ritzenhoff,Toi Ora,calls on New Zealanders to support vital creative classes to enhance wellbeing.

Laughter is medicine

Innovation / BY Lauren Whitney

Laughter is medicine

4 min read

Lauren Whitney General Manager NZ Comedy Festival prescribes laughter to reduce stress, release endorphins, boost immunity, and lower stress levels by as much as 39 per cent.

HORIZON is TheMHS NZ media partner - Auckland Nov 5

Opinion / BY Sophie Woodger & Kiara Grant

HORIZON is TheMHS NZ media partner - Auckland Nov 5

2 min read

HORIZON was media partner at TheMHS Brisbane and will be at TheMHS Auckland read more and register

The hard work of healing

Perspective / BY Angus Jenkins

The hard work of healing

4 min read

Angus Jenkins writes when it comes to healing, no one can do the work for you. You're the one who has to sit with the discomfort, face the loneliness, and make the changes.

393 Addiction, Sobriety, and the Fight for a Better Life with Edward Latimore Jr

Podcasts / BY Arlina Allen

393 Addiction, Sobriety, and the Fight for a Better Life with Edward Latimore Jr

2 min read

Today I’m speaking with Edward Latimore—author of “Sober Letters to My Drunken Self”. He’s a former professional boxer, and in this episode,

11th August DROP !

BY Simon Kozak Editor

11th August DROP !

1 min read

BIG NEWS - WE GO INTERNATIONAL HORIZON is confirmed as the official Media Partner for TheMHS 2025 Brisbane Conference. “TheMHS is more tha

Peer support isn’t what you think

Systems Change / BY Renee Warren

Peer support isn’t what you think

3 min read

Renee Warren, CADS Consumer Advisor and co facilitator of the Sharing Space group says, "Peers often work in isolation. This group gives us the connection and support we need to stay strong and do our mahi well."

Lived experience: A question of whakapapa and social justice

Systems Change / BY Magdel Hammond

Lived experience: A question of whakapapa and social justice

4 min read

Magdel Hammond, Lived Experience Leader writes the lived experience movement didn’t arise in a vacuum. Its roots are tangled in histories of state violence and abuse, colonisation, institutionalisation, and resistance.

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