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Happy collision

Systems Change / BY Simon Kozak Editor

Happy collision

4 min read

Simon Kozak, Head of Marketing at Ember Korowai Takitini, wants our sector’s hard, fast paced professional work to be better valued

Therapeutic value of freedom

Innovation / BY Rob Warriner

Therapeutic value of freedom

4 min read

Rob Warriner considers what we can learn from the disorienting transformation of services in Trieste – from the 1970s until the present day

We'll come to you

Innovation / BY Scotty Harvey

We'll come to you

3 min read

Scotty Harvey Founder of UOKBRO NZ shares his mobile outreach to support those dealing with isolation, mental health stress, addiction, family violence, or suicidal thinking.

Sense of self

Innovation / BY Ivan Yeo

Sense of self

4 min read

Ivan Yeo discusses fundamental cultural differences in how selfhood is constructed.This contrast isn’t just academic—it has real implications, especially in mental health.

Activating health equity

Innovation / BY Dr Cheryl Buhay

Activating health equity

2 min read

Dr Cheryl Buhay Clinical Director ,Pou Matanga Haumanu at Pathways New Zealand on ways we can all get active to support health equity

Take their money, deny care

Opinion / BY Rhonda Robertson

Take their money, deny care

4 min read

Rhonda Robertson, addiction lived-experience sector trail blazer.says “When we frame people as either ‘deserving’ or ‘undeserving’ of help, we block the very support they need most.”

Square peg?

Perspective / BY Mridhula Mishra

Square peg?

4 min read

Mridhula Mishra, Founder of Empowering Women to Rise into Purpose ,Wahine Tupu Tahi Foundation, delivers a powerful call for holistic woman lead recovery in mental health

Take it from us

Opinion / BY Kent Johns

Take it from us

3 min read

Kent Johns, podcast host, on how Take It From Us answers the questions that matter by giving voice to shared experience.

No Budget for Saving Mothers

Systems Change / BY Sarah Ottaway

No Budget for Saving Mothers

4 min read

Sarah Ottaway, Well Women, says the service is weeks from closure without urgent funding, and warns that losing it would leave vulnerable mothers with nowhere to turn.

DROPPED!

BY Simon Kozak Editor

DROPPED!

1 min read

HORIZON: New Edition Out Now In this powerful new issue, Sarah Helm, Executive Director of the NZ Drug Foundation, calls time on the failed

Fair share of the cake

Wellbeing / BY Claudette Wilson

Fair share of the cake

3 min read

Claudette Wilson, CEO North Harbour Budgeting knows financial hardship goes far beyond money. Impacting mental health, self harm,family violence, anxiety and esteem.

SERVICE IS MEDICINE

Wellbeing / BY Julie King

SERVICE IS MEDICINE

3 min read

Julie King founder of Love Soup writes We heal by helping others. When you serve, you stop thinking the world revolves around you. You realise—there’s something I can do.

GENEROSITY in CONNECTION

Wellbeing / BY Bernadette Roberts

GENEROSITY in CONNECTION

3 min read

Bernadette Roberts. Business North Harbour knows first hand how mentally motivating face to face connection is and says we should more

Happy hour is over

Systems Change / BY James Nokise

Happy hour is over

5 min read

Comedian James Nikose stands up for sober living and says don't make relapse an inevitability - it devalues the hard work

CBA?

Systems Change / BY Nicola Lynch

CBA?

2 min read

Nicola Lynch independent social value consultant, talks SROI not CBA and why you should know the difference

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