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HORIZON appointed official media partner for TheMHS 2025

Sector / BY Kiara Grant

HORIZON appointed official media partner for TheMHS 2025

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TheMHS Marketing Lead Kiara Grant confirms HORIZON as conference media partner 2025

Virtual reality, real change

Innovation / BY Sarina Finucane

Virtual reality, real change

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Sarina Finucane Director at digital health innovators Ignite discusses their VR programme to tackle social anxiety - with life-changing results for young people.

Show up as a human

Opinion / BY Erica Hodgson

Show up as a human

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Erica Hodgson, NFP Governance expert asserts boards are made up of people, not job titles. You’ll get the best outcomes when everyone brings their whole self to the table.

Deadly silence

Wellbeing / BY Sarah Rowland

Deadly silence

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Sarah Rowland Co-Founder, Eating Disorders Carer Support NZ, says of the recent Suicide Prevention Action plan, eating disorders need to be a core part of that discussion, not treated separately.

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Run for a reason!

Wellbeing / BY Anna Christophorou

Run for a reason!

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Anna Christophorou CEO of Speedfreaks running for recovery, wants us to run for a reason.Run to remember. Run to celebrate the magic of recovery

Barriers are just details to work around

Wellbeing / BY Zita Rapaic

Barriers are just details to work around

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Zita Rapaic, Managing Partner at Chemist Warehouse Browns Bay says Employment inclusivity is about more than productivity. It’s about dignity. And when you give someone a fair shot, you’re not doing charity—you’re building a better workplace. For them. For you. For everyone.

Zeitgeist mental anguish

Wellbeing / BY Karlo Mila

Zeitgeist mental anguish

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Dr. Karlo Mila, poet and researcher championing Pacific mental health. Reflects on modern times and the impact of zeitgeist in this powerful verse

July webinar

Systems Change / BY Stephen Blythe

July webinar

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Join us at this important webinar Achieving equitable wellbeing outcomes for tāngata whaiora: what we know, what needs to change When: 12

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

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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.”

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