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TheMHS NZ. Be there.

Innovation / BY Stephen Blythe

TheMHS NZ. Be there.

1 min read

We are excited to bring you the second Hauora Hinengaro Hui Taumata Mental Health Conference in partnership with TheMHS Learning Network fro

Open for crisis

Innovation / BY Sonder News Hub

Open for crisis

3 min read

Sonder’s new Crisis Stabilisation Centre (Nakurrinthi) has opened in Elizabeth South, providing a new brief-stay alternative to hospital emergency departments for eligible people experiencing mental health distress or crisis.

Ai escalation trace needed

Innovation / BY Dr Gleb Tsipursky

Ai escalation trace needed

2 min read

As health organizations explore artificial intelligence for administrative work, information handling, decision support, and other workflows, they should build continuity into the system from the start.

Peculiar cruelty

Innovation / BY Steve Rothwell

Peculiar cruelty

4 min read

There can be a peculiar cruelty in the idea of “getting back to yourself” after trauma. It sounds hopeful. Somewhere beneath the hurt, we imagine, there is an earlier self waiting to be recovered

Begin at the end

Innovation / BY Kim Borrowdale

Begin at the end

5 min read

Kim Borrowdale says storytelling is never simply about sharing an experience. It is about helping people influence the systems, services and communities that affect their lives.

Netsafety Week 2026

Innovation / BY Netsafe NZ

Netsafety Week 2026

3 min read

Every day, New Zealanders from young kids to kaumātua are navigating a digital world that's moving faster than most of us can keep up with.

HAVE YOUR SAY

Innovation / BY Simon Kozak Editor

HAVE YOUR SAY

1 min read

Mental Health and Addiction 2026 General Election Political Debate Atamira | Platform will be hosting the only Mental Health and Addictio

Beyond the mind–body divide

Innovation / BY Ivan Yeo

Beyond the mind–body divide

4 min read

Do you know that the way we understand mental health is influenced by culture, history and the medical systems with which we are familiar?

This is how it feels

Innovation / BY Heidi McIlroy

This is how it feels

4 min read

Dr Heidi McIlroy writes "beliefs can become far more damaging than the distress itself. I wanted to create something that challenged that."

New focus, early intervention

Innovation / BY Kimberley de Jardine

New focus, early intervention

1 min read

Online therapy platform, Just a Thought, is making it easier for Kiwis to look after their mental health, with the launch of two new free courses: Coping with Stress and Just a Pause – Intro to Mindfulness.

Leave no-one behind

Innovation / BY Maraea Johns

Leave no-one behind

3 min read

The challenge is delivering a healthcare vision, at pace and at scale, to this who need it most

The hidden cost of caring

Innovation / BY Sonder News Hub

The hidden cost of caring

4 min read

What happens over time, when doing the work turns into carrying the work?

A different front door

Innovation / BY Danny McCulloch

A different front door

6 min read

Danny McCulloch takes us through the success that is the Urgent Mental Health Care Centre in Adelaide.

Story tellers

Innovation / BY Anna Ashton

Story tellers

4 min read

Anna Ashton on how the book Ō Mātou Kōrero, Our Stories of First Episode Psychosis supports whaiora through psychosis

Recovery Revival

Innovation / BY Jessica Emily

Recovery Revival

3 min read

Jessica, Founder of Recovery Revival writes : I believe too many people are handed a story about their future that focuses entirely on limitation rather than possibility.

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