Innovation - Horizon (Page 2)

Innovation / BY Susanne Ritzenhoff

Art of healing

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Susanne Ritzenhoff Director Toi Ora knows creativity is a means to support wellbeing, and works to provide a therapeutic and non-judgemental environment where people can explore that.

Innovation / BY Simon Kozak Editor

AI Uncovered

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Our top 10 take aways as Artificial Intelligence in Mental Health Care is increasingly used in health care settings. y

Innovation / BY Adam Hutchinson

VR Vaping

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Adam Hutchinson Founder @ oVRcome talks the need for scale for a VR vaping intervention

Innovation / BY Tamara Waugh

Survivor-Designed AI Therapist

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EmpowerME founder Tamara Waugh knows survivors of sexual harm are more capable than they are often recognised to be. But the current bio-medical model of care is poorly funded, riddled with unconscious bias, and ineffective for those who need it most.

Innovation / BY Simon Kozak Editor

Change Starts With You Register for Ignition 25 Today

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The mental health system in Aotearoa isn’t working for everyone. One in five New Zealanders experience mental distress each year, yet too ma

Innovation / BY Sheree Veysey

Randoms Stole Our Language: Is It Time to Redefine Our Words?

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Sheree Veysey, Emerge Aotearoa's Lived Experience Partner's thought-provoking article "Don’t we all have lived experience?" A proposed definition of “Lived Experience”, challenges us to look critically at the context in which this term exists.

Innovation / BY Joanna Chu

360° VR Tech Transforms FASD Understanding

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Senior Research Fellow Joanne Chu . The Ministry of Health estimates that around 3,000 babies are born each year in New Zealand with prenatal alcohol exposure, a staggering number that highlights the pressing need for better resources and awareness.

Innovation / BY Anya Satyanand

3-2-1 Innovation funding all go!

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Anya Satyanand, Director Ember Innovations. In Aotearoa, roughly 1.2 million of us are in need of mental health support every year. Our mental health system currently serves only 400,000 of those people – and it’s overwhelmed.

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