Systems Change - Horizon

Systems Change / BY Romy Lee

“Cultural identity, we can’t keep tinkering with a broken system”

3 min read

Romy Lee, Principal Advisor lived experience at Asian Family Services observes Asian youth deal with cultural identity struggles, racism, and the complexities of migration

Systems Change / BY Dr Eve Hermansson-Webb

Diet Culture Costs Far More Than Treatment

6 min read

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.

Systems Change / BY Shelwin Khan

Punish no more

3 min read

For many 501 returnees, their criminal history in Australia may not be immediately visible within New Zealand systems. When disclosure is necessary, their history can carry a significant psychological and social burden.

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.

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."

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.

Systems Change / BY Ivan Yeo

Private isolation or personal growth?

3 min read

Author and academic Ivan Yeo considers the cultural differences in how collective and individualist cultures approach mental health.

Systems Change / BY Dr Murray Sheard

Hope arrives through compassion

4 min read

CEO of CBM,Dr Murray Sheard asks us to think more about giving - it does make a difference

Systems Change / BY Stephen Blythe

July webinar

2 min read

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

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

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.

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

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

Systems Change / BY Tami Harris

GIFT CHANNELLING

2 min read

Tami Harris CEO ACORN writes If we support neurodivergent children rigorously and early, we’re channelling the gift of neurodiversity into positive, powerful futures.

Systems Change / BY Ivan Yeo

East meet west?

3 min read

Ivan Yeo, mental health advocate asks are we offering the right tools that allow people from all cultures to not only join, but feel they belong within our mental health community