Future of counselling services for rural Māori secured in South Otago
5 Apr, 2021 11:30 PM
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Jo Kingi, Hoani Wipaki, Tia Potae and John Sayles. Photo / Supplied
The Country
Counselling services for rural Māori with addiction and mental health issues in South Otago have received funding from the Ministry for Primary Industries.
Māori health and social service provider Tokomairiro Waiora will be provided with almost $54,000 from MPI, to secure the future of the programme until April 2022. These counselling workshops provide participants, and their whānau and hapū, with tools and support to help improve their wellbeing and resilience, MPI s director of Māori Agribusiness Andrew McConnell said.
use the Brain and Mind to Improve Each Other.
Biden s focus on child ed. & mental health is the perfect move, but unless there is full focus and funding on children s emotional health not much will change.
Biden must act on the fact that mental health and emotional health are two separate entities. Emotional health is the foundation of mental health and we need equal action on emotional health.” Sajid Khan
Wow! What an incisive analysis of the mess that mental health research is in today. As Dr. Insel, the former director of Mental Health Institute says that all the stunning progress in the mental health field has not stopped mental illnesses from getting worse. All the focus, money, and efforts are being spent on studying the physical aspects of the brain and emotional aspects of the brain are ignored resulting in a massive emotionally challenged society.
Wellington City Council considers iwi voting rights and $100k remuneration
3 Apr, 2021 09:34 PM
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Wellington City Council. Photo / Mark Mitchell
Wellington issues reporter, NZ Heraldgeorgina.campbell@nzme.co.nz
Mana whenua representatives could sit on all Wellington City Council (WCC) committees and subcommittees with full voting rights and a remuneration of $111,000 for each iwi by July this year.
A report with details of the move to give mana whenua voting rights on WCC committees was made public this week.
Wellington city councillor and Māori partnerships portfolio leader Jill Day said it s an issue the council has been lagging behind on.
Kyle MacDonald: Jacinda Ardern has failed us on mental health - and it s only going to get worse
4 Apr, 2021 05:00 PM
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In 2017, Jacinda Ardern promised to make mental health a priority for her government. Photo / Getty Images
In 2017, Jacinda Ardern promised to make mental health a priority for her government. Photo / Getty Images
OPINION: It was September 10, 2017. Hundreds were assembled on Parliament s lawn. Next to us - laid out in heartbreakingly neat rows - were 660 pairs of shoes representing each of the people who had ended their life in the previous year.
They were there due to the hard work of so many advocates and families of those lost, who had worked to bring to the public s attention the scale of our growing suicide toll.
There s One Simple Aspect of Everyday Life Tied to Better Wellbeing, Study Hints
4 APRIL 2021
A variety in everyday movements is linked to better wellbeing, according to a small new study of psychiatric patients, a finding that may help to explain why pandemic lockdowns have been tough for so many of us.
Staying active during a global pandemic has been quite difficult, especially when many people are afraid to even go outside. Some have taken to exercising at home, and yet in a normal world, spontaneous outings are important health factors that we tend to underestimate.
When most of us think of mental-boosting activities, we imagine deliberate and strenuous exercise, like a jog, a bike, or a swim, but it seems that just visiting a variety of different locations is associated with a higher sense of wellbeing in people with depression or anxiety.