Tag: Mental health
NZ election 2023: Exposing National leader Christopher Luxon’s Māori health falsehood...
ANALYSIS: By Ella Stewart, RNZ News longform journalist, Te Ao Māori
National Party leader Christopher Luxon made claims about health outcomes that were clearly false....
Samoa’s Brown Girl Woke initiative fights culture of silence on violence
By Leitu Fereti in Suva
The Brown Girl Woke initiative hopes to continue empowering Samoan youth in fighting against the culture of silence over violence.
Founder...
Pasifika people using kava and talanoa to boost mental health
By Alualumoana Luaitalo, Te Rito journalism cadet
A new business initiative in Aotearoa New Zealand aims to open up conversations about the benefits of kava...
Former TVNZ Breakfast host Kamahl Santamaria breaks year-long silence in The...
By Lincoln Tan of The New Zealand Herald
Former TVNZ Breakfast host Kamahl Santamaria, who quit following complaints about inappropriate workplace behaviour, has broken his...
Fifteen Pasifika people on NZ King’s Birthday Honours List
RNZ Pacific
Paediatrician Dr Teuila Percival heads the list of Pacific recipients in the New Zealand King's Birthday Honours List for 2023.
Dr Percival is one...
NZ covid inquiry must look at response to specific communities, Pasifika...
RNZ News
A Pasifika health leader hopes the Royal Commission into the Covid-19 pandemic will look into the equity of the response and resource allocation.
Prime...
Domestic violence, isolation hit Pacific women during pandemic, says USP survey
By Sri Krishnamurthi
While some women at the University of the South Pacific's 14 campuses found working from home enjoyable during the covid-19 pandemic, others...
Despite what political leaders say, New Zealand’s health workforce is in...
ANALYSIS: By Paula Lorgelly, University of Auckland
Late last month, New Zealand Health Minister Andrew Little stated what most who work in health already know.
Healthcare...
Mark Craig: Now we just need to be brave about omicron...
COMMENTARY: By Dr Mark Craig in defence of New Zealand's dedicated managed isolation and quarantine team and facilities as the country braces for omicron.
As...
PNG Post-Courier: ‘Laughing stock’ sorcery issue way out of control
EDITORIAL: The PNG Post-Courier
Whether the leaders of Papua New Guinea realise it or not, sorcery is a big social issue.
It is wreaking havoc while...
A View From Afar: Could Auckland’s LynnMall stabbing attack have been...
Host Selwyn Manning with security analyst Dr Paul Buchanan on this week's A View From Afar podcast. Video: EveningReport.nz on YouTube
A VIEW FROM AFAR: Podcast...
Missed opportunities to deradicalise attacker in NZ tragedy, says criminologist
By Katie Todd, RNZ News reporter
An Australian criminologist who deemed the New Zealand shopping mall attacker "low risk" in 2018 believes there were missed...
‘You’re not alone’, PM Ardern tells lockdown nation on mental health
RNZ News
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern spoke at today's 1pm press conference about the importance of mental health and support services in the community during...
Australians are 3 times more worried about climate change than covid....
ANALYSIS: By Rhonda Garad, Monash University; Joanne Enticott, Monash University, and Rebecca Patrick, Deakin University
As we write this article, the delta strain of covid-19...
Call for unity over mental health in Fiji amid covid-19 virus...
By Christine Rovoi, RNZ Pacific Journalist
A Fijian psychologist is calling on people in Fiji to work together to tackle issues associated with mental health...
Covid survey shows high anxiety and depression among Asian Kiwis
By Liu Chen, RNZ News reporter
The covid-19 coronavirus pandemic and subsequent lockdown has been tough on the mental wellbeing of Asian New Zealanders, according...
Coronavirus: 5 ways to manage your news consumption in times of...
ANALYSIS: By Mark Pearson of Griffith University
Thousands of employees internationally are already working from home in COVID-19 self-isolation because of their recent travel, related...
Hidden women of history: Australian undercover journalist in hospitals
By Kerrie Davies and Willa McDonald in Sydney
In 1886, a year before American journalist Nellie Bly feigned insanity to enter an asylum in New...
Amnesty welcomes school climate strikes, warns ‘truant’ governments
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
Amnesty International today warned that the failure of governments to tackle climate change could amount to the greatest inter-generational human rights...
How a talented bone carver fuses tikanga, art and wellbeing
By Irra Lee
Tikanga-based mahi toi and mental wellbeing come together in an Auckland artist’s work with pounamu and bone.
Maha Tomo, of Ngai Tahu, Rangitane,...
BDS activists reject Israeli fine, raise $33,000 for Gaza stress health
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk
Two New Zealand activists have raised thousands of dollars through crowdfunding after an Israeli court fined them for their role in...
Loss of MSF mental health carers from Nauru heightens fears for...
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
Health and human rights advocates fear the mental ill-health of refugees on Nauru could worsen following the Pacific government's move to...