5+ hour, 52+ min ago   (207+ words) Dr Jones says the research reflects a wider lesson about looking to ancestral knowledge for responses to contemporary challenges. “When we return to a lot of traditional ways of being and traditional pedagogies, those are the things that give us…...

6+ hour, 28+ min ago   (268+ words) The Government has confirmed one-off funding of up to $580,000 for New Plymouth’s Roderique Hope Trust and the YMCA Taranaki to support people experiencing homelessness into stable housing across the Taranaki region. The funding will enable Roderique Hope Trust to lead…...

6+ day, 2+ hour ago   (345+ words) An independent review into mental health and addiction telehealth services has been released, alongside new initiatives that respond directly to its findings, says Mental Health Minister, Matt Doocey. Mr Doocey said the Government was acting swiftly to implement the findings…...

6+ day, 22+ hour ago   (395+ words) Minister for Mental Health, Matt Doocey, has officially opened a new acute mental health facility at Te Nīkau Hospital & Health Centre in Greymouth. The Government invested $27 million in the Ngā Moana e Rua facility as part of the national Mental…...

1+ week, 4+ hour ago   (162+ words) Northland Regional Council has formally welcomed Kane McElrea as its new Group Manager Biosecurity. Mr McElrea (pictured) returns to the organisation with strong biosecurity experience, leadership capability, and a clear commitment to protecting Northland’s unique environment, the Council said in…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (519+ words) A new University of Auckland-designed app is helping people to communicate how medicines affect their daily lives and well-being. People living with long-term health conditions often take multiple medicines. But the impact those medicines have on their quality of life…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (535+ words) A 13-year University of Auckland study of the city’s air quality has found road dust was a significant contributor to PM₁₀, tiny airborne particles associated with respiratory and cardiovascular problems. The study, published in the Journal of the Royal Society of…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (337+ words) The innovation on display at Parakiore’s Sensory Aqua Centre has been recognised at recent national aquatics awards. The central city sports facility’s Sensory Aqua Centre is the first of its kind in the Southern Hemisphere. It impressed judges at last…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (334+ words) A new 16-bed acute mental health and addiction facility has officially opened at Rotorua Hospital, providing people in the Lakes district with faster access to support and a better crisis response, Mental Health Minister, Matt Doocey, has announced. Mr Doocey…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago   (441+ words) Mental Health Minister, Matt Doocey says the opening of peer-led beds in Auckland and the lower South Island will mean people in need of a better crisis response will have faster access to support. The additional 20 beds are part of…...