Te Mahau Interview with Tsehai-Marie Karauna
In this issue of Te Mahau, we connected with Tsehai-Marie Karauna, a member of Te Whānau Āpanui Kapa Haka roopu who took out the top award at Matatini 2023. We asked about her experiences being back on the Matatini stage and how this contributed to her mental...
Tataihono Te Mahau – Jase Te Patu
In this issue of Te Mahau, we spoke to Jase Te Patu (Ngāti Apa) Founder and CEO of M3 Mindfulness, a wellness programme that utilises the power of Māori pūrākau and whakataukī to share mindfulness and movement with school communities. Kō wai koe? Nō hea koe? Tēnā koe,...
Tātaihono Te Mahau Interview – Gina Giordani
This month we caught up with Gina Giordani, programme lead for the Nōku te Ao: Like Minds Social Movement. In this interview, we get to know Gina a little bit and learn how her lived experiences have shaped her to advocate for others on their mental health and...
Tātaihono Te Mahau Interview – Joanne Rama
Joanne currently contracts to facilitate Wānanga Hapūtanga for the Auckland District Health Board, Te Kaha o Te Rangatahi and E Tipu e Rea. In commemoration of Perinatal Mental Health Awareness Week this May, we had the privilege of speaking with Joanne Rama. Joanne...
Mata Taraiti – An Interview With Kirsty Maxwell-Crawford
In this issue of Te Mahau, we spoke to Kirsty Maxwell-Crawford. Kirsty works as General Manager at the Poutiri Wellness Centre - an integrated and holistic health, employment and wellness-based based in Te Puke. We spoke to Kirsty about the organisation’s experiences...
Mata Taraiti – An Interview With James Hill
In the latest issue of Te Mahau, we spoke to James Hill (Whākatōhea, Ngāpuhi), a registered Māori therapist currently building my own private practice, Moana Hill Psychotherapy, in Tāmaki Makaurau. James is passionate about providing a hybridised service that incorporates kaupapa Māori approaches to mental health alongside western psychotherapeutic approaches, in order to best serve the mental health needs of whānau today.
Partners delivering Nōku te Ao community programmes
Nōku te Ao is needed because ending prejudice and discrimination against people with mental distress matters to everyone. For the whole of Aotearoa New Zealand, Nōku te Ao will contribute to a more just society, greater community wellbeing, and it will reduce the cost...
Expanding youth services in the North Island
The Ministry of Health is seeking Requests for Proposal (RFPs) for youth services in the Hawke’s Bay, Taranaki, Tairāwhiti, and Whanganui DHB areas. These services will build on a range of supports already available or being established around the country to increase...
Kaimahi throughout the region gathered for the launch of the waka
Around sixty people attended a ceremony on the misty banks of Lake Ōkareka in Rotorua on Friday 31 July, as Associate Minister of Health Hon. Peeni Henare officially launched new kaupapa Māori services for the region. Poutama Ora is a new kaupapa Māori primary mental...
Mental Health Awareness Week
The spotlight shines on mental health in September, with World Suicide Prevention Day on 10 September and New Zealand’s Mental Health Awareness Week starting on 27 September. Now is the time to start thinking about how you can be involved in these two important...