The Turamarama Ki Te Ora World Indigenous Suicide Prevention Conference organised by Te Runanga o Ngati Pikiao was held in Rotorua at the beginning of June. It attracted representatives from Canada, the USA, Australia and New Zealand with a Youth Summit running...
Guest blog by Eliza Puna, PhD student, University of Auckland Tokyo, Japan hosted the 7th Annual Asia Pacific Regional Conference of the International Association for Suicide Prevention (IASP), which took place on 18-21 May 2016. The theme this year was Building...
Le Va has officially joined the NRL’s State of Mind programme to provide expert advice on mental health to support the wellbeing of Pasifika and Maori rugby league communities in New Zealand, the Pacific and Australia. Now in its fourth year, the NRL State of Mind...
One of the different approaches we took at #GPS2016 was focussing a holistic lens on our traditional sectors. This included combining public health and disability into one workshop stream – which, according to our Youth Action Komiti, allowed those present to look at...
One of the pre-conference workshops at #GPS2016 was for recipients of a 2016 Pacific Mental Health and Addictions Scholarship. It focussed on their personal and professional development, as well as their responsibilities as a scholarship recipient. This workshop was...
