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Pacific people's wellbeing - the path to equitable outcomes webinar
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, BAHons. Denise Kingi-‘Ulu’ave is a registered clinical psychologist of Tongan descent and the Chief Executive of Le Va, a national non-government primary prevention organisation. She has an extensive background in the Dept of Justice, primary and secondary mental health services, supervising staff
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Māori responses to COVID-19 are exemplars for crisis health and wellbeing support
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- invaluable for communicating information and preserving trust between government agencies and communities; using Māori networks of whānau, hapū and iwi to convey critical COVID-19 information to rurally isolated communities throughout and beyond the lockdown period; and organising and delivering resources
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Broader focus on wellbeing needed to understand COVID-19 impacts
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good mental health and wellbeing, services and resources are important, but not enough. People need to have their rights, dignity and tino rangatiratanga upheld; they need to feel valued and connected to their communities and their cultures; and they need skills, resilience, hope and purpose
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COVID-19 restrictions impact family violence and wellbeing, empowered communities key to supporting safety at home
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broad range of community-based organisations, including Whānau Ora providers, women’s refuges, and Māori wardens. “However, while government and community responses were and are valuable, more should be done to empower communities, provide a range of safe accessible supports, and monitor and research family and sexual violence.”
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Where did the $1.9 billion Wellbeing Budget go?
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is important to clear up any public misunderstanding about an investment of this size.” “It’s part of our monitoring role to bring transparency to investment decisions. Without it, people can lose confidence in the system’s ability to deliver.” “Going forward, we need to ensure allocation of
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Achieving equity of Pacific mental health and wellbeing outcomes
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particular focus on: supporting Pacific families to achieve their goals; accessing education and employment as pathways to future wellbeing; and addressing barriers to housing and income, which limit present and future wellbeing. Addressing the many inequities we noted will be successful when the
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Speaking up about the Pae Ora amendment bill
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. While six other strategies were specified, mental health and addiction was not included. It is good that this omission will now be rectified. The purpose of the Mental Health and Wellbeing Strategy is to provide a framework to guide health entities for the long-term improvement of mental health and
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Covid-19 Insights Series - Supporting wellbeing after a crisis
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health services, will be needed for some time, and should not have a real or implied time-limit on their provision. To help some of our most at-risk communities stay safe and secure during and beyond the recovery we call on the government to work with iwi and community organisations; to prioritise
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Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission calls for stronger action to transform key areas of the mental health and addiction system
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collaboration between public health services and other community-based organisations. “Enormous effort is going on to effect changes like this, which we believe will ultimately pay huge dividends in service improvement.” ENDS For further information, contact: Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission media@mhwc.govt.nz or 021 613 723
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Initial Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission welcomes Mental Health Commissioner’s report on mental health and addiction services
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The Mental Health Commissioner has today released a report , providing insights about mental health and addiction services. Chair of the Initial Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission, Mr Hayden Wano, says that this report is timely and signals how Government can enhance the response to He Ara