Mental Health

Hawke's Bay residents are struggling with the mental impact of relentless rains and flooding.

It's rained on all but three days since Cyclone Gabrielle cut a swathe through the region and heavy rain… Audio

14,000 New Zealanders are treated in acute mental health units each year, but new research finds they languish on the periphery of hospital grounds, which could impact both mental and physical… Audio

The Rural Support Trust is planning support hubs in remote places for those farmers and growers impacted by Cyclone Gabrielle. Audio

A multi-lingual team of Pasifika medics is heading to Hawke's Bay this week, the Pasifika Medical Association has decided to deploy a Medical Assistance team. PMA Chief Executive, Debbie Sorensen… Audio

David Hill reviews Letter for 'Oumuamua by James Norcliffe, published by Otago University Press Audio

The dangers of burnout – a stress-based condition related to overwork – are too often disregarded, says Australian psychiatrist Gordon Parker. He argues that we need better public education about how… Audio

Children and teens with mental health issues are entranced when they spend time at Fossil Creek Farm just outside Nelson. The donkey Holly senses when she should snuggle close and the rhythm of egg… Audio

Farmers in Tairāwhiti are looking forward to having more boots on the ground this month to help clean up their farms still littered with forestry debris from recent floods. Regional Federated Farmers… Audio

Bruce Cotterill and Paul Muir are a couple of Auckland blokes trying to help other blokes by raising awareness of -- and money for -- for mental health and prostate cancer. The friends are the brains… Audio

RNZ reporter Jimmy Ellingham joins Kathryn to talk about concerns over a delay to the opening of Palmerston North's Hospital mental health ward - there could be a two year wait. Residents in Fielding… Audio

Sometimes it feels like the world is just full of doom and gloom. If it's not the pandemic, then it's the cost of living or the climate crisis. Reasons to be Cheerful is a non-profit editorial… Audio

Challenging our own negative bias is the most helpful tool for day-to-day mental health, says English psychologist Dr Julie Smith. To help more people understand and practice this ability – "the main… Video, Audio

Hawke's Bay farm manager Viliata Junior Fonoti Taulago has been known to bust moves in the paddock. Video, Audio

Outward Bound in New Zealand turns 60 this year - and in the time it's been running, some 70,000 Kiwis have gone through the programme. Kathryn is joined by Outward Bound's CEO Malindi Maclean and… Audio

Research shows exercise has a positive impact on mood and mental health. Professor of Kinesiology (the study of movement) at Indiana University, Jack Raglin recommends making exercise part of our… Audio

In this episode of Voices, in the run up to Mental Health Awareness week we talk to South Asian mental health advocate about the gaps and challenges they see in the community. Produced by Kadambari… Audio

In his academic and professional career Australian Clinical Psychologist Zac Seidler has focused on understanding men's mental health and masculinity, reducing male suicide and the benefits of… Audio

Exercise and breathwork are essential for keeping Taranaki dairy farmer and fitness leader Kane Brisco on track. He hopes his new book Tools For The Top Paddock will help other farmers cope with the… Video, Audio

People swoon when they visit what was once a bare block of land in Hawke's Bay, according to Natalie Tolchard, who launched full tilt into growing dahlias without any experience but plenty of passion… Audio