Media Initiated Stories
Mental health, especially youth mental health, is a big issue in New Zealand and one the media covers often. This section contains a range of stories and comment that have appeared in the media about this issue in recent times.
‘Robbing Peter to pay Paul’: How a $664m mental health scheme gave with one hand and took with another
December 14, 2023
Research connects mental health and poor education outcomes as school counsellor shortage bites
August 16, 2023
Gay Puketapu-Andrews on Waatea News, Counselling in the Health Sector
August 1, 2022
NewsHub, Generation Covid
July 24, 2022
NZ Herald, Opinion raise the ratio of school counsellors.
August 18, 2021
Stuff, Dealing with young peoples grief a complicated situation.
August 10, 2021
Stuff,Viral tiktok video exposes failures at free 1737 mental health helpline.
June 20, 2021
NZ Herald, Mental distress biggest workplace issue.
June 20, 2021
NZ Herald, Mental Health: Children desperate for counselling, schools pick up the tab.
June 10, 2021