News and media releases

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  07 Mar 2025

  Peer support service to help people at ED with mental distress

  Anyone arriving at Wellington Hospital’s Emergency Department with mental distress will soon be able to get help from people who have experienced their own mental health issues.
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  06 Sep 2024

  Temporary relocation: Hutt South Community Mental Health

  Due to building issues, the Hutt South Community Mental Health team has temporarily moved out of their office at 40-44 Queens Drive, Lower Hutt.
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  19 Jun 2024

  Dennis Duerr on the power of peer support

  "Peer support is a shortcut to hope, empathy, respect, and togetherness. It allows you to walk alongside someone in their recovery."
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  13 Jun 2024

  Research project empowers rangatahi to explore wellbeing

  Academics have come together with lived experience researchers, illustrators, and MHAIDS clinicians to find new ways to support rangatahi experiencing psychosis.
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  27 Mar 2024

  Healthcare initiative launches in Wairarapa CAMHS

  Rangatahi using mental health services in the Wairarapa are now being offered top-to-toe checks of their physical health.
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  19 Jan 2024

  Update: potential impact of water restrictions on local hospitals and services

  Te Whatu Ora Capital, Coast & Hutt Valley continues to work closely with Wellington Water and other potentially-impacted agencies to understand what effect – if any – local water restrictions may have on our hospitals and services.
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  01 Nov 2023

  Occupational Therapists ‘give back’ to the community

  To celebrate Occupational Therapy (OT) Awareness Week, MHAIDS OTs spent time volunteering with their community partners.
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  23 Aug 2023

  Diana Andrea Barron on her vision for intellectual disability services

  "It was very exciting to establish staff training in mental health assessments specifically for people with an intellectual disability."
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  07 Aug 2023

  New Zealand Nurses Organisation industrial action withdrawn

  The New Zealand Nurses Organisation (NZNO) has advised that the industrial action planned for Wednesday 9 August will not be going ahead.
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  20 Apr 2023

  Helen Patea on the importance of Pacific leadership

  "I’ve been working at the Rangatahi Unit for 17 years, and there has never been a day that I haven’t wanted to come to work."

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