Ezekiel Raui (Te Rarawa) will receive the Queen’s Young Leaders Award on Tuesday 26 June at Buckingham Palace, London. The award recognises Mr Raui’s leadership and programme development in the field of youth mental health and suicide prevention. Kimberly Maxwell (Whakatōhea, Te Whanau-ā-Apanui, Ngāti Porou, Ngāitai, Ngāti Tūwharetoa) has been awarded
Day: June 15, 2018
This week the latest report drawn from the ‘Life and Living in Advanced Age’ research study was published.[1] This research is a longitudinal study of elderly Māori (aged 80 and above), and non-Māori (aged 85 and over). This latest report is entitled ‘The high nutrition risk related to dietary intake is associated
On Wednesday the Corrections Minister, Kelvin Davis, announced the Government’s plans for Waikeria Prison. He announced a 500-bed facility would be built at the site, along with a 100- bed mental health facility. This will replace the old high security prison of 426 beds, taking the total site capacity up
This week the Office of the Prime Minister’s Chief Science Advisor released a report on reducing youth offending. The report is entitled ‘It’s never too early, never too late: a discussion paper on preventing youth offending in New Zealand’. The report has been written by Dr Ian Lambie.[1] The main
The Ministry of Health released a report entitled ‘Social, Emotional and Behavioural Difficulties’ in New Zealand children. This is an old-style report which assesses negative behaviour issues for children aged 3 to 14 years. It has no flowery or softening language to dress up concerns; i.e. its focus is children