Displaying items by tag: mental health

Research into the impacts of the inaugural rollout of the WellMates programme at Massey University has shown promising results and outlined ways to strengthen its delivery, the university says.

Look after your wellbeing and take a moment to check on your neighbours.

After narrowly avoiding a helicopter crash in the Southern Alps, instead of feeling relieved, TV presenter Matt Chisholm was disappointed.

More than $40,000 has been raised to lead a mental health initiative for forestry at a charity auction dinner held in Rotorua last week.

To mark Mental Health Awareness week, Taranaki dairy farmer Kane Brisco recently joined a recent DairyNZ podcast to share some timely advice on how farmers could take care of themselves.

Mental health programme Farmstrong is encouraging people to get off farm and take a break.

OPINION: Farmer morale is at a low – unseen since the dark days of the 1980s.

When Kathryn Walker saw data around the mental health pressures of working in the wine industry, she was shocked.

A new initiative has been launched to improve access to counselling for farmers.

A new initiative is being funded by the Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) to help improve the wellbeing of young people in rural communities.