Te Ao Maramatanga - New Zealand College of Mental Health Nurses

12/12/2025

2026 Te Hoe Ururangi Karahipi – Hua Oranga is now open!

Guided by the winds of Ururangi, this scholarship supports Māori on their journey to uplift mental health, data, and innovation across Aotearoa.
Created in partnership between ACC and Te Rau Ora, this karahipi honours Tā Mason Durie and Professor Te Kani Kingi, and the kaupapa of Hua Oranga — ACC’s first Indigenous PROM.

Applications open 1 December 2025 and close 1 March 2026.

If you're Māori, working in or experienced in the health sector, and studying or researching in a kaupapa-aligned health pathway — this is for you.

Apply via Tahua: https://ow.ly/ro8H50XAv6E
Any pātai: Ricky.Bell@terauora.com

12/12/2025

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12/12/2025

We are now accepting applications for our 2026 Futures that Work Scholarship. To hear about how the scholarship helped Tina during her studies, click here: https://www.leva.co.nz/scholarships-funding/futures-that-work-scholarship/futures-that-work-testimonials/tina-toki/

12/12/2025

Mark your calendars! 📆

We are excited to announce that Mental Health Awareness Week 2026 is happening from 12-18 October!

Follow us and sign up at mhaw.nz today for updates on resources, activities, and ways to get involved.

12/12/2025

Service, Love, Respect, Reciprocity - are only some of the Pasifika values that we discuss our youth in our "I AM" workshop.

Earlier this week, Le Va hosted 33 USOs and facilitated this popular Atu-Mai youth workshop that focuses on understanding cultural identity, improving self-worth and knowing one’s value.

Using Pasifika values, we encourage our young people to reflect on their life journeys and write their own story, using their own words.

One young man shared: “I’m a representative of my family” – a powerful takeaway that captured the heart of the talanoa.

If you would like for us to run this workshop in 2026 with a group of young people you know, get in touch with us on atumai@leva.co.nz.

YOU ARE: seen, heard, valued.

12/12/2025

09/12/2025

A new report from Te Hiringa Mahara, ‘Urupare mōrearea: Crisis responses monitoring report 2025’, brings important insights to the forefront of our national conversation. We want to acknowledge and thank the authors and contributors for this work and for calling for a cohesive, nationwide crisis response approach by June 2027.

The report makes it clear that many crisis services in Aotearoa are hard to navigate, fragmented, and not always available when people need support. There are proven approaches already working in some regions, including 24/7 phone-based crisis support, that need to be scaled across the motu.

A strong crisis response system must be health led. It must elevate the lived experience workforce. It must uphold cultural safety, trauma informed care, and human rights in every district.

At Nōku te Ao, our mahi is grounded in reducing stigma and discrimination by partnering with communities, clinicians, and journalists. Together we can shift the way people experiencing distress are treated and ensure crisis responses reflect dignity, care and whanaungatanga.

💭 What would you like to see in a crisis response system that truly supports people and their whānau?

Read the report at www.mhwc.govt.nz/news-and-resources/ururpare-morearea-crisis-responses-monitoring-report-2025-downloads/

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09/12/2025

A Manawatū nurse says violence and aggression are becoming "routine" for mental health crisis teams, as they are forced to deal with complex social problems that are not driven by mental illness. Link in comments.

09/12/2025