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Shine and PSN join forces against domestic abuse
Tuesday, 15 March 2016, 1:42 pm | Shine
Shine and PSN join forces against domestic abuse The specialist domestic abuse charity, Shine, and Presbyterian Support Northern (PSN), one of the country’s largest social service providers, are joining forces to better address the scourge of domestic abuse ... More >>
Go Orange this Friday and do something about domestic abuse
Thursday, 10 March 2016, 9:38 am | Shine
Domestic abuse is not an easy subject to confront, especially because the statistics in New Zealand are shocking. More >>
Local Crew Defends Surfing Championship Title
Monday, 7 March 2016, 9:35 am | Surf Life Saving New Zealand
Local crew defends Under 14 Surf Life Saving Championship title Omanu Surf Life Saving Club (Omanu SLSC) from the Bay of Plenty, have successfully defended their Under 14 New Zealand Surf Life Saving Championship title after fighting off stiff ... More >>
New leaders emerge in Under 14 Surf Life Saving
Sunday, 6 March 2016, 11:11 am | Surf Life Saving New Zealand
New leaders emerge in Under 14 Surf Life Saving Championships After three days of intense competition, Omanu Surf Life Saving Club is leading the Under 14 New Zealand Surf Life Saving Championship held in Mt Maunganui, with one day of competition to ... More >>
Competition heats up at U14 Surf Life Saving Championship
Saturday, 5 March 2016, 12:16 pm | Surf Life Saving New Zealand
Competition heats up at U14 Surf Life Saving Championship The second day of the annual four-day Under 14 New Zealand Surf Life Saving Championships held at Mt Maunganui in the Bay of Plenty, saw junior athletes compete in four challenging events both ... More >>
Lifeline Aotearoa investing in the mental health
Saturday, 27 February 2016, 2:54 pm | Lifeline Aotearoa
Lifeline Aotearoa is delighted to announce an extension of its 0800 Kidsline service in to Christchurch in May 2016. More >>
Family Violence Death Review Report makes critical points
Thursday, 25 February 2016, 11:46 am | Shine
Shine completely agrees with all findings in this report. Many of the points made in this report are delivered as key messages within Shine training workshops for health and other professionals, including: More >>
Dismay at threat to Mental Health Services in Canterbury
Thursday, 18 February 2016, 10:16 am | LifeLine
Lifeline Aotearoa today expressed dismay at the news Canterbury District Health Board may be forced to cut spending on mental health services. More >>
Beaches wrap up for the summer
Wednesday, 10 February 2016, 5:08 pm | Surf Life Saving New Zealand
As the summer begins to wind down Surf Life Saving Northern Region (SLSNR) lifeguards are wrapping up most of their weekday patrols. Across the region, 18 of 24 beaches have ended their weekly regional guarding. More >>
Aotearoa Fisheries keen for collaborative approach
Monday, 18 January 2016, 9:25 am | Wright Communications
Aotearoa Fisheries keen for collaborative approach New Zealand’s largest Māori-owned fishing group, Aotearoa Fisheries, applauds the government’s focus on sustainably managing and protecting our oceans, but is concerned that recreational fishing parks ... More >>
Lifeline inundated with crisis calls over the Xmas period
Thursday, 7 January 2016, 3:17 pm | Lifeline Aotearoa
During the 11-day period from 24 December to 4 January, calls to Lifeline Aotearoa’s crisis lines increased by 16% from its usual volumes. More >>
Increase in domestic abuse over Christmas
Wednesday, 16 December 2015, 4:12 pm | Shine
While Christmas is supposed to be a happy time of year, for victims of domestic abuse it can be even more scary and dangerous as festive season stresses can lead to an increase in domestic abuse incidents. More >>
Lifeline Press Release
Friday, 11 December 2015, 10:40 am | Lifeline Aotearoa
For the last fifty years, the highly skilled staff at Lifeline have been at the end of the telephone for thousands of kiwis in crisis. More >>
Lifeline’s Christmas Appeal Launch
Friday, 13 November 2015, 9:42 am | LifeLine
Every 5 minutes someone calls Lifeline for help but demand over Christmas time can be especially high. This festive season Lifeline are expecting to help over 17,000 New Zealanders. More >>
Centenary commemoration honours Niue’s 150 soldiers
Tuesday, 13 October 2015, 3:42 pm | Wright Communications
One hundred years ago this October, fires were lit along Niue’s coast to farewell 150 brave Niuean men who were sailing away in support of New Zealand to fight in World War I. Following a church service, they left on the troopship Te Anau with ... More >>
RE: Chief Coroner’s Findings on Suicide
Thursday, 8 October 2015, 9:38 am | LifeLine
Tuesday’s release of the Chief Coroner’s provisional suicide statistics for the 2014/15 year makes for somber reading. More >>
Top tips for asparagus
Wednesday, 7 October 2015, 4:03 pm | Wright Communications
Fresh asparagus is now as much part of spring and summer as daylight saving and the Kiwi barbecue with family and friends which is great news for asparagus lovers like Sacred Hill Managing Director, David Mason. More >>
Signs give help and hope in Hamilton
Monday, 5 October 2015, 10:30 am | LifeLine
‘GIVE: your time, your words, your presence’ is this years theme for Mental Health Awareness week (5-11 October). In the spirit of ‘giving’ Lifeline Aotearoa will be placing semi-permanent signs around the Hamilton as part of a "For HELP ... More >>
Lifeline CEO calls on NZ personalities for help
Friday, 2 October 2015, 9:17 am | LifeLine
Lifeline CEO calls on NZ personalities for help. A recent international trend has started with high profile people raising awareness around suicide prevention. This is certainly a trend Lifeline Aotearoa CEO Jo Denvir supports. Some of the international ... More >>
Lifeline CEO says suicide myths don’t help
Monday, 7 September 2015, 4:40 pm | LifeLine
Most New Zealanders believe that suicide is a relatively rare event, but according to Jo Denvir CEO of Lifeline Aotearoa, this is simply one of many myths circulating our communities. More >>
