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Lifeline To Benefit From Wilson Parking’s ‘Park With Purpose’ This Friday
Thursday, 29 September 2022, 1:47 pm | Lifeline Aotearoa
Wilson Parking is hosting ‘Park with Purpose’ this Friday to celebrate Mental Health Awareness Week and donating a portion of all early bird parking throughout New Zealand to Lifeline. Wilson Parking Chief Operating Officer, Sara Norrie, said ... More >>
Lifeline Calls For People To Reach Out To Others
Tuesday, 20 September 2022, 2:25 pm | LifeLine
Lifeline is encouraging people to reach out to someone they haven’t connected with for a while - make a phone call, send a text or better yet, arrange to meet face-to-face. Lifeline Operations Manager Helena de Fontenay says the last couple ... More >>
Lifeline Calls For People To Reach Out To Others
Wednesday, 14 September 2022, 10:25 am | LifeLine
Lifeline is encouraging people to reach out to someone they haven’t connected with for a while - make a phone call, send a text or better yet, arrange to meet face-to-face. More >>
Happy Bangers Tour A Sizzler For Lifeline
Friday, 15 July 2022, 9:22 am | LifeLine
Lifeline Aotearoa is encouraging New Zealand to get behind a tasty campaign aimed at not only raising funds but encouraging people to reach out for help during difficult times. Hawke’s Bay sausage manufacturers, the Beard Brothers, have embarked on ... More >>
George FM Steps In To Cover Shortfall For Lifeline
Wednesday, 13 July 2022, 12:19 pm | LifeLine
Unbelievably generous and vital support – that’s how Lifeline Aotearoa is describing the effort by George FM in meeting a shortfall in donations following the cancellation of the Rhythm and Vines festival earlier in the year. <img src="https://img.scoop.co.nz/stories/images/2207/0a9d0e691790d7437895.jpeg" ... More >>
Domestic Violence Agency Seeing Higher Level Of Violence And More Complex Cases, Calls For Fundraising Assistance
Wednesday, 8 June 2022, 10:19 am | Shine
Leading specialist family violence agency Shine is highlighting a major concern with escalating levels of violence and complexity of family violence cases over the last 12 months. More >>
Lifeline Calls For New Donors
Friday, 1 April 2022, 9:47 am | Lifeline Aotearoa
Wanted – a new donor or donors to fill the gap following the cancellation of Gisborne’s Rhythm & Vines festival. That’s the message from Lifeline Aotearoa, a helpline charity for people in distress or who are suicidal. For the past four years, Rhythm ... More >>
Lifeline Calls For New Donors
Wednesday, 30 March 2022, 5:33 pm | Lifeline Aotearoa
Wanted – a new donor or donors to fill the gap following the cancellation of Gisborne’s Rhythm & Vines festival. That’s the message from Lifeline Aotearoa, a helpline charity for people in distress or who are suicidal. For the past four years, Rhythm ... More >>
Shine Throws The Spotlight On What Love Isn’t This Valentine’s Day
Friday, 11 February 2022, 7:54 am | Shine
As the countdown to the traditional Valentine’s Day celebration of love and romance begins, family violence response service Shine is throwing the spotlight on what love is - and what it isn’t. “It’s not love when you are unable to ... More >>
Promising Young Biathlete Campbell Wright Knocks On Door For Winter Olympic Selection
Tuesday, 28 December 2021, 6:18 pm | Wright Communications
Promising young Wanaka biathlete Campbell Wright will be doing everything possible before 15 January to prove to the New Zealand Olympic Committee (NZOC) that he is worthy of selection for the Beijing Winter Olympics in February. The 19-year-old ... More >>
Shine Bolsters Community Response To Family Violence
Tuesday, 14 December 2021, 10:29 am | Shine
New Zealand’s ability to respond to family violence at the grass roots level has received a boost with the launch of a new training programme - Shine RESPOND. Aimed at community professionals such as social workers, counsellors and practitioners, ... More >>
Friday Night Quiz Fundraiser For Lifeline
Wednesday, 22 September 2021, 12:17 pm | LifeLine
Featuring Cori Gonzalez-Macuer, Jermaine Clement and others <img src="https://img.scoop.co.nz/stories/images/2109/85e5f532d573f22bbb21.jpeg" width="720" height="378"> This Friday 24 September at 7:30pm, all of New Zealand is invited to leave their lockdown woes behind and test ... More >>
Shine launches billboard campaign to prevent domestic abuse
Tuesday, 14 September 2021, 9:41 am | Shine
Domestic violence service provider Shine has launched a new billboard campaign with LUMO in response to an escalation of domestic violence and abuse during lockdown. Being trapped in the same house means there are more opportunities for someone to ... More >>
Lifeline calls up 38% compared to last lockdown
Thursday, 9 September 2021, 2:59 pm | LifeLine
Crisis helpline Lifeline Aotearoa is seeing an increase in complex calls as well as a steady increase in overall calls and texts as lockdown continues in Auckland. Calls and texts are up almost 40% compared to level 4 lockdown in 2020, and up more ... More >>
Help Employees to be Safe at Home
Wednesday, 25 August 2021, 9:11 am | Shine
Shine, a specialist domestic violence service provider and part of Presbyterian Support Northern, is offering vital information for New Zealand employers to support employees to be safe who are working remotely. Holly Carrington, who leads Shine’s DVFREE ... More >>
Family Violence: Help That Is Available During Lockdown
Wednesday, 18 August 2021, 6:08 pm | Shine
Level 4 lockdown means that many New Zealanders are being forced to work and live at home 24/7 with an abusive partner, family member, or flatmate - with very few options to get away or get help. Additional stress or conflict created by the impact ... More >>
Time To Address Hidden Epidemic In NZ
Thursday, 3 June 2021, 8:55 am | Shine
Auckland, 3 June, 2021 Domestic violence in New Zealand is getting worse and something needs to be done about it now – that’s the plea from organisers of Light It Orange, the main annual fundraising campaign for domestic abuse charity Shine. Starting this ... More >>
Lifeline Records Busiest Text Month Ever
Thursday, 13 May 2021, 3:42 pm | Lifeline Aotearoa
Crisis helpline Lifeline Aotearoa’s text support service recorded its busiest month ever in April with more than 30,000 texts sent and received. This follows a previous record set in March of 27,000 texts sent and received. Both figures are ... More >>
Sustainability Reporting On The Up In New Zealand
Monday, 14 December 2020, 2:21 pm | Wright Communications
Against the backdrop of a global health issue affecting the planet and climate change being declared as a national emergency, New Zealand’s largest listed companies ramped up their environmental, social and governance (ESG) reporting in 2020. Prior ... More >>
Statue unveiling for ‘Auckland’s founding father’
Wednesday, 18 November 2020, 2:13 pm | Wright Communications
Cornwall Park, one of Auckland’s most treasured locations, has gained a double life-sized bronze bust of Sir John Logan Campbell, the philanthropic businessman who gifted the land to the people of New Zealand over 100 years ago. More >>
