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Folks, the below press release is one I sent out yesterday to select press. It’s not for the fainthearted so consider this a strong language warning.

The sad reality …
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Domestic violence – the behind-closed-doors crime that includes sexual and verbal abuse -is responsible for at least half of New Zealand’s homicides. Crime figures rise dramatically at Christmas time according …
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If there is a small New Zealand business message of sharing and winning this Christmas it is the story of Belinda Muir and Jo Bigham bringing Cambodian up-cycle and socially …
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The New Zealand government has just launched a campaign to tackle what is now a childhood obesity epidemic. The Before School Check (B4SC) programme will, by December 2017, refer on …
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If the youngest of New Zealand’s homeless were sitting in shop doorways in their school uniforms proffering an empty lunch box as a means of garnering empathy we’d all sit …
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An Auckland, New Zealand based artist harnesses social anxiety and produces his best work yet, according to a top art critic, writer and mentor, Warwick Brown. Below: Tribute to Ben …
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Earlier this month, somewhere in the Vatican, Pope Francis was handed a DVD of Jackson Hole Wildlife Film Festival 2015 finalist, Thin Ice. The work is a Victoria University of …
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When you see throngs of people herding themselves like cattle through an artificially lit maze of home renovation stands on a Sunday, you realise there must be more to the …
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Diagnosis is important in identifying and curing disease, but we cannot ignore that it also has a very strong social impact, says Doctor Annemarie Jutel, an associate professor at Victoria …
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In the world of city planning, attention is turning to the psychological impact of the built environment. Can a row of buildings make people as happy as they can make …
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