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You wouldn’t give a 6 year old alcohol; don’t give them porn

admin — Fri, 08 Jul 2016 08:27:13 +0000

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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Stop domestic and sexual violence

admin — Wed, 13 Jan 2016 01:51:13 +0000

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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Fishing nets make for socially conscious fashion

admin — Wed, 23 Dec 2015 09:31:07 +0000

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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Feelings about fat key to reducing it

admin — Tue, 15 Dec 2015 09:45:54 +0000

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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Give CYF teens more time

admin — Tue, 08 Dec 2015 10:13:27 +0000

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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Pope, pupils and positivity tackle climate change

admin — Wed, 30 Sep 2015 03:58:23 +0000

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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Diagnosis hits harder than we think

admin — Thu, 10 Sep 2015 11:45:21 +0000

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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Social isolation challenge for happy city

admin — Wed, 02 Sep 2015 10:08:23 +0000

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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Therapy helps beat diabetes

admin — Thu, 20 Aug 2015 00:34:39 +0000

Clinical psychologist Steve Malcolm talks to Sally Webster about his recent involvement in a diabetic trial and how value and belief work is vital in beating the now rampant disease. ...
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Social isolation roots of female mental illness?

admin — Tue, 04 Aug 2015 03:21:57 +0000

If you’re female and have a good social life there’s less chance of you committing suicide – this was at the core of a recently published study, courtesy the Journal ...
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