Category: News

Kia ora koutou! PeerZone office (physical and postal): Pember House, 16 Hagley Street, Level 4 (room 11), Porirua 5022 (Davede and Suzy) Christchurch (postal only): PO Box 7511, Sydenham, Christchurch 8240 (Lisa and Mary) Hawea Flat: living the dream in Paradise, morse code (Moose and Sara) Please note we no longer have our PO Box… Continue reading PeerZone’s change of addresses!

Recently, project lead Suzy and Davede had a very informative meeting with several national employers who advised what we must consider when developing resources and events to combat discrimination in the workplace. They were all very enthusiastic and supportive of a peer-led and informed approach. They advised us that being inclusive is very topical right… Continue reading No Worries Project

Great work from our friends at Balance Whanganui who are starting their first PeerZone workshops. We LOVED our training with these gorgeous people back in October! http://www.nzherald.co.nz/wanganui-chronicle/midwe…

Today is the final day of the peer support pilot we have been delivering for MSD in Porirua and NaeNae. The evaluation is almost complete and we feel very proud of what we have collectively achieved. We will be having a hui in Porirua to share our findings on Monday 21st May in the afternoon… Continue reading Its the final day (sob sob) of our peer support pilot!

We are super excited to share news of our new collaboration with Brook Red. Our new Australian PeerZone Coordinator is the wonderful Prue Riggall. Here is a bit about her…… “I have a passion for people, social justice, the arts and the environment. I am a qualified facilitator in PeerZone and WRAP and am based… Continue reading Introducing our new Australian PeerZone Coordinator Prue Riggall

Welcoming another addition to the PeerZone whaanau, is our new Georgia PeerZone Coordinator, the funky and ever-so-cool, Roz Hayes in collaboration with Georgia Mental Health Consumer Network. Getting to know Roz…. “I have always been amazed at the resilience of the human spirit and the power of love. I am both witness to and evidence of the… Continue reading Introducing our new Georgia PeerZone Coordinator Roz Hayes

PeerZone has now successfully completed the peer support pilot which was funded by MSD to provide peer support to people on supported living payments in Porirua and Naenae. We would love to share the findings of the independent evaluation with you. Please join us on Monday 21 May from 1.30 – 3.30 in Pember House… Continue reading Peer Support Pilot Hui

Recently, project lead Suzy and Davede had a very informative meeting with several national employers who advised what we must consider when developing resources and events to combat discrimination in the workplace. They were all very enthusiastic and supportive of a peer-led and informed approach. They advised us that being inclusive is very topical right… Continue reading No Worries Project

PeerZone and Action Station are preparing the Wellbeing Manifesto for Aotearoa New Zealand. We first began to discuss it at PeerZone’s Peer-led Paradigm Shift seminar last November and have been refining it in consultation with different stakeholders since then. The manifesto is calling for open access to a broad range of services for people with… Continue reading Wellbeing Manifesto for Aotearoa New Zealand

It’s such a pleasure to introduce our wonderful new batch of PeerZone Coordinators and Facilitators who successfully completed the 4 day training last week in Brisbane. Brook Red will now be coordinating all PeerZone workshops in Australia and we are so excited to be working with them. Watch this space for upcoming Melbourne facilitator orientation… Continue reading Now launching PeerZone Australia