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Click on the link to hear Mary O’Hagan’s recent interview on Take It From Us, an award-winning radio show that gets to the heart of things with the experienced and the expert. Mary is sharing the wellbeing manifesto and talking about the shift from Big Psychiatry to Big Community. http://www.planetaudio.org.nz/listen/take-it-from-…

Have you signed up to the wellbeing manifesto yet? Check out the peer written document by clicking on this link and if you agree that we don’t need more of the same then please support us by signing the petition! https://www.wellbeingmanifesto.nz/

Congratulations to Michael Watt, Nina Fairburn, Nicky Weston (MHAPS) and Adrian Price (Mind & Body) who completed their PeerZone workshops orientation training in Christchurch today. We are delighted to welcome them to the team!

PeerZone is delighted to be bringing the peer-led paradigm shift seminar to Edinburgh this September following on from the success of our Wellington 2017 event. Attendees will have the opportunity to hear from successful international initiatives outside the dominant bio-medical paradigm. Presentations will celebrate alternative ways to support people with mental distress primarily from a… Continue reading PeerZone is coming to Edinburgh, Scotland in September 2018!

Only 6 weeks until we head to Edinburgh for the peer led paradigm shift seminar. More details on Eventbrite – https://www.eventbrite.co.nz/e/peerzone-peer-led-paradigm-shift-seminar-tickets-47014994113

Meet Kat, our new Office Coordinator in Christchurch. Kat lives in Waimairi Beach with her partner of 23 years, Richard and their dog Leroy. She has been in Christchurch all her life except for a year in England and ten years in Wellington. Kat’s background is in library and community work. Her other job is… Continue reading Meet our new Office Coordinator, Kat McAra

The wellbeing manifesto is now officially in the hands of the mental health inquiry panel. Ka Pai https://www.facebook.com/pg/wellbeingmanifesto/pos…

PeerZone Workshops and Toolkit Facilitator Orientation Course Wellington 3 – 6 December 2018 Venue: St John’s in the City Presbyterian Church (Cnr Willis & Dixon Streets) Registrations close on Friday 23 November 2018 The PeerZone workshops are a series of 20 three-hour peer-led workshops for people who experience mental distress and addiction. In addition to… Continue reading ​PeerZone Workshops and Toolkit Facilitator orientation course- Wellington

The return of the peer led paradigm shift seminar This event follows the success of the Wellington, 2017 and Edinburgh, 2018 seminars. International peer leaders discuss outcomes-focused responses to mental distress. About the seminar: PeerZone invites you to hear international peer leaders talk about peer-led and humane alternatives to standard service delivery. This seminar will… Continue reading Christchurch peer-led paradigm seminar – join us on Monday November 19th

Our new September newsletter is out now https://us2.campaign-archive.com/?u=a70fe96d1e04d5…