One of the speakers at TEDx Auckland this year was Paul Wood, a man who spent 11 years in prison for murder and graduated in June with a PhD in psychology. He completed his Bachelors and Masters degrees entirely behind bars, began his doctorate on the inside and is the first person in New Zealand…
Lately I’ve been pondering the use of the word brave. Because I have been called brave. It’s a word that I hear used for people in the military – people who go get shot at and blown up. So I think it can be misused. Or perhaps I don’t understand why people are choosing to…
If you haven’t yet heard of TED, you need to check it out. TED is a not for profit devoted to sharing ideas. It started in 1984 as a conference bringing together three areas – technology, entertainment and design. Since then it’s become even broader with two main conference per year in the US and…
‘Toi Ora Live Art Trust is a unique shared creative space in the heart of Auckland city for adults who have come in contact with mental health services. Toi Ora provides an array of arts, creative writing, music and recording classes and workshops, that are tutored by professional practitioners with experience and/or an understanding of…
The National Government’s Social Security Amendment (Benefit Categories and Work Focus) Bill is now before the Social Services Select Committee. The first part of the bill focuses on youth and sole parents, while the second is about merging the benefit categories, increasing work expectations and introduces a number of new obligations for people who receive…
