Youth mental distress has become entrenched, suicide remains a national tragedy, and our systems are failing to intervene early enough, says the New Zealand Association of Counsellors (NZAC). NZAC President Huhana Pene says these findings should trigger urgent action. The mental health prevention system is underpowered and reactive, and investing in early intervention is just as important as investing in crisis response.  Read more here.

In this latest blog by the Graeme Dingle Foundation, they explore how tuakana–teina is woven through their programmes, the impact it’s having on young people across Aotearoa, and why shared leadership matters now more than ever.

If you’re thinking of attendance, students’ sense of belonging or safety, or the wider systems and processes in your school that support this, Wellbeing@School toolkit could be hugely useful. W@S team is offering 30-minute webinars to introduce the toolkit, how it provides teachers’ opinions and students’ perspectives as a snapshot of how well they feel things are going, and how well your trusted systems are working