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Parking Lots to Parks: Designing Livable Cities

By Alison Mackay | 5 July, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Environment, Health Care, Transport |

Earth Policy Insitute

“The world’s cities are facing unprecedented challenges. In Mexico City, Tehran, Kolkata, Bangkok, Beijing, and hundreds of other cities, the air is no longer safe to breathe. In …

Mental health treatment and Maori: Seminar

By Alison Mackay | 9 April, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Health Care, Kaupapa Maori |

The latest of Manu Ao’s weekly lecture series’ is online now.

Do the western systems of diagnosis, classification and treatment of mental disorder adequately accommodate for culture: The Māori experience …

Street party!

By Anne | 29 September, 2008 | No Comments | Posted in Community Development, Health Care, Transport |

Man, this stuff is so cool. Imagine whole areas of cities being blocked to traffic on weekend days, and people just getting out, riding bikes, running, skating, picnicking, taking dance …

Untrained GPs providing primary health care to Kiwis

By trixter | 5 September, 2008 | No Comments | Posted in Health Care |

Approximately 700 of New Zealand’s General Practitioners are not qualified as GPs (although they are qualified as doctors).

Unlike countries like Australia, the United States and the UK, New Zealand …

Injustice killing Kiwis on grand scale

By Ant | 5 September, 2008 | No Comments | Posted in Health Care, News |

Social injustice is killing people on a grand scale, the New Zealand Medical Journal says in an important new report.

“Widening geographic inequalities in death rates from ischaemic heart disease, diabetes, …

Valuing the lives of older people – what choices will we have as we grow older?

By PaulB | 11 July, 2008 | No Comments | Posted in Community Development, Health Care, Housing, Poverty |

Let’s celebrate the success story of living longer!

In July the New Zealand Council of Christian Social Services (NZCCSS) continues its election year call for greater awareness of key issues …

ACC – who does it really benefit anyhow?

By Ant | 3 July, 2008 | 6 Comments | Posted in Health Care |

In April 2008, the government issues a press release identifying some of the pitfalls of privatising ACC. Since then, National now say they do not want to privatise ACC, …

Jo Randerson: art and mental health

By Ant | 27 June, 2008 | No Comments | Posted in Health Care |

Those with a radio may like to tune it into Kim Hill at 11.40 on Saturday (or use the web to listen later).

If you do, you’ll get the treat …