Ending the shame
When she was 17, Rani Welsh was going... Read more
Lived experience advocacy
Johnny Matteson has fought at the forefront of... Read more
Mental Health Media Grants
Journalist John Boynton won a Pūtea Pāpāho/Mental Health... Read more
Mental Health Media Grants
Michelle Cameron is a director, cinematographer and photographer... Read more
Redefining wellness
Masks are a big part of the fight... Read more
Mental Health Media Grants
In 2018, Stuff journalist Adam Dudding won a... Read more
Redefining wellness
As a lived experience facilitator and trained social... Read more
Ode to a lived experience leader
Kua ngū te reo tīoriori o te atatū,... Read more
Getting Through Covid-19
For so many people, COVID-19 restrictions hit right... Read more
Getting through COVID-19
34-year-old Samantha Adams thinks back to when her... Read more
Getting through COVID-19
Sam is 23 and works full-time in Wellington.... Read more
Comment moderation
Are you worried about the impact of harmful... Read more
Making changes in workplaces
No Worries is a programme that helps workplaces... Read more
Ode to a change-maker, rangatira and voice for Māori with lived experience
Kua hinga te tōtara haemata o te waonui... Read more
Mental Health Media Grants
What do you do if your culture treats... Read more
Fighting back against discrimination
Chris Naylor is a senior community support worker... Read more
Mental distress in our Pasifika communities
In June, Vaka Tautua helped to launch a... Read more
Reducing mental distress discrimination
“So many people have begged me to come... Read more
Mental Health Media Grants
The Inside Word is a six-part panel show... Read more
Mental Health Media Grants
Aroha’s Way is a beautifully-illustrated children’s book about... Read more
Community Grants
Breathe, a stage play about experiencing psychosis, was... Read more
Community Grants 2018
Odd Daphne is a cake-smashing stage play which... Read more
Community Grants
Youngies vs. Oldies Netball Day, an intergenerational Māori... Read more
Ngā Kōrero and mental distress
People under the age of 25 make up... Read more
Take the Load Off campaign
When Logistics Coordinator Thomas Momoisea hit rock bottom... Read more
Take the Load Off campaign
Cantabrian Maria*’s experience with mental distress started when... Read more
Take the Load Off Campaign
When Hannah was 16, she had a year... Read more
Take the Load Off campaign
Taihape farmer Daniel Mickleson says he’s a typical... Read more
Take the Load Off Campaign
Ana Jakeman has seen and heard things other... Read more
Community Grants
You Are Not Alone is a video and... Read more
Poetry as a way through
Terry Lynch is a radio show host and... Read more
Opening the conversation
Do you know someone with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder... Read more
Rainbow identities and mental distress
Moira Clunie is a community advocate whose work... Read more
Workplace wellbeing
Ben Bayly is one of New Zealand’s top... Read more
Increasing social inclusion
No Worries, a programme managed by Peerzone, is... Read more
International efforts
Learnings from the latest GASA conference held in... Read more
The Mental Health Inquiry
The Report of the Government Inquiry into Mental... Read more
Opening the conversation
Adam Cunningham runs his own company of more... Read more
Employing and responding to workers with mental distress
Engages and works with employers to develop their... Read more
People working in education and housing organisations in... Read more
Gina Giordani describes herself as an advocate. Read more
Andrew is a marathon runner, keen gardener and... Read more
Anne Ho uses her fingers to gently massage... Read more
When someone asks Renee if she’s feeling okay,... Read more
Thirty-three-year-old teacher Matt was convinced he wouldn’t live... Read more
Georgina Dean believes she can change the way... Read more
Marlon (Marley) Richards believes his POD (Point of... Read more
KXXD website helps increase awareness
KXXD is a Like Minds, Like Mine public... Read more
Editorial
Take the Load Off is an online campaign... Read more
From China to NZ: A mental health journey
*Sue packed up her family’s life in China... Read more
perpetrators or patients
When Mike Wesley-Smith left his career in law... Read more
Sae Woom Tor Charitable Trust
Martha Kim, chairperson of New Zealand-based Korean mental... Read more
I am
Karl is passionate about his work with Maori... Read more
Editorial
Mental illness discrimination has a long, pervasive history. ... Read more
The Mindful Minute Challenge
Natalie Lanfear has lived with mental distress for... Read more
Sharing experience gives others hope
“The advice I would give my younger self... Read more
Penina o le Pasifika | Pearls of the Pacific
Ana was born and bred in Christchurch and... Read more
Editorial
Mental health problems can affect anyone at any... Read more
Opening minds in Kiwi workplaces
Lisa Ducat says the coolest part of her... Read more
Normalising mental health conversations
The first thing Bob Weir thinks we need... Read more
Supporting mental health brings rewards
Caroline Marr and Tina Butler have a unique... Read more
Editorial
It feels almost flippant to be talking about... Read more
High school students challenge discrimination
Melissa Bridle, from 24-7 YouthWork, wasn’t sure what... Read more
Student led initiative a growing success
Andrew Sutherland is working on a special project... Read more
Thriving, not just surviving
Nineteen-year-old POD participant and Auckland University statistics student,... Read more
Editorial
Research indicates that uninformed media coverage of mental... Read more
Have you tried, maybe, not worrying?
2015 media grant fellow Rachel Ross was 22... Read more
Award for rural mental health resources
Yvonne O'Hara was late coming to journalism, but... Read more
Pacific models create non-discriminatory environments
Susanne Cummings' journey started almost 20 years ago... Read more
Editorial
New Zealand’s employers are more and more aware... Read more
Black comedy fights depression
There are not many people who have the... Read more
Shutting down discrimination
Being an inaugural Like Minds, Like Mine ‘PODder’... Read more
Tending the POD
Margaret Lockhart couldn’t be happier. As the Mental... Read more
Student's speech breaks down barriers
“ARE YOU NUTS??!!! WHAT’S WRONG WITH YOU??? So... Read more
reThiNK-ing youth resources
Based in Auckland, Taimi Allan is responsible for... Read more
An interface between mental health and identity
People who identify as LGBTI are more likely... Read more
Takatāpui part of the whānau
By speaking up and challenging his own, and... Read more
App Helps Young People In Distress
Sarah Moktar has developed an app to help... Read more
Editorial
A new Like Minds, Like Mine project, POD,... Read more
Anti-discrimination advocate royally acknowledged
Tabby Besley is at the forefront of young... Read more
Article
Discrimination against people who experience mental illness happens... Read more
Lifting the barrier for those battling mental illness
Between stints in psychiatric care and hiding her... Read more
Workplace discrimination hidden
Equal Employment Opportunities Commissioner, Dr Jackie Blue, says... Read more
A brush with mental distress
Pita Alatini says his brush with mental distress... Read more
Youth voice reaches United Nations
Until recently, Pakuranga College student, Stephanie Shen, had... Read more
Living with someone who has a mental illness
Everyone except their doctor said it couldn’t work,... Read more
Out of the darkness and into the light
As the warm sunlight streams in through the... Read more
Dancing out of the dark
When Kapiti dancer Tamihana Paurini experienced depression, he... Read more
Art, stigma and other things
Some people spend all their spare cash on... Read more
Poets stand against stigma
Rapper and performance poet Chris McMurray is drawing... Read more
Personal experience inspires hope
Wellingtonian Lance Elliott has lived with schizophrenia for... Read more
Loving the bipolar label
To those who don’t know her, Jo Ashcroft... Read more
Debbie's journey to positive energy
When Debbie Siau was first diagnosed with bipolar... Read more
Album takes note of stigma
A project that brought together the musical and... Read more
Beautiful identities don't judge
University of Canterbury graduate, Hazel Guyan, is an... Read more
Beauty queen speaks out
Fijian Torika Watters was just 12 years old... Read more
Fighting the good fight
With twin four-year-olds and a busy work schedule... Read more
Positive Energy participants speak out
Speaking openly about an experience of mental illness... Read more
Mental distress on campus
The years spent in tertiary study are supposed... Read more
Editorial
In 1997 Like Minds, Like Mine had the... Read more
Positively bipolar
Simon Davis-Oakley enjoyed his life as a self-employed... Read more
Discrimination from friends hard to handle
Annie (36) is frustrated with her friends after... Read more
Interacting with people in mental distress
What you do as a police officer makes... Read more
Research
Exploring Discrimination Within and Towards Families and Whānau
of... Read more
Reducing stigma in Pacific communities
Combining cognitive behaviour therapy with cultural traditions is... Read more
Using drama to understand mental illness
Year 13 drama students from Rangi Ruru Girls’... Read more
Support for an experience of depression
Many people find mental illness difficult to acknowledge... Read more
Cheeky initiative leads to new opportunities
Richard Towgood from Tapu on the Coromandel is... Read more
A supportive workplace makes all the difference
Ben Lockie has everything he could wish for... Read more
Sunday Star-Times a responsible employer
Sometimes it seems like it’s a real challenge... Read more
Lessons on being who you are
Minnie Baragwanath is chief executive and creator of... Read more
Schizophrenia is part of my story
Schizophrenia is potentially the most stigmatising of all... Read more
Blogging to reduce stigma and discrimination
Sharing the stories of people who have experienced... Read more
Farmers under pressure
A war is raging in the quiet backwaters... Read more
Research
Workplaces that include and support people with experience... Read more
Investing in wellbeing benefits employees
As general manager of building compliance and consents... Read more
Going public for greater good
After years of mulling over an idea, Robyn... Read more
Portraying mental illness on the small screen
Fictional characters with experience of mental illness are... Read more
A cacophony of creativity
Almost 600 years ago an illiterate, French peasant... Read more
Research
Stories of Success is the latest publication the... Read more
Research
A recent Like Minds, Like Mine research project... Read more
Challenge the stigma behind Raurimu
How do you tell a story of extreme... Read more
Changing the world one word at a time
Gareth Edwards is mad. That’s the term he... Read more
A different attitude to illness
Moving to Aotearoa was like shifting to “absolute... Read more