30 November 2017
By Te Pou
Our collaboration with the Mental Health Commission of Canada was reinforced when two of their health promotion managers visited Te Pou.
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24 August 2017
By Te Pou
Auckland University of Technology (AUT) Senior Lecturer Dr Daniel Sutton has recently received a Health Research Council grant for research into sensory modulation as an approach for people experiencing anxiety.
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8 March 2017
By Te Pou
Te Pou congratulates Counties Manukau Health on winning the 2017 New Zealand Human Resource Award for Learning and Development Capability in the Public Sector for their Safe Practice and Effective Communication (SPEC) training package.
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1 December 2016
By Angela Gruar
Safe Practice and Effective Communication (SPEC) was launched successfully in Christchurch in November. The launch was a credit to many people who have worked hard to get to this point with the aim of achieving a national consistency of training that is pain free and prone free wherever possible.
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22 November 2016
By Angela Gruar
Te Pou o te Whakaaro Nui (Te Pou) is pleased to support the launch of the Safe Practice Effective Communication (SPEC) training programme at the national forum held in Christchurch on 21 and 22 November.
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20 July 2016
By Robyn Shearer
Recent media coverage has highlighted the ongoing and justified public concern for service users with very high and complex mental health needs. Te Pou supports the work of the Ministry of Health and district health boards (DHBs) to understand and problem solve the many and complex variables that are impacting on both the basic human rights and health of these people, their families and the staff members working with them.
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