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Mindfulness gets good airing


Mountain Scene
By TRACEY ROXBURGH
What’s believed to be a New Zealand-first mental health workshop’s literally took flight in Queenstown yesterday.
Connect and Care founder Mel Haarer launched a free pilot programme, Health and  Happiness, last November to help the Whakatipu community deal with the impacts of
Covid-19.
Since then, she’s put some serious thought into how best to continue that work.
‘‘My fear was that the wellbeing space here in Queenstown has become so highly competitive that it’s hard to secure a sustainable position moving forward in our small community, especially with businesses suffering so much and unable to invest ....

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Victims allegedly tortured by New Zealand psychiatrist fear time is running out for justice


Victims allegedly tortured by New Zealand psychiatrist fear time is running out for justice
Warning: graphic content Around 200 people told a royal commission they were abused by Dr Selwyn Leeks and others at Lake Alice psychiatric hospital in the 1970s, allegations Leeks has denied
A royal commission in New Zealand says it is still receiving complaints about alleged abuse at Lake Alice psychiatric hospital in the 1970s. Photograph: Syldavia/Getty Images/iStockphoto
A royal commission in New Zealand says it is still receiving complaints about alleged abuse at Lake Alice psychiatric hospital in the 1970s. Photograph: Syldavia/Getty Images/iStockphoto ....

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