“Brain health isn’t something that we only worry about in old age. We need to be thinking about brain health all through our lives.” — Dr Etuini Ma‘u, dementia researcher and senior lecturer in psychological medicine.
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“Our tūpuna navigated vast oceans with no modern instruments, guided by the stars, the winds, the currents. If they could find calm in the uncertainty of the Pacific, surely, we can find it in the uncertainty of our inboxes and calendars.” — Nathan Hira.
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“When people are empowered to self-heal, they reclaim their mana. They are no longer passive recipients of care — they are active creators of their own wellbeing.” — Rebecca Collett on creating a mental health support programme in Ohakune.
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“Here I am, 68 now, going on 69, and I’m having a vibrant life because I turned to my mātauranga Māori, and I started trusting my voices, and learning what I needed to learn.” — Tui Taurua, on her journey to recovery after 20 years in the psychiatric system.
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“Prayer has been massive for me. I have a couple of friends, and we just vent and pray, vent and pray. And then we eat.” — Siautu Alefaio, psychology professor at Otago University.
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“Being Sāmoan and fa’afafine are the most powerful things about me.” — Fuimaono Karl Pulotu-Endemann.
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“In New Zealand the whole machinery of justice has been made by the white majority. These are the facts of racist oppression.” — Oliver Sutherland.
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“Don’t feel you have to finish reading this article. There will be no great wisdom at the end. If suicide has touched your life, and in reading this you find yourself treading dark territory again, please pull out.” — James Nokise.
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“As a teacher, I’d been invited to major life milestones of former students, like 21st birthdays and graduations. But never this.” — Dahlia Malaeulu.
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“I’ve fallen in love with what it means to be Māori.” — Tony Kemp.
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“In our town, the fire brigade has more callouts for accidents, medical emergencies and suicides than it does for fires.” — Lorene Royal.
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“We’ve somehow arrived at a point where normal life events are catastrophised and the only people deemed able to fix those catastrophes are the professions that start with ‘psych’.”
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“We can help them in a small way to address the current crisis that’s going on in their lives, but I know that if we really want to shape a generation of people, we have to address the bigger forces at work.” An interview with South Auckland psychiatrist Dr Siale ‘Alo Foliaki.
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