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'I am alive’: Teen rescued after waterfall disaster shares recovery from horror injuries

Maia Johnston has listed her horror injuries in an update video.

Frontline mental health cash used for controversial fund

Money for frontline mental health was redirected to a $10m innovation fund

Fears social media ‘ick lists’ are harming men’s mental health

Experts warn it can be 'really, really damaging' to confidence and self-esteem.

72-hour benders, wild spending and sleeping with the wrong people – the reality of living with bipolar

Telegraph: 'I would buy strangers shots and fork out $1200 on concert tickets.'

How Kiwi dietitians' approach is combating malnutrition in aged care

Up to 93% of those who enter aged care are malnourished or at risk.

I realised I had ADHD at 42 when my son was diagnosed

Telegraph: After her son's diagnosis, Margot recognised behaviours from her childhood.

‘People think their feelings are so real now’: Celebrity therapist on the reality of mental health today

Times: Think things are bad? It’s probably not as grim as living through the Black Death.

Napier to Wellington scooter challenge aims to raise $200k for charity

The event supports mental health initiatives in the Hawke’s Bay region.

When to call time on a toxic sibling relationship

Telegraph: Sibling bonds can be a blessing or a burden.

Opinion: How parents can ease children’s back-to-school anxiety

OPINION: Many kids feel anxious about new teachers and routines.

Naps can help improve your cognition. Here’s how to take a better nap

Even a speedy 10-minute nap can have profound effects on our cognition and mood.

Sophie Devine takes immediate break from cricket to prioritise wellbeing

The 35-year-old will miss the end of the Kiwi summer, and Women’s Premier League in India.

‘Religious trance’: Father of Bondi Junction stabber offers theory on why son became mass killer

Father claims fatal stabbings unrelated to son’s schizophrenia diagnosis.

Deaf, mental health patient's brutal attack over vapes leaves man needing face reattached

Raana was 'gripped by an uncontrollable rage' when his friend pestered him for a vape.

I grew up in a home with OCD, ADHD and anxiety – one day it all got too much

Telegraph: How parents' undiagnosed mental illness shaped the life of their daughter.

‘It’s a tribute to her’ Mum turns grief into thriving beauty business after losing her daughter

Kaikohe mum Kelli-Asta Baker created a beauty-focused business in memory of her daughter.