Immediately, this means providing resources for innovative projects that can find and develop solutions to the world’s challenges. It also means recognising the value of measuring and communicating impact, reducing obstacles to access, and advocating for funding and policy that puts health, mental and collective, at the top of

Who is He Waka Tapu? He Waka Tapu is an organisation on a mission to innovate in how they provide support necessary for the communities they serve in Ōtepoti to reduce mental distress and improve their wellbeing. Having operated now for 22 years they are an established secondary healthcare provider

oVRcome is a mental health start up established by Adam Hutchinson with the goal to use technology in innovative ways to make clinically proven mental health treatment more accessible. oVRcome provides evidence based VR exposure therapy targeted for anxiety conditions such as phobia’s or social anxiety. While Adam is

Observation mixed with an innate, instinctual response “to do something” set Anna Dorsey on the path of innovation. One could even say that becoming ‘an innovator’ for Anna has been a by-product of simply being someone who saw a need in her community in Tāhuna, Queenstown and took a chance

Getting an opportunity to kōrero with the enigmatic Jase Te Patu has offered a deep dive into his work on creating M3 Mindfulness. Within a rich korero carried along by a healthy mix of laughter, some synchronised eye-rolling and plenty of finger applauding we swapped stories and reflections capturing the