During Gamble Harm Awareness week, I attended a Problem Gambling Foundation (PGF) event held at the Auckland City Mission. The Auckland City Mission established in 1820 has a solid reputation of caring for those that have found either themselves homeless, rough sleeping, isolated elderly, dealing with addiction, living with mental health issues, and struggling to feed their family due to an unexpected crisis.

This one day event has been held annually around the country since 2010 and is a collaborative venture between the Universities of Auckland, Otago, Massey, Victoria and from this year, Auckland University of Technology, and is supported by Matua Raki. Hāpai te Hauora were pleased to attend this year to be part of the symposia joined by other senior researchers, clinicians, students and others in the addiction fields. The symposia was extremely interesting with a great range of topics showcasing addiction-related research in New Zealand, the outstanding line up included research presentations...

Welcoming our new National Coordinator for National Coordination Service, Rebecca Ruwhiu-Collins and our new Workforce Development Coordinator for the Public Health Workforce Development Service - Te Kākano, Stephanie Erick.

​ The National Training Forum for Gambling Harm Minimisation is a three day training forum hosted in Auckland for the national preventing and minimising gambling harm workforce. Here is the program for the 3 days. We look forward to seeing you all there! ​ National Training Forum - Online Programme ​ National Training Forum Programme - PDF's for download Download Day 1 Programme Download Day 2 Programme Download Day 3 Programme