Conferences

Mental Health Nurses Section Forum

Date and time: Friday 9 August 2024, 12.30 - 4.00pm
Venue: Ko Awatea Centre, Middlemore Hospital, Counties Manukau

The focus of this year's forum is a mixture of topics relevant to mental health nurses and other mental health clinicians from a practice and workplace perspective.

Speakers

• Dr Zoe Port PhD, BBS (Hons) is a lecturer at Massey University’s School of Management and Co-Director of Healthy Work Group.  Among her interests are workplace wellbeing and the psycho-social risks within workplaces.  Included in Zoe’s research is inquiry into Community Mental Health & Addictions.
• Linda Bowden BHSc, (OT), MHSc is a PhD candidate at the Dept of Psychological Medicine at Auckland University. Among her interests are Clinical Supervision and Suicide prevention projects.         
• Rosaline Fuata'I is a District Inspector for Counties Manukau.

Download the programme

Register: This is a FREE event but please register at mental@nzno.org.nz for catering purposes by 25 July 2024.

Past Events

Theme: Capacity in the Mental Health Arena

Date: Friday, 24 March 2023
Venue: Waterfront Room, Harbourside Function Centre, 4 Taranaki Street, Wellington

• MHNS 2023 Forum Flyer and Programme

BGM 2023 Papers

• MHNS Chair Report 2020 - 2022
• 2022 03 31 MHNS YTD Mar 22 Financial Statement
• 2022 03 31 MHNS YTD Dec 22 Financial Statement
• 2023 03 08 MHSC Commentary to Financial statement 21-22
• 2023 03 08 MHNS Notes to Financial Statement 21 - 22
• PNA Report 2023
• Rule remits_ March 2023 BGM

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View speaker profiles.

• Professor John Dawson, Otago University
• Hiraina McKenzie Kaitohutohu: Principle Advisor Māori Te Whatu Ora Central Region - MHAIDS
• Erika Butters, Personal Advocacy and Safeguarding Adults Trust
• Teresa O’Connor, Past Editor, Kaitiaki Nursing