The new mural on the water-tower has just been completed and Maree and Aaron talk about how it reflects Raglan's spirit and values.

Following yesterday's hikoi opposing ACT's treaty principle's bill we look the good things that have come out of it and examine the country from the point of view of family dynamics

How to stop the run-away train in your mind where you can't stop beating up on yourself - or can't stop focusing on things that have gone wrong.

Mason Durie's Maori Mental Health model is the topic during Mental Health Awareness week. Maree takes us through the model and then discusses a scoring system to help people do a quick assessment of the lives.

The mind health of our nation and the effect political discourse and social media is having on it and how we can find another path

We talk about the community response during the power cuts last week and also mix it up with some political anger and get honest about the sort of people we are when we engage with anger compared to what we're like when we're focused on helping our neighbours.

How essential is an emotionally nourishing environment for children, what do we mean when we talk about family and how does it prepare us for adult life

We talk about the importance of having a vision for our community, and for our nation - and try to counter the tendency to focus on negative politics and people who make us angry.

We look back at the Recycled Trolley Derby which (which preceeded the Recycled Raft Race) and how events like this are great for building community and great for a our mind health

It's the end of 2023 and time to make the most of the break that's coming up for some (but not all) of us