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The phrase “may you live in interesting times” is bestowed not as a blessing, but as a curse. And living in these most interesting of times, you can see why that might be. That's not even taking into account the previous five years – if we just take 2025 as our year of living in interesting times, you can see why it might be a curse. Donald Trump raised tariffs on goods from China to 125%. Tariffs against seventy-five other countries are paused for 90 days with a 10% tariff because they were getting “yippy”. US share markets, which had been in freefall, have now rocketed higher. The Dow closed up 7.9%, the S&P500 closed up 9.5%, and the tech heavy NASDAQ was up 12.5% – this was all happening overnight. The normally phlegmatic Eric Crampton of the New Zealand Institute was about as ruffled as I've ever heard him this morning, talking to Mike Hosking on the Mike Hosking Breakfast. “Well, I was expecting more chaos and we're still getting it. So I had a bit of insomnia – wake up at 4am, okay tariffs are still on. Wake up at 6:30am, okay tariffs look like they're gonna be off. It is really hard for any business to plan in this kind of environment – the chaos is just going to continue. The guy who's responsible for administering the tariffs was talking for two hours about how great the tariffs are and how they're going to keep implementing them, and was told during his speech that Trump had put a 90 day pause on the tariffs. He presumably hadn't known before Trump did it. I don't think that there's any plan here at all.” Yeah. As for New Zealand exporters, well, I don't know. Founder of Egmont Honey, James Annabell told Ryan Bridge last night they're scrambling. “We've got five or six containers on the water which I believe are exempt actually, which is great, but I know that for a fact that we've got about 10 containers due to leave sort of end of April/May, which will all be subject to 10% tariffs. So we were obviously scrambling when we got the news last week. I believe anything that left before Saturday last week, we're exempt. I could be wrong there – an expert will probably ring in and say I'm wrong, but we understand that what's on the water now is okay, but the containers to come are all going to be subject to that 10%.” So how do you operate in an environment like this? For those of us not directly affected by the goings on in the United States —we're all ultimately affected, but not directly for many of us— it's a case of grab the popcorn and watch it play out. Take the White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt's approach: shrug and say boys will be boys, pass the popcorn. But for many Kiwis, they are having to try to make sense of all this to survive. The PM's just delivered a speech to the Wellington Chamber of Commerce, where he said, among other things, that the events of the recent days are the most significant challenge to the rules-based trading system since the general Agreement on Tariffs and Trade was formed in 1947. He told attendees that the direct impact on the New Zealand economy from the US tariffs announced last week is likely to be around $900 million, or roughly 0.2% of GDP. But the second order consequences of a region and a world retreating from trade and increasingly uncertain about its economic future will be more significant, despite the welcome news of de-escalation this morning, he said. I know for many businesses keeping an eye offshore and for those New Zealander's watching their KiwiSaver accounts, that could be confronting. He said, the exporters I've spoken to in recent days remain buoyant, rightly confident in the quality of their product and their ability to navigate choppy waters. But for countries whose prosperity is underpinned by global trade, the months ahead will be challenging for their economic interests, and many commentators will see these events as the next step in a longer-term trend towards economic security and national resilience, as countries ensure themselves against emerging geopolitical threats. He said he's not ready to throw in the towel and declare an end to the era of free market and free trade. He said, Kiwis have worked too hard and for too long to give up on the values and institutions which have seen our country and the region we live in thrive. If you lived in the 70s and remembered the 70s, we were one of the most closed economies outside of Eastern Europe, outside of the Communist nations. Anybody who bought anything overseas cut off the label and hoped they weren't picked up by customs, otherwise a tariff was applied when you brought it back into the country. Because we made our own bras, and we made our own T-shirts, and we made our own Swanndris and rugby jerseys – everything was produced in New Zealand. And people had wages, and they lived in small towns, and they there were factories everywhere, and then it exploded. The old New Zealand was gone and a new world order came in, for better and worse. I'm not entirely sure we can go back to those days, nor indeed would we want to. And perhaps it will all calm itself down over the next, but who knows? Like I say, grab the popcorn. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Grief is something that we all experience in life - we all know what it is like to lose a loved one, be it a family member, friend, or even a pet. It doesn’t seem to matter how prepared you might be, how many times you have experienced it, or the circumstances around it, a devastating loss is just that – devastating. And finding the words to support those close to us can be difficult, let alone helping ourselves. This week, Francesca and Louise are joined by Dr Denise Quinlan, director of the New Zealand Institute of Wellbeing and Resilience, and co-founder of Coping with Loss, to get practical advice on how to cope with grief in our own way.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Hugh Tennent and Ewan Brown are the founding partnership behind Poneke-Wellington firm Tennent Brown Architects and are the forefront of not only making buildings liveable - but living. It's a small firm that has consistently punched above its weight since it was formed over two decades ago - and last night received the 2024 Gold Medal from the New Zealand Institute of Architects. The Institute cites their "radical sustainability, exploration of bi-cultural collaboration and incorporation of te ao Maori into their ground-breaking designs". The company was the first architecture firm to obtain a JUST label for social justice and the first to achieve B-Corp certification. Two of their recent projects, Victoria University's Nga Mokopuna building and Te Wananga o Raukawa Pa Reo Campus in Otaki were designed to be living buildings - fully sustainable - of which there are only 30 in the world. They join Kathryn to explain their remarkable partnership and projects.

We've all heard of “the five stages of grief;” problem is, they're not based on solid science. Lucy Hone, director of the New Zealand Institute of Wellbeing & Resilience, joins host Krys Boyd to discuss why grieving looks different than what we've been taught previously and strategies for finding your way back to hope and normalcy. Her book is “Resilient Grieving: How to Find Your Way Through a Devastating Loss (Finding Strength and Embracing Life After a Loss that Changes Everything).”  Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Are weight loss drugs like Ozempic really the only option to reach your dream body? In today's episode, I'm joined by Dr. Edward Walker from Calocurb as he breaka down this revolutionary, natural, science-backed alternative that supports GLP-1 production minus the pharmaceutical side-effects. Together, we unpack how amarasate, a New Zealand hops extract, regulates appetite, curb cravings, & promote sustainable weight management. Learn the science behind its effects, dosing strategies, and how it can fit into your bioharmonized approach to health in this episode on “The Better GLP-1 Alternative”. Meet our guest Dr. Edward Walker is a scientist & lecturer specializing in plant-based nutraceuticals for health & wellness. He earned his PhD from the University of Auckland, researching the antioxidant effects of berry fruits, & now works at The New Zealand Institute for Plant & Food Research, focusing on clinical validation of nutraceutical products. As a guest lecturer at the University of Auckland, he teaches about nutraceuticals & functional foods. His 13-year research on plant-based appetite suppressants led to the development of Amarasate®, a NZ hops-based suppressant with a mode of action similar to GLP-1 anti-obesity drugs. Passionate about evidence-based nutraceuticals, he believes they can enhance health & help prevent chronic disease. Thank you to our partners Outliyr Biohacker's Peak Performance Shop: get exclusive discounts on cutting-edge health, wellness, & performance gear Ultimate Health Optimization Deals: a roundup article of all the best current deals on technology, supplements, systems and more Gain mental clarity, energy, motivation, and focus with the FREE Outliyr Nootropics Mini-Course The simple, guided, and actionable Outliyr Longevity Challenge helps you unlock your longevity potential, slow biological aging, and maximize your healthspan Key takeaways Amarasate is a plant extract that naturally stimulates GLP-1 without pharmaceutical risks Semaglutide's half-life is significantly longer than natural GLP-1, lasting up to a week instead of 2 minutes The best approach is to start with a low dose & gradually increase it The optimal dose of amarasate varies for individuals due to differences in gut response Synthetic GLP-1 drugs can cause the body to downregulate its natural GLP-1 production Episode Highlights 10:29 What GLP-1 & Injectable Peptides Actually Do to Your Body 20:57 The Biggest Concern About Taking GLP-1 29:33 The Better Natural Alternative to Ozempic 53:21 Protocols & Dietary Changes to Stack For Best Amarasate Effects Links Watch it on YouTube: https://youtu.be/xR3PslzxPFc  Full episode show notes: mindbodypeak.com/193 Connect with Nick on social media Instagram Twitter YouTube LinkedIn Easy ways to support Subscribe Leave an Apple Podcast review Suggest a guest Do you have questions, thoughts, or feedback for us? Let me know in the show notes above and one of us will get back to you! Be an Outliyr, Nick

Life can throw curveballs that you feel wholly unprepared for-- just ask Dr. Lucy Hone, a resilience researcher, who tragically lost her 12-year-old daughter in a road accident. While all of us may experience tragedy in our lives, not everyone knows how to manage it. In this episode, Dr. Hone shares the strategies that got her through unimaginable adversity and—in doing so—helped her find meaning through loss. Co-director of the New Zealand Institute of Wellbeing & Resilience, Hone's research is published internationally and her PhD was acknowledged for its outstanding contribution to wellbeing science at the World Congress of Positive Psychology in 2019. Her grief work now encompasses the best-selling book, Resilient Grieving, alongside other engaging online content. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On today's REX Daily Podcast, Dom talks with Dr Bill Kaye-Blake from the New Zealand Institute of Economic Research (NZIER) about a new study he co-authored, commissioned by Organics Aotearoa NZ, which reveals NZ's primary sector exports could reduce by $10-20b annually if genetically modified organisms (GMOs) were to be released into the environment... He talks with Catherine Ward from Pahi Coastal Walk about winning the Supreme Award at the NZI Rural Women NZ Business Awards, the idea behind the initiative at her Port Jackson farm and how it's become a successful enterprise... He talks with NZ Pork CEO Brent Kleiss about a significant influx of imported pork, why the gap is widening between between locally grown and imported pork and the best way to prepare a Christmas ham... And he catches up with rural health and wellbeing advocate Craig 'Wiggy' Wiggins. Tune in daily for the latest and greatest REX rural content on your favourite streaming platform, visit rexonline.co.nz and follow us on Instagram, Facebook and LinkedIn for more.

In a recent research paper funded by Our Land and Water National, the country will continue to see a significant shift away from livestock into pine forestry.   The implications this will have will not only be seen in nature, but also in the communities that rely on yearly income to support their families, rather than income that comes every twenty-five years. This paper also highlights the environmental issues that come with this transition, however neither are great for the environment.   Sasha spoke to Bill Kaye Blake, leading author of this paper on what's driving the trend of replacing livestock farms with pine forestry.

In a recent research paper funded by Our Land and Water National, the country will continue to see a significant shift away from livestock into pine forestry.   The implications this will have will not only be seen in nature, but also in the communities that rely on yearly income to support their families, rather than income that comes every twenty-five years. This paper also highlights the environmental issues that come with this transition, however neither are great for the environment.   Sasha spoke to Bill Kaye Blake, leading author of this paper on what's driving the trend of replacing livestock farms with pine forestry.

Join us for this episode of the Association Hub Podcast as we explore the inspiring work of The Diversity Agenda with Programme Director, Charlotte Downes. Discover how this award-winning initiative, founded by the Association of Consulting and Engineering, Engineering New Zealand, and the New Zealand Institute of Architects, is transforming the architecture and engineering industries. Charlotte takes us through The Diversity Agenda's journey, highlighting their mission to create diverse, equitable, and inclusive workplaces through empowerment, awareness, and action. Learn about their unique approach to driving change, including the establishment of the Diversity Agenda Accord, where nearly 60 industry leaders commit to measurable success in diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI). In this episode, Charlotte emphasises the crucial role of data, the importance of setting clear targets, and how success measures are used to track meaningful progress. She shares the achievements made through the collective power of industry collaboration. Tune in to find out how associations, businesses, and individuals can join the movement to make these industries more inclusive and sustainable for future generations.

 We've all heard of “the five stages of grief;” problem is, they're not based on solid science. Lucy Hone, director of the New Zealand Institute of Wellbeing & Resilience, joins host Krys Boyd to discuss why grieving looks different than what we've been taught previously and strategies for finding your way back to hope and normalcy. Her book is “Resilient Grieving: How to Find Your Way Through a Devastating Loss (Finding Strength and Embracing Life After a Loss that Changes Everything).”

NZTA Waka Kotahi is still warning drivers to take care while driving in icy conditions on State Highway 8 after two buses rolled in Mackenzie District on Thursday. New Zealand Institute of Driver Educators President Mark Revill-Johnson spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss.

The forestry sector is warning that tree-planting numbers for this year might be about half of what the government predicts in its emission reduction plans. The plan, announced by Minister of Climate Change Simon Watts, aims for a massive tree-planting push to soak up emissions. But the New Zealand Institute of Forestry says the government's numbers are wrong, and the projections are unrealistic. Its president James Treadwell spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss.

This week, we interviewed Rick Boven. Rick leads the Stakeholder Stategies. He was a strategic management consultant for over 25 years and was the founding partner of the Boston Consulting Group in New Zealand. He also served as the Director of the New Zealand Institute. An Accredited Fellow of the Institute of Directors, Rick's directorships have included ASB Bank, Sovereign Insurance, Wellington Drive Technologies, Simtics and SimTutor. Rick has worked with leading companies in Australia, New Zealand and the U.S.A in a wide range of industries including financial services, industrial distribution, energy, telecommunications, information technology and on-line, transport, manufacturing, and agriculture.  He has a Ph.D. in Environment Management from the University of Auckland, a Master of Business Administration from the Australian Graduate School of Management, and a Master of Arts (Psychology) from Victoria University of Wellington. Rick has university teaching experience in psychology, social work, research methodology, business strategy, and managing change. He has publications in social welfare, mathematical psychology, the educational sociology, strategic management, business ethics, and economic development.

Well, did we get some good news with the Reserve Bank's report yesterday? Not as full as their OCR statement that we're expecting in August, but an update nonetheless. Is the long winter of our financial discontent about to be made glorious summer? Will the Reserve Bank ease its restrictive monetary policy this year so that we don't all have to survive to 25, we can thrive in 25, giving those who are paying mortgages and business loans some respite?   Certainly, indications are that the engineered recession that's affected so many New Zealanders could be coming to an end. The Reserve Bank got what they wanted, business and consumer confidence has plummeted, unemployment has risen, and finally, finally, the battle to restore inflation to the 1- 3% target could be showing signs of being won.   A lot of conditionals in there: could be, might, should, but CoreLogic NZ's Chief Property Economist Kelvin Davidson says given the continued weakness of the economy in recent months, there is a chance the August statement from the Reserve Bank could be the one where it softens its tone and starts to lay the groundwork for an OCR cut as early as November. A lot of people had been talking about those cuts happening next year, now there are signs that it could be as early as November. It stayed the same yesterday so you might be wondering why the excitement, but it was in the final comment in the statement that says we could be looking to ease some of the restrictions around economic policy.   The New Zealand Institute for Economic Research says we expect an OCR cut in the first half of 2025, with the risks increasingly tilted towards February 2025. The release of the June quarter CPI next Wednesday will be an important influence on the timing of when OCR cuts will begin, given that the Reserve Bank is still concerned about non-tradable inflation, they're concerned that will remain persistently high. So with the non-tradable inflation, that's your insurance going up, that's your council rates, that's your rent, cigarettes and tobacco.   Kiwibank economists are far more bullish, saying the signs are that interest rate cuts will happen quickly next year. They're saying, perhaps by November. And then once the OCR comes down, then the interest rate cuts will happen early next year. So you need to see the OCR come down, and then the interest rates will follow, and it will happen quickly. We should bear in mind that while interest rate cuts will be good news for those who have home and business loans, those who are living off their term deposits won't be quite so thrilled.   So August will be the time when we know for sure whether the noose will be loosened. But are you already feeling more optimistic? I am. When you hear Kiwibank saying interest rate cuts will happen really quickly next year, we're looking to November for the OCR to come down, for inflation to get back into that target of 1-3%, that everything that the Reserve Bank has done... It's taken some time because there are some people who have money, there are some people who have profited from the recession and that's what happens in every recession there are winners and losers. So it took them longer than they thought to bring about the unemployment, to bring about the plummeting business confidence, consumer confidence. And so the pain for some people has lasted longer. But are you getting a sense, especially in your business, that things are on the up?   Confidence is all about propaganda, really. It's all about good news stories. It feeds on itself. When you have people saying, yep, the interest rate cuts are going to happen and they're going to happen quickly, then you start to think, okay, I'll have a little bit more money left in my pocket. If I can set my mortgage to those lower interest rates there'll be a bit leftover. I can spend a little bit more. I can start to enjoy life a bit more rather than clawing your way from pay packet to pay packet. I can get into my local shops, I can make some of those discretionary spends I haven't been making. Is that the sense you're getting if you're in retail? And if you're somebody with a mortgage, a loan, a business loan, do you believe that business will pick up? That you can finally put your house on the market if you've been holding off until confidence improves, and that's what it is. That you will finally have a few more cents left over after the bills have been paid. Is the phone starting to ring again with people booking more jobs?   Or are we not out of the woods yet? What is your sense on the ground? If you're one of those who's looking to refix your mortgage, are you looking to six months? A year? Are you looking at two years? Are you starting to feel more positive? Are there more good news stories coming from your friends, your colleagues, those in your community?   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dr. Edward Walker, a scientist from the New Zealand Institute for Plant and Food Research, details the rigorous research process behind Calocurb, a natural product aimed at curbing appetite and fighting obesity. Dr. Walker explains how his team identified and formulated Amarasate, a compound derived from New Zealand hops, which mimics the appetite-suppressing effects of certain gastrointestinal hormones like GLP-1. The conversation also covers the evolution of the product, the scientific studies confirming its efficacy, and practical considerations for its use. They further delve into the challenges and potentials of using natural alternatives to pharmaceutical weight loss drugs.

Dr. Hoffman continues his conversation with Dr. Edward Walker, a scientist and lecturer with The New Zealand Institute for Plant and Food Research Limited, a New Zealand Crown Research Institute. He helped discover and develop Amarasate, the active ingredient in Calocurb.

Economists expect the latest GDP figures to show minimal, if any, economic growth. Corin Dann talked to New Zealand Institute of Economic Research senior economist Ting Huang.

New Zealand's health and safety performance seems to be dire still.  In 2013, an independent taskforce identified three key failures in the country's health and safety system in the wake of the Pike River tragedy.  Eleven years later, Newsroom reveals that despite knowing these faults, not much has changed. Legislation continues to be poorly implemented with insufficient follow through, the primary regulator is still under resourced, and there is still poor coordination across the agencies tasked with injury prevention, they said.  Mike Cosman, Chair of the New Zealand Institute of Safety Management, told Kerre Woodham that he was part of that taskforce, and sadly only about half the job was done.  He said that whilst other countries we would normally compare ourselves to —Australia, the UK, Europe— have continued to improve, our performance has staggered along.  It's not getting worse, Cosman said, but it's certainly not getting better at the speed that you would hope.  LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Chinese premier Li Qiang met with New Zealand prime minister Christopher Luxon in Wellington yesterday and visited the New Zealand Institute for Plant and Food Research this morning, Liu Chen reports.

It's thirty years since the 1994 genocide against the Tutsis in Rwanda, perpetrated by the Hutu-led government. British journalist Michela Wrong's book Do Not Disturb, The Story of a Political Murder and an African Regime Gone Bad explores the legacy of the genocide, exposing a murderous in-coming regime that operates on a "grand scale deceit", exercising a destabilising influence on the wider region. Michela has reported from and written about Africa for almost three decades, working for Reuters and the Financial Times. Michela is visiting NZ this week, giving a series of talks at the invitation of the New Zealand Institute of International Affairs.

The Christ Church Cathedral rebuild is at risk of being mothballed if an extra $30 million isn't found by August.  The total cost of the project is estimated to be at almost a quarter of a billion dollars, according to the New Zealand Institute of Economic Research. Christ Church Cathedral Reinstatement Limited chair Mark Stewart says they've turned to multiple sources to fill the financial gap. "We're looking for support from central Government, from the Christchurch City Council, obviously the Anglican Church itself, in terms of hopefully getting some money." LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Is it dangerous to live in the past? Why is Disney remaking all of its classic movies? And why does Angela get sentimental over a cup of soup and a free roll?  SOURCES:Julie Beck, senior editor at The Atlantic.Danielle Campoamor, freelance writer and reporter.Kyle Chayka, staff writer at The New Yorker.Amelia Dennis, research associate in psychology at the University of Bath.Erica Hepper, lecturer in personality/social psychology at the University of Surrey.Lucy Hone, director of the New Zealand Institute of Wellbeing and Resilience.Imran Rahman-Jones, freelance journalist.Florence Saint-Jean, executive director of Global Trauma Research. RESOURCES:"Pancultural Nostalgia in Action: Prevalence, Triggers, and Psychological Functions of Nostalgia Across Cultures," by Erica Hepper, Constantine Sedikides, Bettina Zengel, et al. (Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 2024)."From Rosy Past to Happy and Flourishing Present: Nostalgia as a Resource for Hedonic and Eudaimonic Wellbeing," by Erica Hepper and Amelia Dennis (Current Opinion in Psychology, 2023)."Locating Nostalgia Among the Emotions: A Bridge From Loss to Love," by Wijnand A.P. van Tilburg (Current Opinion in Psychology, 2023)."Hindsight is 2022: The Psychology Behind Our Cultural Nostalgia," by Kyle Chayka (Town & Country, 2022)."Why We Reach for Nostalgia in Times of Crisis," by Danielle Campoamor (The New York Times, 2020)."Mulan: Disney Remakes and the Power of Nostalgia During Coronavirus," by Imran Rahman-Jones (BBC, 2020)."The Three Secrets of Resilient People," by Lucy Hone (TEDxChristchurch, 2019)."When Nostalgia Was a Disease," by Julie Beck (The Atlantic, 2013). EXTRAS:Big Five Personality Inventory, by No Stupid Questions (2024).Zoom, by Istvan Banyai (1995).Peter and Wendy, by J. M. Barrie (1911).

An interview with Sam Leske, Sam Leske, Director at Milky-Way.Kiwi, a social enterprise whose goal is to inspire people to think about our collective future and how they can actively contribute through quality science education with an added cosmic perspective. Sam has a long career in Aoteroa's Defence Force, first as a Royal New Zealand Air Force pilot, to Head of the Operational Intelligence and Head of Strategic Intelligence at NZ Defence Force.  He also worked for the Ministry of Primary Industries as Director of Intelligence Coordination and Plans and Director of Biosecurity Support Services. He was the President of New Zealand Institute for Intelligence Professionals between 2018-2022.  Sam has a bachelor's of Science degree in Geography, and Masters degrees in Defence and Strategic Studies and Astrophysics.Today, he works full time as a space science communicator with company Milky-Way.Kiwi, helping strengthen the STEM and Science educational programmes in New Zealand.ResourcesSpacewardbound.nz, Immersive STEM programmes in NZpreprints.org, journal preprintsphys.org,  science newsspace.com, space newsNeil deGrasse Tyson, Astrophysicist and Science communicatorHosted by: Emeline Paat-Dahlstrom, Co-Founder and CEO, SpaceBaseMusic: reCreation by airtone (c) copyright 2019 Licensed under a Creative Commons (3.0)If you like our work, please consider donating to SpaceBase through the SpaceBase Open Collective. Or be a SpaceBase Patreon sponsor.  (E.g. $3 dollars a month or $36 NZD a year will go a long way in supporting the production of the podcast.)

Today, I am thrilled to reintroduce a true luminary in the field, Dr Denise Quinlan. Dr Quinlan's illustrious career as an adjunct professor, educator, and expert in well-being science has garnered her global recognition. As the founding director of the New Zealand Institute of Well-being and Resilience and a prolific author, her contributions have reshaped the landscape of workplace dynamics. ----    Shownotes are available at Dr Denise Quinlan: Leadership & Preventing Burnout in the Workplace ----    Join the Unstress Health Community & Transform Your Life! https://bit.ly/3SRq0gg    Connect with Dr Ron at Unstress Health  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/unstresshealth/  Facebook: https://fb.me/unstresshealth  Email: admin@unstresshealth.com     DISCLAIMER: This podcast provides general information and discussion about medicine, health and related subjects. This content is not intended and should not be construed as medical advice or as a substitute for care by a qualified medical practitioner. If you or any other person has a medical concern, he or she should consult with an appropriately qualified medical practitioner. Guests who speak in this podcast express their own opinions, experiences and conclusions. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

I am delighted to share with you this imperfectly perfect conversation with Paul Tupou-Vea Director of Clifftop Wellbeing. We discussed how we weave well-being science for thriving schools, organisations and communities. In particular we focused on: - Paul's own personal journey, education, and wellbeing (0:02) - Cultural capital and well-being for migrant families. (5:05) - Cultural differences and perceptions. (13:55) - Education system and parental involvement in New Zealand.(18:51) - Education, colonialism, and well-being. (25:49) - Shifting societal narratives towards community-focused well-being. (39:12) - Well-being and its various components. (46:12) - Well-being models and their relevance in schools (in particular The Fonua Model  Pacific Health Models » HAUORA (hpfnz.org.nz) Te Whare Tapa Whā    Te Whare Tapa Whā | Māori Health Authority (teakawhaiora.nz)Te Whare Tapa Whā | Te Pūkenga – New Zealand Institute of Skills and Technology (xn--tepkenga-szb.ac.nz)). (53:25) - Hope and well-being in challenging times. (1:03:10) I am sure you will absolutely love this conversation. I know I did!

Get ready to explore fascinating discussions on personal development, mental well-being, a strength-based cpaching approach, and the art of thriving in today's world.   My guest today is Dr Denise Quinlan. Denise is a co-founder and Director of the New Zealand Institute of Wellbeing and Resilience. She works with organisations throughout New Zealand and lectures internationally on Positive Psychology. Co-author of The Educators' Guide to Whole-School Wellbeing.   Tune in, be inspired, and embark on a journey of self-discovery. Let's dive into meaningful conversations and unlock the keys to a happier, more fulfilling life together.   To know more about New Zealand Institute of Wellbeing and Resilience: https://nziwr.co.nz/   You can get her book here: https://www.booktopia.com.au/the-educators-guide-to-whole-school-wellbeing-denise-m-quinlan/book/9780367236052.html ----    Shownotes are available at Dr Denise Quinlan: Unlocking Workplace Wellbeing - A Conversation ----    Join the Unstress Health Community & Transform Your Life! https://bit.ly/3SRq0gg    Connect with Dr Ron at Unstress Health  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/unstresshealth/  Facebook: https://fb.me/unstresshealth  Email: admin@unstresshealth.com   DISCLAIMER: This podcast provides general information and discussion about medicine, health and related subjects. This content is not intended and should not be construed as medical advice or as a substitute for care by a qualified medical practitioner. If you or any other person has a medical concern, he or she should consult with an appropriately qualified medical practitioner. Guests who speak in this podcast express their own opinions, experiences and conclusions. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this episode of "Well, Hello Anxiety," Dr. Jodi Richardson welcomes Lesley Klue, a renowned Personal & Professional Development Consultant, to explore the intersection of anxiety and personal growth. Lesley shares her expertise in harnessing anxiety as a catalyst for positive change and offers practical strategies for individuals looking to enhance their personal and professional lives. With a deep understanding of the challenges many face on their development journeys, Lesley's insights are both relatable and empowering. Join us for an inspiring conversation that will help you embrace anxiety as a stepping stone to self-discovery and achievement. Tune in to discover actionable tips for transforming anxiety into a powerful force for personal and professional success. ABOUT OUR GUEST: Lesley Klue is an esteemed professional with a rich background in mental health and education. She holds the title of Registered Psychiatric Nurse (RPN) and is a certified life coach, having earned her diploma from the New Zealand Institute of Business Studies (NZIBS). Additionally, Klue is an accredited Effective Intelligence Facilitator from the United Kingdom. Known for her vivacious personality, Klue was recently likened to the original sherbert fountain—a metaphor that captures her solid, practical demeanor alongside a bubbly and spirited nature. She is a true free spirit who revels in daydreaming, storytelling, reading, observing people, and engaging in deep conversations. Klue carries a philosophy that life is both sturdy and delicate, advocating for a balanced approach where neither life nor one's self should be taken too seriously. On the home front, Klue's life is rich and bustling. Married for thirty-five years, she is a matriarch to four children and, at the last count, seven grandchildren. Her family has been her most challenging educators, her unwavering support system, and her greatest source of happiness. The roles of wife, mother, and grandmother have shaped her in unforeseeable ways, teaching her that love is multifaceted and transcends all boundaries. View her website: https://www.lesleyklue.com/  ABOUT JODI: Jodi is an anxiety and well-being speaker, educator, and bestselling author. Learn more: https://drjodirichardson.com. Order Jodi's book, “Anxious Mums: How mums can turn their anxiety into strength”: https://drjodirichardson.com/product/anxious-mums/ or https://amzn.to/2YtA3ks. Order Jodi's book, coauthored with Michael Grose, “Anxious Kids: How children can turn their anxiety into resilience”: https://drjodirichardson.com/books/#order or https://amzn.to/3Bzxn3v.   CONNECT WITH JODI: Connect with Jodi on LinkedIn Follow Jodi on InstagramLike Jodi's Facebook page   Well, Hello Anxiety is a Postive Media Podcast.    The information provided on this Podcast is for general educational purposes only, and is to be used at your sole risk. We are not liable for any reliance on this information, and it is not a substitute for professional medical advice. We recommend you seek a medical or healthcare professional if you are seeking advice, diagnosis or treatment.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Three unlikely bedfellows have joined forces - calling for urgent action over what they say is an exploding population of browsing pests across the country. Federated Farmers, the New Zealand Institute of Forestry, and Forest & Bird have written to all the major political parties, calling for increased and targeted funding. They say controlling the large mobs of wild deer, goats, pigs and wallabies is vital for both the economy and the environment. Forest & Bird chief executive Nicola Toki spoke to Corin Dann.

Liam Wallis, is the founder of HIP V HYPE, a design agency in Melbourne that helped design, fund and build the first Nightingale project apartments in Melbourne's Brunswick. These apartments are designed from the start to be carbon neutral, healthier, and cheaper places to heat. He talks to Bernard Hickey about the number of times the air changes every hour in a normal house (20), and how often the air changes in a home like the ones built in the Nightingale projects. Liam is in Auckland, Christchurch and Wellington this week delivering the annual Sir Ian Athfield Memorial Lecture for the New Zealand Institute of Architects in Auckland. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

An analysis of this year's Budget has found up to 80 percent of new initiatives have negative effects on the climate. The New Zealand Institute of Economic Research commissioned the paper, and says New Zealand is lagging behind other countries in reviewing the impact of its policies on the environment. The Institute is calling for standardised reporting on climate in Budget documents and legislative changes to the Public Finance Act. Dr Murray Petrie peer reviewed the study - he's part of the OECD Expert Group on Green Budgeting. Petrie spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss.

What do Albert Einstein, Coco Channel, and Thomas Edison have in common? During their studies, they were all seen as 'difficult students'. They looked at the rigid systems that they were part of and rejected them. Now we see them as innovators and pioneers whose achievements ring through history.Questioning education paradigms is something that Dr. Graeme Milicich is all too familiar with. He's practiced dentistry for over 40 years and began challenging existing practices during his time at dental school. Today Graeme is known around the world for his pioneering work in minimally invasive dentistry. He's an expert in the fields of minimal intervention, caries risk assessment, and management of minimal intervention restorative techniques. He's a Diplomate and Founding Board Member of the World Congress of Minimally Invasive Dentistry (WCMID). He's also a Fellow, Master, and Board Member of the World Clinical Laser Institute, and a Founding Board member and Honorary Lifetime Member of the New Zealand Institute of Minimal Intervention Dentistry.ResourcesFollow your curiosity, connect, and join our ever-growing community of extraordinary minds.CariFree WebsiteCariFree on InstagramCariFree on FacebookCariFree on PinterestCariFree on TwitterDr. Kim Kutsch on LinkedInDr. Graeme Milicich ProfileWhat's In This EpisodeGraeme's experience of hard labor.Learning how to say ‘no'.How Graeme moved the dial on minimally invasive dentistry.What values are most important to Graeme?

Do you have a desire to be the most resilient version of yourself? Joining Sarah Grynberg is the internationally respected Director of the New Zealand Institute of Wellbeing and Resilience, Lucy Hone, who leads the organisation's Coping With Loss program. Lucy wrote the book Resilient Grieving, following the devastating loss of her daughter Abi in a road accident. In this deeply heartfelt interview Lucy and Sarah discuss fostering resilience to endure life's greatest challenges and daily struggles, managing moments of adversity, finding meaning in loss, fostering resilience in children so they're prepared for the up's and down's of life and the importance of listening to the heart. If you seek wisdom around how to approach everyday difficulties or traumatic events with as much positivity and resilience as you can, let Lucy's experiences spark the inner change you want to make. Let her advice guide you away from fear, towards better control of your mindset, which in turn, will bring you a sense of life-long freedom.   For more information on Dr Lucy Hone's work with coping with loss click here. For additional resources please click here.    Purchase Sarah's Manifest Your Greatness Course here: https://bit.ly/3FQvkMS Purchase Sarah's Kid's Meditation: https://bit.ly/3kfVJMh Instagram: https://bit.ly/3qHhQhI  Website: https://sarahgrynberg.com/ Facebook: facebook.com/sarahgrynberg Twitter: twitter.com/sarahgrynberg YouTube: youtube.com/sarahgrynbergSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

I just gave a talk to a section of the New Zealand Institute of International Affairs—a great group of a couple dozen Gen Z'ers, at a nice little bar in Wellington. What started out as shooting the shit about foreign policy turned into a live show of the podcast.In this live show, I put three propositions on the table—Un-Diplomatic regulars will be at least somewhat familiar with all these themes: 1) Sino-US rivalry is not a struggle for hegemony or domination; 2) US grand strategy is one of primacy, and the requirements of primacy today conflict with the requirements of peace in Asia and the Pacific; 3) The root-cause of our problems with China is inequality—at multiple levels, but especially within China.Along the way, we talk about policy thinking as a practitioner versus as an IR scholar; speaking truth to power; job prospects for Gen Z; why New Zealand's priority ought to be preventing another Gallipoli; and more! Shout out to Tom Preston and Celia McDowell for putting this on.Subscribe to the Un-Diplomatic Newsletter: https://www.un-diplomatic.com

How can you cultivate resilience in the face of loss? That's the topic of today's conversation, and we're joined by TED speaker and author of Resilient Grieving, Dr Lucy Hone. An award-winning 'pracademic' and Director of the New Zealand Institute of Wellbeing and Resilience, Lucy knows the magnitude of grief well. In 2014, her 12-year-old daughter Abi died in a car crash – a tragedy that led Lucy to turn her focus to resilience and grief. We discuss taking an active approach to recovery after loss, dealing with judgement from others, different coping styles in a marriage, and so much more. This insightful conversation is for everyone, no matter where you are in your healing journey. Find out more about Lucy here. Connect with usJoin the waitlist for our Grief in the Body workshop with Meghan Riordan Jarvis hereGrab tickets to see us in conversation at The Hope Bereavement Fundraising Event in Geelong hereJoin our grief support membership waitlist here.Buy our book Good Mourning: Honest Conversations About Grief and Loss, here: linktr.ee/goodmourningpodcastCheck out our affirmation cards for grief and loss at www.goodmourning.com.auFollow us on Instagram at @goodmourningpodcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Medical workers employed by one of the country's largest laboratory service providers will walk off the job next week, in Hawkes Bay, Wellington and the South Island after a break down in pay talks. The labs are warning there will be delays for patients; despite contingency arrangements for critical or life preserving services. The technicians and scientists process tests for everything from cancers to kidney and liver function,and of course COVID-19. The strike follows a stand-off between the lab service's privately owned parent company Awanui and workers covered by the APEX union. APEX says the average wage increase claim across the lab professions is about 23 percent. Next week, different specialty staff will walk off the job on Wednesday and Thursday with more strikes planned for the following Monday and Tuesday. New Zealand Institute of Medical Laboratory Science president, Terry Taylor, spoke to Lisa Owen. In a statement from Awanui group on behalf of its lab services it says its disappointed the union initiated stike action after a single day of bargaining and it will be tabling a package next week. "The industrial action will affect laboratory services in Wellington, Nelson, Christchurch, South Canterbury, Otago, and Southland regions and will mean delays to services, or no services at all, in most of these regions. Blood testing in the community will be severely impacted across the South Island and some regions will not have community collection services available from 12 to 18 July." It says the priority will be ensuring those who are seriously ill still receive the critical, life preserving services they need. [embed] https://players.brightcove.net/6093072280001/default_default/index.html?videoId=6330722243112

Could the looming crisis in New Zealand's forestry industry cost thousands their livelihood? We peel back the layers of this impending socio-economic debacle, scrutinizing the contributing factors, potential fallout, and the government's role in this predicament. I'm joined by CEO of the Forest Industry Contractors Association, Prue Younger, and  President of The New Zealand Institute of Forestry, James Treadwell, for a no-holds-barred discussion on the very real and serious challenges facing the forestry industry in New Zealand. And it's taken a while but we've rustled up another Duncan, and this one is a true lifesaver! --------- EPISODE CHAPTERS --------- (0:00:02) - Imminent Crisis in Forestry Industry(0:09:40) - Job Losses in Forestry Sector Impact(0:22:51) - Uncertainty Threatens Forestry Industry(0:36:03) - Protecting People From Natural Disasters(0:42:38) - Paramedic Work and St. John's SupportSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Welcome to Better Business Better Life, the podcast where Debra Chantry-Taylor interviews Lani Fogelberg, a leading business consultant, keynote speaker, and expert in unlocking the true potential of ambitious businesses. If you're a high-integrity business owner looking for practical, no-nonsense advice on achieving greater profitability, growth, and operational efficiency, then this podcast is for you. Lani Fogelberg has a decade-long career in complex problem-solving, finance, strategy, and growth initiatives. As the country manager for one of Australia's largest financial services groups, he established and scaled two businesses in New Zealand. His expertise extends beyond the typical business coach role, as he combines operational experience with accountability and mindset tuning to provide real value to his clients. In this podcast, Lani and Debra delve into the heart of businesses, helping you define clear objectives and actionable steps to achieve your strategic targets. With a focus on "blokey" businesses, Lani brings a unique perspective and insights to drive success. Whether you're a director, a part of a leadership team, or seeking advice as a business owner, Lani offers personalized 1-on-1 consulting, 1-day workshops for expedited planning, and an online group for accessible and affordable guidance. Lani Fogelberg's passion for improving governance, digital innovation, MBO deal processes, and finance sourcing/negotiation is evident throughout his work, which has spanned across New Zealand, Australia, Hong Kong, and more. As a member of the New Zealand Institute of Directors and a qualified Financial Advice Provider, Lani brings a wealth of knowledge to his clients. Join Lani Fogelberg and Debra Chantry-Taylor on Better Business Better Life, where they share insights, strategies, and inspiring stories to help you unlock your business's true potential. Whether you're looking for expert guidance, a fresh perspective, or a boost of motivation, this podcast is your go-to resource for building a better business and a better life. Outside of business, Lani is also the host of a success mindset podcast, a passionate supercar collector, and a researcher developing a new mathematical and psychological theorem for formal academic review. Tune in to Better Business Better Life and let Lani Fogelberg guide you on a journey to success. HOST'S DETAILS: ___________________________________________ ►Debra Chantry-Taylor is a Certified EOS Implementer | Entrepreneurial Leadership & Business Coach | Business Owner ►See how she can help you: ⁠https://businessaction.co.nz/⁠ ____________________________________________ GUESTS DETAILS: ____________________________________________ ►Website: https://fogelbergconsulting.com/ ___________________________________________ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/betterbusiness-betterlife/message

The New Zealand Institute of Physics is calling on the government to bail out Victoria University's School of Chemical and Physical Sciences. The Institutes president, Professor Joachim Brand, says budget cuts will strip the faculty to a bare-bones operation. He spoke to Corin Dann.

"Our resilience skills are a bit like flippers in that you've got to put them on and use them." - Dr Denise Quinlan Are you an educator struggling to maintain your wellbeing amidst the chaos of school life? In this episode of the School of Wellbeing podcast, I discuss practical ways to remain buoyant with Dr Denise Quinlan, co-founder of the New Zealand Institute of Wellbeing and Resilience. With extensive knowledge in the areas of wellbeing and resilience, Dr Quinlan shares valuable insights on how to get clear on your vision for the future, prioritise ruthlessly, and why collective resilience matters. We also explore how resilience is not about bouncing back, but moving forward and building knowledge and insight about ourselves and the world along the way. Episode 80 Shownotes - https://openmindeducation.com/episode80 Energy By Design - https://openmindeducation.com/energy-by-design/ Weekly Newsletter - https://openmindeducation.com/thought-weekly/ Booking Requests - https://openmindeducation.com/booking-request/ The School of Wellbeing is one of the best health and wellbeing podcasts for teachers, educators and school leaders!

A couple long-ish chats for todays Various Artists! E Whai Ake Nei: Frances has a talk with architects Nicholas and Gary of Stevens Lawson about their recent New Zealand Institute of Architects Gold Medal award.  Liam had a kōrero with Black Salt Games, an Õtautahi based game development studio about the release of their debut supernatural fishing RPG, DREDGE.  And we have your Tāmaki arts guide for the thirty first of march till the seventh of April!   We also have tunes from School Fair, Aldous Harding, Broken Social Scene, and Ween (yes, it was Ocean Man. It fits the eldritch fishing horror vibe.)

This week's guest is Sian Allen. Sian is a vastly experienced performance scientist having worked at the English, Scottish and New Zealand Institute of Sports. Sian received her PhD in Statistical Modelling of Sports Performance from Aukland University of Technology, while working with British and New Zealand swimming teams. Sian headed up the performance intelligence work for the New Zealand Sorts system, carving out data informed insights into how, what, where, when and who new Zealand athletes and teams could gain an advantage. She is now at Lululemon – an athletic apparel company that designs, distributes, and retails athletic apparel and accessories. Beyond this Sian, has been creating some fascinating insights and sharing them on Twitter about wearable technology, with a blend of data-driven observations about herself, research based insights and questions and ideas about how us humans interact, benefit, misuse and get confused by the various devices that we purchased and stick on on ourselves in an attempt to measure various variables. Sian shares her motivations for developing content, the key insights she has gained which monitoring devices she has found to be the best for monitoring sleep, heart rate and activity; as well as a look into the future about where technology is headed and whether with the advent of AI, we're going to be interacting with human support. I should also mention that Sian is our course tutor for the Supporting Champions Performance Analysis course - so if that is your thing and your interested in the course, it is just a superb digest of 10 lessons running you through how to take a data-informed approach to improving athlete performance! Sian shares a little bit about her motivations for the course and how it is helping practitioners from all fields harness the power of data.   Sian on Twitter https://twitter.com/DrSianAllen Sian's Applied Pro Performance Analysis course https://www.supportingchampions.co.uk/applied-performance-analysis/ Use code APPLIED2023 for £50 off (limited number of discounts - only 100 places) Use the code for £50 off any Applied Pro courses https://www.supportingchampions.co.uk/onlinecourse/#appliedpro   Links Twitter at https://twitter.com/ingham_steve Supporting Champions on Twitter www.twitter.com/support_champs Tik Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@supportingchampions Supporting Champions on Linkedin, www.linkedin.com/company/supporting-champions Instagram https://www.instagram.com/supportingchampions/

The latest quarterly survey of business confidence shows some of the worst rates on record. The New Zealand Institute of Economic Research data shows it could be even lower than the 2008 recession.  Kiwibank says a recession is looking increasingly likely, with inflation is still high and the labour market softening.  Kiwibank chief economist Jarrod Kerr spoke to Charlotte Cook.

In this episode, we talked to Dr Lucy Hone and Dr Denise Quinlan about their work on building well-being and resilience among different populations, and how to develop the most important skills associated with resilience.   Dr Lucy Hone is author of the 2017 book Resilient Grieving: How to Find Your Way Through a Devastating Loss and gave the TED talk ‘3 Secrets of Resilient People', which was among the Top 20 TED talks of 2020. She is co-author (with Denise Quinlan) of the Educators' Guide to Whole-school Wellbeing, co-convenor of Wellbeing in Education New Zealand, presenter on many of the New Zealand Institute of Wellbeing and Resilience's online courses, and has featured in the Guardian, Washington Post, and on the BBC, ABC, Channel News Asia, Swedish Television, The Bolt Report Australia and Television New Zealand.   Dr Denise Quinlan is acknowledged internationally as an outstanding facilitator and trainer, helping people explore wellbeing and resilience. Participants have described training with her as ‘life-changing'. She has worked alongside leading resilience researchers Martin Seligman and Karen Reivich, delivering the Penn Resilience Program in Australia and the UK. Her podcast, ‘Bringing Wellbeing to Life', was recommended by TED in their culture list for 2020. Denise's academic research is published internationally, and her publications include the Educators' Guide to Whole-school Wellbeing, which she co-authored with Lucy Hone. She is co-convenor of Wellbeing in Education New Zealand.    Key conversation points: What resilience is and the difference between individual and collective resilience. Individual resilience can be thought of as “learning to swim” and collective resilience thought of as “building the pool.” We need both to be truly resilient. Ways to build resilience, individually and collectively: healthy relationships; having a “mission” in life; cultivating self-awareness, self-regulation and self-compassion; and developing flexible and accurate thinking. What trauma is and what post-traumatic growth (PTSG) is, and Lucy & Denise's argument for why PTSG requires struggle after trauma.  Our “explanatory style”: how we explain what has happened to us, and why this is important for well-being and resilience. 

Scary times for some home-owners, with ANZ the first to react following last week's record OCR rise. It's increasing its home loan and deposit rates, after the OCR was lifted to 4.25 percent last week. ANZ expects house prices to continue dropping until mid to late next year, falling 22-percent from their peak last year. But the New Zealand Institute of Economic Research is forecasting a lower interest rate track of 5 per cent. Principal economist Christina Leung told Mike Hosking many households are rolling off fixed term mortgage rates of about a 2 per cent rate to something significantly higher. She says it's expected as they face higher mortgage repayments, they'll start to rein in spending,  slowing the broader economy. LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On Friday 18 November Nick Bevin was made a Distinguished Fellow of Te Kāhui Whaihanga, New Zealand Institute of Architects at the New Zealand Architecture Awards. It recognises not just Bevin's own long award-winning career as an architect, but his substantial work in saving our modern public architectural heritage.

Five months out from a deadline to centralise, concern the new single-entity mega polytec won't get over the line without massive staff cuts. Te Pukenga - the New Zealand Institute of Skills and Technology - is due to be up and running by the first of January - bringing together all our polytechnics, institutes of technology and Industry Training Organisations. But it's facing a deficit of up to $110 million, $53.5 million more than budgeted. Former Otago Polytechnic chief executive Phil Ker, is calling it "a national disgrace". He thinks funding has been wasted on bureaucracy and says Te Pukenga's board is "just not up to the task." Kathryn is also joined by Merran Davis, a former deputy chief executive of Te Pukenga, who supports the new model, but agrees it is being poorly executed. Ms Davis is calling on the Minister to appoint a Commissioner to oversee it.

The Education Minister wants the new mega-polytech to make more progress reducing deficits and getting its operating plan in place, as the 1 January deadline bears down fast. Te Pūkenga - or the New Zealand Institute of Skills and Technology - has been hitting the headlines for its projected deficit, its chief executive on unexplained leave and for failures in its dealings with staff. The National Party says the government should scrap the whole thing and concentrate on the individual polytechs that are really struggling. Chris Hipkins says major reform is needed to make the sector sustainable, but he's not happy with the progress so far. Here's political editor Jane Patterson.  

Are the governments plans for a mega-polytech in serious trouble? Te Pukenga - or the New Zealand Institute of Skills and Technology - is supposed to be up and running by the January 1 2023, bringing together the all of the country's polytechnics, institutes of technology and Industry Training Organisations. But the entity is facing a deficit of up to $110 million, $53.5 million more than budgeted, partly due to lower enrolments. The Chief Executive is on unexplained leave, an acting CE is in place, and last week the Chairperson extended an apology to all staff for not listening and not appreciating their expertise. The Education Minister Chris Hipkins says he's made it clear to Te Pukenga that the projected deficit is too high and wants an urgent update on how it is triming costs and creating further efficiencies. Kathryn speaks with the President of the Tertiary Education Union, Tina Smith.

It continues to be a tough time for the building and construction sector. With such a myriad of issues currently impacting the sector, this month David Kelly explains that Master Builders have targeted their efforts on the plasterboard shortage and the H1/AS1 building code changes. They are also focused on supporting you with what you can do to navigate the current environment to come out stronger. That is the theme of this year's Constructive Forum, and David urges you all to attend as you'll hear from sector leaders who have managed through times like this before.   Ryan and David talked about the plasterboard shortage. David has been appointed by the Minister to a Ministerial taskforce of a select number of industry experts to investigate and develop solutions for the widespread plasterboard shortages. The Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) are advising consenting authorities on how to work with alternatives to GIB. Master Builders are collaborating with the New Zealand Institute of Architects to help members understand what the alternatives are and how they can be implemented. They also touched on the extension of the transition period for the H1/AS1 changes to the building code by six months. While the industry is wholly supportive of measures that will result in better insulated homes for New Zealanders, our already stressed sector requires additional time to implement them. The changes will require us to adapt to the new methods of design and construction, manufacturers to significantly scale up production, and consenting authorities to get to grips with the new regulations.Finally, Ryan and David talked about strategies to help us deal with the challenges we are facing by keeping focus on what we can control.Helpful links:https://www.constructive.org.nz/Where else you can find usWebsite: https://www.masterbuilder.org.nz/Elevate Platform: http://elevate.masterbuilder.org.nzInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/masterbuildernz/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/registeredmasterbuildersYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmh_9vl0pFf0zSB6N7RrVegTwitter: https://twitter.com/MasterBuilderNZ