Year 13 Student Millicent Dickenson has launched a petition on ActionStation to call for subsidies on degrees that lead to jobs in the mental health sector.
This comes after recent data showed New Zealand desperately needs 643 new mental health staff as our mental health crisis worsens. Caeden spoke to Millicent about why this proposed solution is so important to implement, and started by asking if it’s one of the best policies to tackle this crisis.
Warning this story discusses youth mental health and has mentions of suicide.
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Associate Professor of History at The University of Auckland Jennifer Frost discusses a recent US Supreme Court ruling in favour of Black voters in Alabama.
Nicola Toki from Forest and Bird talks about their call for a moratorium on new mines on public conservation land.
This week on Tomorrow’s World, a segment that looks at how science affects people and our future on planet Earth, Leilani Cardosa and Rawan Saadi explore declining tertiary enrolments in geoscience and environmental science around the world. Leilani spoke with Helen Williams, a senior lecturer in geoscience at the Auckland University of Technology and Rawan spoke with Karen Fisher, an associate professor in geography at the University of Auckland.
For Get Action! Caeden Tipler spoke to year 13 student Millicent Dickenson about her petition to subsidise degrees that lead to mental health jobs.
Nicholas Lindstrom spoke to New Zealand Education Institute President Liam Rutherford about primary teachers pay offer agreement with the Government.
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