Improving crisis responses - Police and HealthNZ change programme webinar
Te Hiringa Mahara will host a webinar with an expert panel discussion on the Police and Health NZ change programme to responding to mental health crisis events. This webinar is the first in a three-part series on improving crisis responses in Aotearoa New Zealand. Register now.
The panel will include lived experience insights and representatives from Health NZ and Police. Te Hiringa Mahara will facilitate the webinar, and share findings from our acute options insights paper along with an introduction to work we are doing on monitoring crisis responses.
Our speakers are:
- Dr Leeanne Fisher, National Chief Mental Health and Addiction, Heath NZ Te Whatu Ora
- Inspector Matthew (Matt) Morris, Police Mental Health Response Change Programme lead, NZ Police
- Kerri Butler, Lived Experience, Take Notice
The session will be introduced by Sonya Russell, Director Mental Health and Addiction Sector Leadership, Te Hiringa Mahara.
The webinar will include a 30-minute panel discussion, with a 20-minute time slot for questions to the panel. Registered attendees are invited to email us questions by 17 March to: kiaora@mhwc.govt.nz.
When: 2:30pm – 3:30pm, Monday 24 March 2025
Where: Online
Register: via Zoom here
Part 2 and Part 3 of this webinar series on improving crisis responses in Aotearoa New Zealand are planned for later in 2025. Subscribe to our mailing list to stay up to date.