By Gina Gatchell, Director I’m taking part in the Youthline Walk the Talk challenge to support young people with their mental health. Every week, young Kiwis from across New Zealand will reach out to Youthline for support during some of the toughest moments of...
By Gina Gatchell, Director. Auckland spent a total of 107 days in the latest, and reportedly last lockdown during the Delta outbreak the city has been embroiled in. The country’s Alert level system -which has now been sunsetted – saw the city at a virtual...
By Gina Gatchell, Director. Auckland’s delta outbreak has worsened over recent days. The city has now been in lockdown for more than two months, with community cases of delta on the rise. Many COVID-19 cases have emerged in areas of Auckland that are already...
By Gina Gatchell, Director. The IRS announced over the weekend that taxpayers filing jointly will be allowed to claim up to US $600 in donations to qualified US charitable organizations on their 2021 US return. This is up from the current level of US $300 available to...
We are constantly telling children to pay attention, but we don’t teach them how. To learn well in school, children need to pay attention and be able to focus. There is ever-increasing pressure in modern society for children to learn, to perform and to achieve. At the...