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1 month ago |
1news.co.nz | Zoe Madden-Smith
If a person spends more than 13 weeks in hospital, their benefit is automatically cut to $55 a week. Some patients and advocates say that's not enough to survive on and the automatic process further punishes people who are too unwell to fight it, Zoe Madden-Smith reports. Rhiannon Purves has been bedridden in Wellington Hospital for months. Her entire life is confined to four walls as she is unable to walk and is hardly able to speak.
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1 month ago |
1news.co.nz | Zoe Madden-Smith
If a person spends more than 13 weeks in hospital, their benefit is automatically cut to $55 a week. Some patients and advocates say that's not enough to survive on and the automatic process further punishes people who are too unwell to fight it, Zoe Madden-Smith reports. Rhiannon Purves has been bedridden in Wellington Hospital for months. Her entire life is confined to four walls as she is unable to walk and is hardly able to speak.
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2 months ago |
1news.co.nz | Zoe Madden-Smith
When Brodie Green was depressed, hunting was the one thing that got him out of bed. It was the thing that got him outside, it kept a roof over his head as a taxidermist and even kept him fed. But his fear that seeking help for his depression could mean losing his gun license kept him from getting professional help. "I never, ever wanted to put my firearms licence in jeopardy because someone thought that I was in a dark space and that I shouldn't have firearms.
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2 months ago |
1news.co.nz | Zoe Madden-Smith
From hunting to boy racing, a new series The Regions from TVNZ’s Re: News shows what it's like to grow up in small towns. Zoe Madden-Smith, who was born and raised in central Auckland, shares what she learnt from young people across the country. I watch as Brodie Green pulls out a small scalpel from his bag and slices open the deer he shot just minutes ago.
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2 months ago |
renews.co.nz | Zoe Madden-Smith
Content warning: Animal hunting, guns, mental healthHunters fear losing their guns for seeking mental health help - but they don’t have to. Misinformation around firearms license revocation has caused hunters like Brodie Green to avoid seeking help for their depression out of fear they will lose their gun license. In New Zealand, Police can revoke a firearms license if someone has unmanaged physical or mental health issues that mean they are not ‘fit and proper'.
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