Mental health and wellbeing resources

The Mental Health Foundation of New Zealand is a charity that works towards creating a society free from discrimination, where all people enjoy positive mental health and wellbeing.

Five Ways to Wellbeing

The University supports the Mental Health Foundation's '5 ways to wellbeing'. These are:

• Give - your time, your words, your presence.
• Be active - do what you can, enjoy what you do, move your mood.
• Keep learning - embrace new experiences, see opportunities, surprise yourself
• Take notice - appreciate the little things, savour the moment.
• Connect - talk and listen, be there, feel connected.

The Five Ways to Wellbeing at Work Toolkit is a detailed guide to improving mental wellness in your workplace. 

• Five Ways to Wellbeing
• Five Ways to Wellbeing at Work Toolkit
  

This guide developed by the New Zealand Government provides information that will help you to enhance and protect the mental health of yourself and your people.

• A Mental Health Guide for NZ Leaders (PDF)

Use the NZ Institute of Wellbeing and Resilience website to identify particular wellbeing strengths and devise optimal strategies for change. Through effective planning and review processes, NZ Institute of Wellbeing and Resilience can support teams and organisations to improve their resilience.

Wellbeing for Health has resources specific to the health care sector. Use the website to discover a range of mental health resources or to find a mental health services provider by region or by name.

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Version: 1.0
Last Updated: Oct 2025
Next Review: Oct 2028
Owner: hsw@auckland.ac.nz
Approver: Associate Director, Health Safety & Wellbeing