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Mental Health Awareness Week 6-12 October

Article Date
October 6, 2025

 

This year the theme for Mental Health Awareness Week is Top Up Together. This campaign encourages New Zealanders to connect with others to bring wellbeing into their daily lives.

Why not check out the Open Polytechnic pages on wellbeing?  These pages provide a wealth of information and help link you to resources to maintain and improve your wellness.

We also have some great books in our library. Here’s a selection:

Ora: Healing ourselves : Indigenous knowledge, healing and wellbeing
Leonie Pihama & Linda Tuhiwai Smith
Print book

Cultivating happiness, resilience, and well-being through meditation, mindfulness, and movement : A guide for educators.
Christine Y. Mason et al.
Ebook

Mindfulness in Positive Psychology : The science of meditation and wellbeing
Itai Ivtzan and Tim Lomas
Ebook

18 Wellbeing hacks for students : Using psychology's secrets to survive and thrive
Aidan Harvey-Craig
Ebook

Wellness workbook : How to achieve enduring health and vitality
John Travis
Print book

Easter hours

Library and Learning Centre is closed for Easter from Friday 3 April to Tuesday 7 April 2026. We will respond to enquiries when we return on Wednesday 8 April 2026. Our online library will remain available. Have a safe and happy easter. Ngā mihi o te Aranga!