News & Views Landlords need to be empathetic in these unprecedented times Sadhana Smiles is a landlord and when COVID-19 reared its ugly head, she naturally considered whether her tenant would need relief.
News & Views Talking about domestic violence and mental health? Let’s just be clear. When it comes to tackling domestic violence, please don’t bang on about mental health interventions, writes Hayley Foster.
News & Views How to help someone experiencing violence or abuse at home during isolation What will increasing measures of social distancing and isolation mean for women experiencing violence and their chances to reach out for help?
News & Views Our borders are closed but we can’t close hearts to those beyond them While our borders are closing, we can’t afford to close our minds to what is happening beyond them, writes Lyn Morgain, Oxfam CEO.
News & Views ‘BBC Dad’ & family return for another chaotic live TV interview about working from home with young kids Who could forget the ‘BBC Dad’, the professor who became an internet sensation after his children adorably invaded a live television interview in 2017?
News & Views Two women on the National COVID-19 Coordination Commission. Is it enough? Jane Halton and Catherine Tanna have been appointed to the National COVID-19 Coordination Commission. We want it to succeed, but more diversity could help
News & Views Jacinda Ardern took to Facebook to ‘check in’ with New Zealanders as they prepared for lockdown As New Zealand prepared to go into complete lockdown on Wednesday night, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern took to Facebook, to “check in with everyone”.
News & Views As surgeons we know our patients must wait. But you can help by staying home What many surgeons have been holding for weeks, watching the pandemic spread, is the sadness of knowing that our patients must wait so that a more pressing health crisis can be addressed.
News & Views ‘I’ve tested positive’: When fear runs high, the need for courage runs higher Margie Warrell’s husband tested positive for COVID-19. She writes that we should choose to show up right now with the courage we want to instill in others.
News & Views The heartbreaking prospect of asking grandparents to stay away Grandparents and parents are being forced to make difficult decisions about whether grandparents care for grandchildren in this global pandemic.
News & Views ‘Stay home to save lives’: She’s not our PM but Jacinda Ardern’s advice applies here In less than three minutes Jacinda Ardern delivered the information New Zealanders need. Stay home. Reduce contact, reduce risk, reduce spread.
News & Views Lessons we’ve learned from our unconventional work life that could help you right now Since COVID-19 has hit, Visibility Co founders Julia May and Sarah Anderson have realised elements of their unconventional work life balance may be helpful to others adjusting to a “new normal”.