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2025


31.10.2025  
Addressing youth mental distress in Aotearoa New Zealand

Globally, youth mental health challenges are rising. Within Aotearoa New Zealand, our young people aged 15-24 are reporting rates of psychological distress higher than any other age group.


31.10.2025  
Pathways to wellbeing

Young people in Aotearoa New Zealand, like their peers around the world, are experiencing declining mental health and wellbeing.


23.10.2025  
Flourishing through time

Our lives begin earlier than many realise, even before birth. From conception to young adulthood, early environments shape our lifelong health, learning, and wellbeing.


10.10.2025  
Submission on Young New Zealanders and Online Harm

Koi Tū recently made a written submission to the Education and Workforce Committee inquiry into online harm to young New Zealanders and how government, business, and society can address it.


18.09.2025  
News deserts: Local journalism at risk

New Zealand is at risk of developing “news deserts” – communities with little or no access to local journalism – according to a paper by Koi Tū Centre for Informed Futures.


15.09.2025  
Social cohesion: New Zealand’s precious and fragile asset

This commentary explores what’s driving the erosion of trust and what New Zealand can do now to protect the social fabric that underpins our democracy, economy, and resilience.

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