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Duke to Sian… 1. What is your whakapapa? I grew up in Matamata. But my ancestors are from Russell/Kororareka, which is my homeland. I’m currently based in Dunedin/Ōtepoti. 2. What is your interest in doing a radio show? To bring awareness to causes I am passionate about, and to address and normalise matters that have […]

Sian to Duke… 1. What is your whakapapa? I am part Russian and part German. My people are the Mennonites. I moved to Aotearoa in 2013 and have lived in Ōtepoti since. 2. What is your go-to breakfast? Banana and PB smoothie or a big ol’ bowl of porridge. 3. What do you do? I’m

Spinning Yarns With Duke & Sian (SYWDS) is dropping soon. Stay tuned! Each week, hosts Duke McLeod and Sian Mair will unpack a specific social, political, or environmental matter; in a unique, raw and comical nature. Duke McLeod has a background in archeology and sociology, and Sian Mair has a background in environmental management, wildlife

The two questions I probably get posed the most are: ‘Do you get paid for your work at SEA SOCIETY?’ ‘What made you so interested in New Zealand sea lions/pakake?’ Firstly, no I do not get paid for my work at SEA SOCIETY, I am a full-time volunteer. I am motivated by passion, my love

Today is the last day of ‘Mindfulness Month NZ’, the initiative founded by the Mental Health Foundation of New Zealand and The Kindness Institute. I hope everyone has had a beautiful August of mindfulness! Thank you to those who have donated to my personal fundraising page for the Mental Health Foundation of New Zealand. If

I hope everyone is enjoying participating in the Mental Health Foundation of New Zealand and The Kindness Institute‘s initiative ‘Mindfulness Month NZ’ so far! Please donate to my fundraising page for the Mental Health Foundation of New Zealand: https://events.mentalhealth.org.nz/…/mindfulness-month…. Your donation could ultimately save the life of someone living with a mental illness, like me.

This ‘Mindfulness Month NZ’: founded by the Mental Health Foundation of New Zealand and The Kindness Institute, let’s investigate diet’s role in our mental health. You’ll have heard the quote ‘You Are What You Eat.’ In many regards this is true. Please note I am not a health professional, but I have consulted a nutritionist

Continuing my Mental Health Foundation of New Zealand and The Kindness Institute‘s ‘Mindfulness Month NZ’ deep-dive post-series into Aotearoa’s history with mental health; I’d like to introduce you to an exceptional New Zealander: Janet Frame. Janet (28th of August 1924 – 29th of January 2004) was an award-winning New Zealand Author, who turned her turmoil

This ‘Mindfulness Month NZ’, let’s acknowledge the past and look towards the future, and bettering mental health resources. In 1889, Seacliff Lunatic Asylum in Dunedin NZ housed 490 patients (302 male, 188 females). In 1889, Truby King was appointed medical superintendent at Seacliff and remained there for 30 years. He also lectured at the University

Robert Louis Stevenson, Author of the ‘Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde’ (1886) said, “All human beings, as we meet them, are commingled out of good and evil”. On this ‘Mindfulness Month NZ’, allow me to familiarise you with one of Aotearoa’s most celebrated and controversial figures: Sir Frederic “Truby” King (1858 –