- Dec 21, 2022
- 3 min
Why move more and sit less?
Why move more? Moving more - or active living - makes us feel good, whether it's going for a walk, a run, cycling, playing a sport,...
- Nov 23, 2022
- 1 min
What factors affect people's drinking?
A range of factors, both inside and outside the workplace, contribute to why people drink and how they’re affected. Employers can control...
- Nov 23, 2022
- 2 min
Employer's legal responsibilities in relation to alcohol
New Zealand employers must protect employees and others from hazards at work, including the effects of alcohol. Taking steps to prevent...
- Nov 23, 2022
- 1 min
How alcohol affects the workplace
Problem drinking can impact on workplace safety, productivity and employee wellbeing, and even on a business’ reputation and its...
- Nov 23, 2022
- 2 min
Defining problem drinking
For workplaces, problem drinking is any drinking that impacts on the workplace, even if it happens outside of work hours and/or away from...
- Nov 23, 2022
- 2 min
Who's drinking and how much?
While most of us who drink alcohol drink in moderation, there's a reasonably large group of us who drink more than is good for our mental...
- Oct 31, 2022
- 4 min
The business benefits of investing in wellbeing
Good employers take the safety of the people who work for them seriously. A good employer understands injuries cost their people and...
- Oct 31, 2022
- 3 min
Find workplace wellbeing ideas here
If you’re looking to create a healthy workplace, we can help. Wellplace, now bought to you by Ignite, offers useful, relevant and...
- Oct 31, 2022
- 2 min
Preventing stress, fatigue and bullying
Employers have a responsibility to maintain a healthy workplace. Our personal mental resources can only stretch so far before our mental...
- Oct 31, 2022
- 2 min
Employers' legal responsibilities
Workplaces have a legal responsibility to manage risks to mental wellbeing and mental health just like they do any other health and...
- Oct 31, 2022
- 2 min
The business benefits of good mental wellbeing
The business benefits from increasing a workforce’s mental wellbeing are significant. Businesses that invest in building and maintaining...
- Oct 25, 2022
- 2 min
Creating positive work environments
A sustainable organisation has a positive work environment that supports people to be physically and psychologically healthy. It does...
- Oct 25, 2022
- 1 min
Mental health in New Zealand
Like physical health problems, mental health problems are very common. Nearly half the population will meet the criteria for a mental...
- Oct 25, 2022
- 2 min
Mental health and mental illness
Good mental health is an essential part of our overall health and wellbeing. Everyone has mental health, just as we all have physical...
- Oct 20, 2022
- 5 min
How to build a healthy workplace
A healthy workplace has work practices and a health and safety culture that supports its people to stay well, both physically and...
- Apr 4, 2022
- 2 min
Burnout the next pandemic?
Recently, we were joined by Shaun Bowler to deliver a webinar about burnout, which the World Health Organisation (WHO) is predicting will...
- Mar 23, 2022
- 12 min
Decoding Burnout: The new workplace syndrome
By Shaun Bowler, MSc (Hons), Reg Psych, Registered Exercise Professional, Registered Yoga Teacher (RTY200) Right now, we’re hearing the...
- Feb 2, 2022
- 3 min
Three Easy Ways to Supercharge Self-Compassion
Self-improvement and personal growth can be a tricky game. Sometimes feeling like we're one step forward and two back, not quite moving...
- Dec 17, 2021
- 1 min
First Steps to Igniting your People's wellbeing
Ignite Aotearoa is a Social Enterprise that exists to remove barriers to accessing support, providing flexibility, choice and digitally...
- Sep 20, 2021
- 4 min
Rebuilding your self-confidence
Self-confidence is a tricky thing that most of us, at some point in our lives, will struggle with. It could be that we are worrying about...