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15 November 2019

“I was so scared I would lose my baby!”

Your support can give young women like Marama what they need to leave a life of homelessness and become the loving mums they are meant to be!

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STREET gives voice through words, art and photography to seven people who have lived on the street.

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14 October 2019

STREET: Stories of homelessness from the Merge community

STREET gives voice through words, art and photography to seven people who have lived experience of homelessness in New Zealand.

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Among this year’s participants at the Lifewise Big Sleepout is Sir Bob Harvey, who at 78 years old, is returning for the 9th time.

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23 April 2019

“I’ve managed to fall under The Big Sleepout’s spell.”

Among this year’s participants at the Lifewise Big Sleepout is Sir Bob Harvey, who at 78 years old, is returning for the 9th time.

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10 April 2019

Ban on homeless a symptom of a wider problem

The most visible victims of homelessness, that many of us see every day, continue to fall through the cracks.

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11 March 2019

“I want to give back,” says Hono

Hono has been working alongside Lifewise for two years. Now he wants to “give back more to the place that gave me that start”.

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Communities around the world are exemplifying what it means to stand together, and today we want to take the time to highlight some of them.

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10 March 2019

We Stand Together: Communities Creating Change Around the World

Communities around the world are exemplifying what it means to stand together, and today we want to take the time to highlight some of them.

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4 March 2019

How Paying it Forward is Changing the World

The recent trend of people “paying it forward” brings a new meaning to generosity in the modern world, and we’re joining in. Learn more here.

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There is great need for a shift in NZ’s approach to drug laws. Lifewise asks: Is the government doing enough to work towards a harm minimisation approach?

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13 February 2019

Shifting the Narrative around Drug Laws

There is a great need for a shift in NZ’s approach to drug laws. Is the government is doing enough to put in place a harm minimisation approach?

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13 December 2018

Lifewise responds: “Crackdown on synthetic drug dealers”

"We need to really listen to people who are living with addiction and get their sense of what’s most likely to be effective," says Lifewise CE, Moira Lawler.

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'Shadow', regular volunteer at Merge Café, and Julia West, Lifewise Merge Café Business Manager.

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18 October 2018

Thank you, Transpower!

We are a step closer to refurbishing and expanding Merge Cafe thanks to Transpower’s CommunityCare Fund.

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