Eir ng mana Eir nga reo Eir ro rangatira ma, no mai, piki mai whakatoe mai ra Tena Koutou inga kaikarakia o ngati whautua ki Orakei Ko Taiha hawke me nga rangatira katoa Nga mihi Nga mihi Nga mihi nui Tena koutou katoa inga whanau whanui o Ngati whatua ki orakei Nga manuhiri,katoa Me nga Emerge Aotearoa whanau I tena ata Ko Barbara Disley Tuku ingoa Tena koutou, tena koutou tena koutou katoa Welcome to Aotearoa and to the 13th AsPac conference – Healthy Futures Acknowledge and thank Taiha Hawke and the Ngati Whauta Ki Orakei whanau for their warm welcome to us us. Acknowledge and welcome the many organisations who have contributed to and supported this conference Acknowledge and welcome our keynote speakers – all who have given generously of the wisdom, experience and time in attending acknowledge and welcome our international contributors and visitors.

Convention Management NZ Te Pou o te Whakaaro Nui Emerge Aotearoa Convention Management NZ Te Pou o te Whakaaro Nui Werry Workforce Whāraurau Health Quality & Safety Commission International Initiative for Mental Health Leaders (IIMHL) Le Va Matua Raki Platform Trust Ngāti Whātua o ōrākei Emerge Aotearoa under the auspices of the Richmond Fellowship Asia Pacific (AsPac) Forum and in partnership with key New Zealand organisations is delighted to be hosting the 13th Biennial Asia Pacific (AsPac) International Mental Health and Addiction Conference - Healthy Futures - Inspiration, Inclusion and Integration in Auckland

Keynote Speakers Prof Michael Rowe and Patty Benedict Dr Helen Milroy Welcome to our international contributors and AsPAc guests. Acknowledge and welcome our keynote speakers – all who have given generously of the wisdom, experience and time in attending. Welcome our international keynotes who have travelled and given generously of their time to get here. Dr Helen Milroy Prof Michael Rowe Patty Benedict

Shreya Rao Josiah Tualamali’i Our local younger leaders Josiah Two a lama li’I Shreya Rao

Fiona Trevelyan And Fiona Trevelyan from Odyssey who is one of key addiction providers

AsPac Member Countries Hong Kong Australia Important to look back and acknowledge where we have come from. AsPac is the Asia Pacific network of organisations that were part of the worldwide network of Richmond Fellowship which was first set up in the UK to provide housing and therapeutic support to people coming out of institutions. For many of us providing housing and support to people who experience mental health, drug and alcohol challenges remains core to who we are and what we do. As the needs developed across many other countries, including Australia and New Zealand, forward thinking individuals picked up the model and set up small services here. While there have been many changes over time this loose network of organisations, all with similar community-based beginnings, now meet every two years under the auspices of the AsPac Conference to share ideas and innovations. We met in 2016 in Brisbane and were generously hosted by Richmond Fellowship Queensland. The 2020 conference will be hosted by Richmond Fellowship Hong Kong. We are represented here today by candidates from the AsPac network from Hong kong, India sri Lanka Nepal and the Austalian states of Queensland, Tasmania and Western Australia. New Zealand India Sri Lanka Nepal

Key Contributors Theodora Despotaki – Emerge Aotearoa Manu Sione – Emerge Aotearoa Dean Bradley – Convention Management NZ Robyn Shearer – Te Pou o te Whakaaro Nui Keri Opai – Te Pou o te Whakaaro Nui Mark Smith – Te Pou o te Whakaaro Nui Sue Dashfield – Werry Workforce Wharaurau Shaun McNeil – Health Quality & Safety Commission Janice Wilson – Health Quality & Safety Commission Conference do not happen with out a lot of hard work . Theodora Despotaki has held the conference together for us at Emerge Aotearoa with wonderful support from Dean Bradley – Convention Management NZ. Other members of the organising Committees are. Like to thank: Manu Sione – Robyn Shearer – Keri Opai – Mark Smith Sue Dashfield – Shaun McNeil Janice Wilson

Key contributors contd Janet Peters – International Initiative for Mental Health Leaders Fran Silvestri – International Initiative for Mental Health Leaders (IIMHL) Monique Faleafa – Le Va Suzy Morrison – Matua Raki Ashley Koning – Matua Raki Marion Blake – Platform Trust Anna Nelson Vanessa Caldwell Wonderful Emerge Aotearoa staff Janet Peters – Fran Silvestri – Monique Faleafa Suzy Morrison – Ashley Koning Marion Blake Anna Nelson Vanessa Caldwell On behalf of the Organising Committee I also acknowledge and thank all of the wonderful people from Emerge Aotearoa who provided organising and administrative support to the conference.

Our Sponsors Like to warmly welcome our sponsors and thank them for their support: The New Zealand Psychological society Health Quality and Safety Commission Toyota Fleet Management Emerge Atoearoa Context for the conference Mental health now high on everyone’s agenda. Recognise more than ever the importance of social determinants of wellbeing and how they can influence a broad range of life outcomes including mental health. This is not new but the challenge is how do we truly create a society that is fair, equitable, and challenges us all to be more inclusive, compassionate and kind. Eliminating childhood adversity and trauma has to be a priority starting point. A challenge when many families are disrupted through poverty, homelessness, dislocations, disconnection, colonisation, violence and addiction. While governments do have a big role to play in setting the values, context, expectations and funding that impact on the social determinants, their actions alone will not address all the issues. Individuals, family and whanau, communities and organisations all have big roles to play in making changes. We can no longer ignore the growing inequities both here and internationally. We live in a time when those that have increasingly have so at the cost of those that do not. This is not about just resiliency or taking an individualised response to addressing people’s distress. Time on the Confidential Listening and Assistance Service Panel, and on the current Mental Health Inquiry Panel have reinforced for me the resilience of people. Many who have experienced the greatest adversities and abuse have been able to face forward.

Equity and Inclusion For many who have been able to do this, the difference has been that they have usually had to, or been able to, re-establish meaningful connections with others, have found a place where they are valued for who they are; where their culture is valued and world views acknowledged; were their lived experience of life whatever course that might have taken is valued; where their differences are respected and where recovery does give them the inner sense that they too can recover from the distress and adversity they have experienced and find the means within themselves, their families and their communities to life well and have a good life. It is about being well supported and lifted up. It is about addressing the historical factors that have contributed to inequities and doing that in a robust way. It is about create a government platform that addresses the foundations of inequity. This conference – Healthy Futures, Inspiration, Inclusion and Integration – comes at a good time for us in Aotearoa New Zealand. We have a Prime Minister who believes “kindness” is a trait to be valued in our society. We have a government that has already prioritised young people and particularly wants to eliminate child poverty, and has flagged that their next budget will be a “wellbeing budget”. We have a mental health and addictions review nearing completion. We have wider recognition within our society at all levels that we can and need to do more to promote wellbeing and that we must start with the social determinants that influence this.

Robyn Shearer from Te Pou who has so generously supported us through the last year as a member of the organising committee will chair the conference for us. We have a programme designed to provoke thought, promote action and collaboration Our core themes within the programme are: Cultural models – examples that promote healing and wellbeing Trauma – its impact and how we can support healing at every point Lived experience and the value of peer service models Addictions, recovery programmes and community action Citizenship and how we can create services and communities that foster participation and partnership Innovations and showcasing of programmes that are working Welcome to you all I trust you will find lots to energise and invigorate, both within the formal conference and through the chats over breaks Reach out and take time to introduce yourself to someone you don’t know and find out about them If you need help find one of our Emerge Aotearoa staff and ask them to help Handover to the wonderful Robyn Shearer Nga mihi No reira tena koutou tena koutou tena koutou katoa