25-06-2025
Whangārei community art installation aims to reduce mental health stigma
Cerise Tana (pictured holding box) with clients and staff from Te Awhi Whānau Charitable Trust who participated in the Matariki-themed art installation currently featured at Whangārei Central Library.
A fourth-year social work student has organised a collaborative art project aiming to reduce stigma and discrimination around mental illness.
Cerise Tana said her final paper on social justice in action prompted her to look into the issues which, she said, caused a lack of public awareness
