Mental health initiative “Mitey” is launching in schools across the Waikato . Initiated by the Sir John Kirwan Foundation and mental health experts, Mitey blends mental health education into New Zealand’s curriculum as part of daily learning like reading and maths, and has already been rolled out to 65,000 students. Mitey provides free mental health education for Years 1-8 nationwide and six Waikato schools from Hamilton , Cambridge , Matamata, and Newstead have hopped on board the initiative.
Hamilton’s Knighton Normal School has joined the Mitey movement, and principal Andrew Campbell told the Waikato Herald that mental health education was just as crucial as literacy classes. “Mental health is something that is in our daily lives, we want children every day to be in the best place possible..
