Today the Weekend Herald salutes the winners of the annual Sir Peter Blake Leadership Awards, which honour one of the country's greatest leaders, the late Sir Peter Blake.

Fewer in the community are prepared to turn a blind eye to child abuse.

Abuse, neglect, disability care: words no one wants to see together. In 2006 a flurry of stories about appalling care sparked a Government inquiry. Despite steps to fix the problem, it's happening again.

Health workers have presented management of a mental health facility with a vote of no confidence after hundreds of assaults by patients.

An anguished father wants substances such as Kronic synthetic cannabis banned.

A self-help technique aims to help "voice hearers" live with their condition.

Nathan Boulter faces a raft of charges including abducting and causing grievous bodily harm to ex-girlfriend.

New Zealand has a "woefully deficient" number of mental health services aimed specifically at young people and medical staff were poorly trained to identify those young people who might be at risk, according to a new report.

It affects one in 20 people, can undermine their confidence and frequently leads to the embarrassment of counting on one's fingers.

Health training funds are being redirected into mental health.

A coroner has called for urgent law changes after three young people took their own lives shortly after being released from care.

Judy Bailey has spoken of her personal battle with depression as she fronts a new campaign.

Lindsay Lohan has been ordered to undergo psychological counselling.

Some people are born happy, scientists say. Researchers have identified a "happiness gene" that makes people more likely to feel satisfied with their lives. Their sunny dispostion is an accident of birth, at least in part.

Being a new parent can bring a surge of unexpected feelings, not all of them good. Dionne Christian relives her own battle with post-natal depression - now called perinatal distress - and talks about how to get help.