Otago Southland Branch - New Zealand Psychological Society

09/06/2026

Kia ora

The Otago-Southland Branch will have our Annual General Meeting at 12.15 pm, Monday 6 July in Rm 205, Psychological Medicine Dept, Fraser Building 464 Cumberland Street, Dunedin.

Crispin Garden-Webster

Chair

12/05/2026

BREAKING.. One of our Climate Psychology Task Force members, Gabrielle, is doing an online workshop for psychology week at 12 noon today (Wednesday 13 May). In case you've missed the notification here it is. Feel free to share it with your networks!

Holding Both: Grief and Hope in a Changing World

Wednesday 13th May - 12noon - 1pm

Free online workshop with Gabrielle Feather - PhD candidate focussing on mental health impacts of ecological crisises

This workshop explores how people can stay psychologically well and connected to what matters in the face of uncertainty and change. It will include working with climate-related distress. Find out more and register here:

The 60 minute workshop is designed for a general audience and explores how people can stay psychologically well and connected to what matters in the face of uncertainty and change. It will include climate-related distress. Free to attend as part of Psychology Week 11th - 17th May, 2026. Zoom link wi...

11/05/2026

Celebrate Psychology Week 2026!

Find out more about Psychology Week events at https://www.psychology.org.nz/public/psychology-week

11/05/2026

Join us for this free online public workshop as part of Psychology Week - where we learn from the past to dream for the future!

Increasingly frequent weather disasters can leave us feeling uncertain about the future and emotionally stretched. This workshop focuses on practical ways to steady the nervous system, reduce spiralling and remain engaged without burning out.

Register here to receive the Zoom link: https://nzps.gecco.co.nz/event-manager/ViewEvent/216
Find all events for Psychology Week here: https://www.psychology.org.nz/public/psychology-week

11/05/2026

Sleep advice is everywhere — and much of it is confusing, unrealistic, or far too generic. You’re told to go to bed earlier, switch off screens, meditate, buy supplements, or create the perfect bedtime routine. Yet many people try these things and still struggle.

Join us next Saturday for this free public workshop offering a more practical and evidence-based way to understand and improve sleep. You’ll learn the key biological and psychological drivers of sleep, why common problems happen, and which changes tend to make the biggest difference. Rather than a list of rigid rules, the focus is on approaches that can be adapted to real lives, real schedules, and real challenges.

Offered as part of Psychology Week 2026 - register for this workshop - to receive the Zoom link- here: https://nzps.gecco.co.nz/event-manager/ViewEvent/213

Find more events and information on Psychology Week here: https://www.psychology.org.nz/public/psychology-week

11/05/2026

The IEDP are hosting a series of kawhe and kōrero sessions as a chance to connect during Psychology Week. These sessions are open to all members of the public who have an interest in learning more about educational psychology.

The first one is this Monday 11th May in Wellington!
Find one near you during this week:
https://www.psychology.org.nz/public/psychology-week

11/05/2026

11/05/2026

Interested in Educational Psychology? This is a great opportunity to find out more! Join members of the IEDP for kawhe and kōrero this week! Palmerston North and Tauranga - pop in for a coffee on us tomorrow - location and times below!

Find out more about psychology and our Psychology Week events here:
https://www.psychology.org.nz/public/psychology-week

11/05/2026

11/05/2026