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Wakai Waian Healing unveils new leadership model
Wakai Waian Healing has announced a new leadership model placing cultural govern...
Joseph Guenzler 10 Jun 2026
Zenadth Kes communities lead aftercare report on mental wellbeing
A Zenadth Kes aftercare report has been finalised after months of consultation w...
Joseph Guenzler 2 Jun 2026
Culturally safe care at the heart of Wakai Waian Healing's approach
Wakai Waian Healing is building a culturally grounded mental health workforce ac...
Joseph Guenzler 5 May 2026
Wakai Waian Healing expands health services to Sunshine Coast
An Indigenous-focused mental health service which began with one laptop in a sma...
Joseph Guenzler 29 Apr 2026
How Wakai Waian Healing is leading culturally safe mental health services
Warning: The following article contains references to suicide, which may be dist...
Phoebe Blogg 7 Apr 2026
Wakai Waian healing pays tribute to Aunty Ivy’s ongoing leadership

Wakai Waian Healing has marked three years of service from Dr Ivy Trevallion, who continues to play a key leadership role from the organisation's Thursday Island office.

Joseph Guenzler Joseph Guenzler Jan 30, 2026
Torres Strait Islander Occupational Therapist Jena Stephen set to strengthen NDIS access and support

A Torres Strait Islander Occupational Therapist has joined Wakai Waian Healing, bringing new momentum to local, culturally grounded health care across the islands.

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Tom Hearn Oct 16, 2025
Buway Giz - Connection Before Correction: A Torres Strait restorative justice solution

For more than a decade I have worked in prisons, courts, and communities across Queensland. I have seen firsthand the cycle of incarceration that grips our people.

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Ed Mosby Sep 8, 2025
Anchored in Healing: How Shanna Mosby and the Wakai Waian Healing Team are closing the mental health gap in the Torres Strait

On the northern edge of Australia, in the turquoise waters of Zenadth Kes, a powerful shift is underway. At the centre of it stands Shanna Mosby, a proud Torres Strait Islander woman from Masig and th...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Jun 18, 2025
Indigenous leadership critical to solving the mental healthcare crisis

Australia is facing a mental health workforce crisis that disproportionately affects Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities, a leading Indigenous mental health service warns.

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Jun 6, 2025
Wakai Waian Healing celebrates a decade of Indigenous mental health leadership and growth

Wakai Waian Healing, a proudly Torres Strait Islander-owned and led mental health service, recently celebrated ten years of walking alongside community - providing culturally safe, trauma-informed car...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Jun 3, 2025
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