Petra Bagust
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3,317 appearances
8 recordings
1 series
first heard Apr 2026
last heard 2d ago
Petra Bagust’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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So it's the physical and mental and spiritual.
And then there's this other wall that's called Te Taha Whānau, which is the wall that is the connections to our family, our whānau and the people who are important to us.
And all these things need to be strong for us to experience Hauora or that overall well-being.
And that's mostly within our own gift and particularly ensuring that we're physically and mentally well.
Perhaps we've become too reliant.
Now, let's be clear that medical advances have been amazing.
Incredible.
My mum's got new knees.
Your mum's got new knees.
And, you know, who would have thought how long these people don't spend in hospital now?
and how quickly they are up and about and it's remarkable what we can do and what we do do and improving not just the length but the quality of people's lives and our health services play a really important role there.
The risk is that we place too much expectation on just the health system to solve issues, resolve issues and this particularly plays out in mental health.
where we look at mental health issues and then everyone says well why is the system not working for these people when of course the response needs to be a societal wide one that addresses the circumstances that people are living in their access to resources including you know education and jobs and sufficient income and decent housing all these things
and communities and so all these things are important for people's well-being their connection if they are you know indigenous often it's a connection to land and to their where they've come from and their culture and their whakapapa we know these things are important for well-being so you know the risk is that we expect too much of the health system in and of itself to solve things that are not necessarily medical in origin or that have got a simple medical solution
So a complex situation, like the fact that we are complex and yet also there's so much about humanity that's knowable.
How do we, like I don't think it's either or.
It's not get rid of the whole system or only the system.
Like how can we approach, I guess, our health differently?
community wide like do you think there's are there some keys to being responsible for our own well-being and others well-being and also then like engaging with the system where it's useful or where it's needed yeah
Yeah, look, you know, one of the observations I'd make is we're doing okay.
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