A Māori-led methamphetamine recovery programme in Gisborne is being hailed as a global leader in addiction research and recovery.
Researchers have found significant differences in the brains of recovering methamphetamine addicts, compared to those of healthy people.
Methamphetamine addiction is one of Aotearoa's most serious public health issues.
Tyla Kahukiwa-Larby’s education journey will come full circle this month when the former recipient of the Mātai–Holdsworth scholarship starts a new job as a trainee MRI medical imaging technologist at Gisborne’s Mātai Medical Research Institute.
It would be no exaggeration to say that the majority of MRIs (Magnetic Resonance Imaging) performed today owe some debt of gratitude to Graeme Bydder.