The House of Wellness NZ Podcast • 29 June 2025

Full Episode: Broadcaster And Radio Personality Robert Rakete, Shaun Robinson, Dr John, and Piyara Perera

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Mens Mental health, blended parenting, and travel medicine are all covered to today on The House of Wellness on The Breeze thanks to our friends Honuka 1000 Liposomal C and D Manuka Honey Snaps. On today's show Mel chats to Broadcaster and Radio Personality Robert Rakete, Mental Health Foundation CEO Shaun Robinson, our show's pharmacist Piyara Perera, and the returning show's GP Dr John.

Mental Health Foundation CEO Shaun Robinson joins Mel to chat about not only his own journey with mental health but the work that The Mental Health Foundation is currently doing. Shaun also provides you with 5 ways to wellbeing that you can use to better your own mental health and talks about the partnership they currently have with Chemist Warehouse and their charity drive. If you do need help you can talk to a trained counsellor by calling 1737 and you can also find Mental Health Foundation's website and donate through the charity drive here: https://mentalhealth.org.nz/

Broadcaster and Radio personality Robert Rakete chats to Mel about parenting and having a blended family. Robert goes in depth about what was the easiest and hardest part of a blended family, how Rob works through the multiple moving parts of his blended family, and some advice for you if you have a blended family.

The returning show GP Dr John joins Mel to answer all your questions. whether that's about cholesterol, heart health, losing weight, prescriptions and so much more, Dr John has the answers for you.

And our resident pharmacist Piyara chats to Mel about Blister packs. How they work, what medications you can have in them, how you can get one or if you need one, Piyara makes sure you've got all the info you need when it comes to Blister packs especially if you're planning on travelling and escaping the winter.