{"id":486791,"date":"2025-10-09T22:40:18","date_gmt":"2025-10-09T22:40:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/486791\/"},"modified":"2025-10-09T22:40:18","modified_gmt":"2025-10-09T22:40:18","slug":"ai-wellbeing-platform-launched-by-sir-john-kirwan-health-nz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/486791\/","title":{"rendered":"AI wellbeing platform launched by Sir John Kirwan, Health NZ"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/4MMT2FH_image_crop_109552\" width=\"1050\" height=\"700\" alt=\"John Kirwan\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"photo-captioned__information\">\nSir John Kirwan is helping to launch an AI-powered wellbeing guide.<br \/>\nPhoto: Supplied\n<\/p>\n<p>Rugby legend Sir John Kirwan is helping to launch the first AI-powered wellbeing guide for adults endorsed by Health New Zealand.<\/p>\n<p>Mental Health Minister Matt Doocey said Ask Groov provides strategies for people with mild to moderate needs, to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rnz.co.nz\/life\/relationships\/family\/we-teach-kids-to-look-after-their-bodies-here-s-how-to-do-the-same-for-a-healthy-mind\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">manage everyday challenges<\/a> such stress, sleep issues or relationship pressures.<\/p>\n<p>He said it would give people faster access to support, preventing problems from escalating.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Access to mental health support should never be a barrier. With Ask Groov, faster access to support is available 24\/7, when and where people need it,&#8221; Doocey said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;By integrating innovative technology with expert clinical guidance, we are building a stronger mental health support system that reaches more people, faster.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He said if a user needed more support, the tool automatically escalates them to human services such as 1737, a free national helpline for mental health and addiction support.<\/p>\n<p>The Ask Groov tool was co-founded by Kirwan and Adam Clark and Kirwan said it provides people with a safe space to ask their own questions in their own words and receive trusted, science-backed answers. He said the tool had been specifically designed for New Zealanders, with content that is reliable, evidence-based, and focused on wellbeing. He said it is the kind of support he wishes had been available when he was struggling.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/radionz.us6.list-manage.com\/subscribe?u=211a938dcf3e634ba2427dde9&amp;id=b3d362e693\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sign up for Ng\u0101 Pitopito K\u014drero<\/a>, <b>a daily newsletter curated by our editors and delivered straight to your inbox every weekday.<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sir John Kirwan is helping to launch an AI-powered wellbeing guide. Photo: Supplied Rugby legend Sir John Kirwan&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":486792,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4317],"tags":[1816,9409,105,218,12,196,10975,10973,10974,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-486791","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mental-health","8":"tag-audio","9":"tag-current-affairs","10":"tag-health","11":"tag-mental-health","12":"tag-news","13":"tag-podcasts","14":"tag-public-radio","15":"tag-radio-new-zealand","16":"tag-rnz","17":"tag-uk","18":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115346619036194301","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/486791","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=486791"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/486791\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/486792"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=486791"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=486791"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=486791"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}