Nutters Club
11PM - 1AMSun
The Nutters Club is a world first, online and offline media phenomenon that has changed and saved lives. It has spawned a very large, strong and supportive Facebook community and morphed into a popular television series on Maori Television. Over 500,000 people view the Nutters Club Facebook page every week.
It’s stated mission is "to forever change the way people, feel, think, talk and behave in relation to their mental, physical, emotional, spiritual, cultural and sexual well being; and in doing so encourage us all to take ownership of our own health and well being.” In plain English it’s a show about “Nutters helping other Nutters live at peace with themselves and others, so that we can all lead meaningful lives.”
The Nutters Club deals with all the tough stuff that many in society would prefer to keep in the closet. Topics like mental health issues, drug/alcohol addictions and the socially taboo. The show is hosted by Hamish Coleman-Ross and Kyle MacDonald.
Hamish has worked in radio and media since age 12, drawn to it for the power that it had to share stories and help others. Involved with “The Nutters Club” since 2009 he has been a regular fill in for Mike King until becoming the main stay in 2017. Having experienced the impact of suicide personally he understands first hand challenges of mental health.Â
Our resident psychotherapist with 20 years experience - also writes a weekly mental health column for the New Zealand Herald (see:Â www.nzherald.co.nz/author/kyle-macdonald).
 “Secrets keep you sick” is our motto. There are no secrets at The Nutters Club.
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Mental health diagnoses: Help or hinderance?
12 September 2021: For some, a mental health diagnosis can be liberating, relieving and provide a supportive pathway to wellness. For others it can feel more like...
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Lockdown meanderings: Isolation, loneliness and resilience
05 September 2021: As New Zealanders make their way through the third week of the most recent pandemic lockdown, Hamish Coleman-Ross and psychotherapist Kyle MacDonald...
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Celebrating our lockdown wins
29 August 2021: Focusing on positives especially through challenging times, supports better mental health and helps to keep anxiety and depression at bay. Hamish...
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Lockdown Mental Health Survival Guide 101
22 August 2021: Hamish Coleman-Ross and psychotherapist Kyle MacDonald check in on people’s experience of the first nationwide full Covid lockdown in over a year. They speak...
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Dale Owens: Recovering from high pressure career burnout
15 August 2021: As a journalist for six major international TV and media networks over the years, Dale Owens came to know high-pressured work environments and relentless...
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Dion Jensen: From military incited PTSD to empowerment
08 August 2021: Founder of the Lion Academy, Dion Jensen began his professional life in the military which included doing service in Iraq. After a chance to begin...
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Jacob Leo Skilling: The power of forgiveness to heal past trauma
01 August 2021: Chairman of Broken Movement Trust, Jacob Leo Skilling grew up in a chaotic family environment laced with domestic violence and surrounded by gang...
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How can we best support our young people?
25 July 2021: How do we support our young people and how do we talk to to them in the most effective and helpful ways? What works and what doesn’t? Hamish Coleman-Ross...
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Matt Doocey: Prioritising mental health in NZ
18 July 2021: MP for Waimakariri and National Party Spokesperson for mental health Matt Doocey talks about creating positive policy for mental health in New Zealand...
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Mark Belchamber: Paramedics and PTSD
11 July 2021: Mark Belchamber talks about the effects of work as a paramedic on his mental health after experiencing PTSD through repeatedly attending traumatic...
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People and places doing good things for mental health in NZ
04 July 2021: With so much public discussion about New Zealand’s broken mental health system, Hamish Coleman-Ross and psychotherapist Kyle MacDonald decide to talk...
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Robbie 'Gooserooter’ Shefford: Rural mental health
27 June 2021: Born and breed in Geraldine, self-described jack of all trades and master of none, Robbie 'Gooserooter’ Shefford has spent his life working as a farmer,...
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Brendan Smith: Why kids need Dads
20 June 2021: CEO of Kidz Need Dadz, Brendan Smith became a stay at home dad of two young children when his wife wanted to return to work. He talks about how he...
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Facing the fear of death and dying
06 June 2021: How can we accept the inevitability of death while living? Hamish Coleman-Ross and psychotherapist Kyle MacDonald discuss terminal diagnoses, and how...
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Georgia James: Resilience and survival through childhood neglect
30 May 2021: Georgia James was one of the first babies in NZ to be born with Ventricular Septal Defect, a hole in the heart, and have it repaired by Sir Brian Barret...
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Mike King: Gumboot Friday 2021: Raising $5 million for kids' counselling
23 May 2021: The original founder and host of The Nutters Club, Mike King joins Hamish Coleman-Ross and psychologist Ingo Lambrecht to talk about this year’s Gumboot...
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Verna McFelin: Family life with a husband behind bars
17 May 2021: Verna McFelin's husband was charged and convicted of crime and sent to prison unexpectedly. While Verna was moving through the passage of holding her...
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Mothers Day: Understanding the mother relationship: Part 1
09 May 2021: The mother relationship is often seen developmentally as our most significant in terms of our emotional development through childhood. Mothers' Day...
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Mothers Day: Understanding the mother relationship: Part 2
09 May 2021: The mother relationship is often seen developmentally as our most significant in terms of our emotional development through childhood. Mothers' Day...
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Dean Kini: 26 years clean and sober: Part 1
03 May 2021: Long-time friend and supporter of The Nutters Club, Dean Kini, returns for his third time on the show. The former drug addict shares his story of long-term...
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Dean Kini: 26 years clean and sober: Part 2
03 May 2021: Long-time friend and supporter of The Nutters Club, Dean Kini, returns for his third time on the show. The former drug addict shares his story of long-term...
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Chloe Swarbrick: Changing the way Aotearoa thinks about mental health: Part 1
25 April 2021: MP for Central Auckland Chloe Swarbrick talks about her personal journey with depression and how she’s now come to understand it. She discusses with...
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Chloe Swarbrick: Changing the way Aotearoa thinks about mental health: Part 2
25 April 2021: MP for Central Auckland Chloe Swarbrick talks about her personal journey with depression and how she’s now come to understand it. She discusses with...
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Panic on the high seas: Part 1
18 April 2021: Seafarer and chief marine engineer Brendan Wade, experienced a massive anxiety attack at 24 off the coast of Western Australia. This wake up call...
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Panic on the high seas: Part 2
18 April 2021: Seafarer and chief marine engineer Brendan Wade, experienced a massive anxiety attack at 24 off the coast of Western Australia. This wake up call...
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Understanding and navigating the grieving process: Part 1
11 April 2021: Grief eventually touches us all in some shape or another, whether through death or other forms of loss. What ways do we deal with grief when it touches...
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Understanding and navigating the grieving process: Part 2
11 April 2021: Grief eventually touches us all in some shape or another, whether through death or other forms of loss. What ways do we deal with grief when it touches...
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The current state of mental health services in New Zealand: Part 1
04 April 2021: How is the mental health system in New Zealand performing after lofty promises of transformation from the 2017 mental health inquiry? Hamish Coleman-Ross...
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The current state of mental health services in New Zealand: Part 2
04 April 2021: How is the mental health system in New Zealand performing after lofty promises of transformation from the 2017 mental health inquiry? Hamish Coleman-Ross...
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Alana Thomas: Opening my world beyond the clutches of meth addiction: Part 1
28 March 2021: Walking on eggshells through childhood with a mother dealing with mental health challenges and drug addiction, meant Alana Thomas grew up without...
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Alana Thomas: Opening my world beyond the clutches of meth addiction: Part 2
28 March 2021: Walking on eggshells through childhood with a mother dealing with mental health challenges and drug addiction, meant Alana Thomas grew up without...
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Bridget Wilson: Therapist speaks on sex and love addiction: Part 1
21 March 2021: Bridget Wilson is an therapist, who's speciality is helping people recover from sex and love addiction. She speaks with Hamish Coleman-Ross and psychotherapist...
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Bridget Wilson: Therapist speaks on sex and love addiction: Part 2
21 March 2021: Bridget Wilson is an therapist, who's speciality is helping people recover from sex and love addiction. She speaks with Hamish Coleman-Ross and psychotherapist...
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Paora Raharaha: Choosing life beyond prison walls: Part 1
15 March 2021: Paora Raharaha began experiencing the adrenaline rush of crime, after joining a gang as a teenager. He was soon convicted and sentenced to prison,...
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Paora Raharaha: Choosing life beyond prison walls: Part 2
15 March 2021: Paora Raharaha began experiencing the adrenaline rush of crime, after joining a gang as a teenager. He was soon convicted and sentenced to prison,...
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Pandemics, earthquakes, tsunamis: the anxiety of uncertain times: Part 1
07 March 2021: After this week's earthquakes and tsunami warnings in New Zealand, coupled with yo-yoing pandemic lockdowns, heightened levels of anxiety due to...
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Pandemics, earthquakes, tsunamis: the anxiety of uncertain times: Part 2
07 March 2021: After this week's earthquakes and tsunami warnings in New Zealand, coupled with yo-yoing pandemic lockdowns, heightened levels of anxiety due to...
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Managing the frustration of the latest lockdown: Part 1
28 February 2021: Levels of frustration with Auckland's latest lockdown have escalated amongst the public. Hamish Coleman-Ross and psychotherapist Kyle MacDonald...
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Managing the frustration of the latest lockdown: Part 2
28 February 2021: Levels of frustration with Auckland's latest lockdown have escalated amongst the public. Hamish Coleman-Ross and psychotherapist Kyle MacDonald...
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Nick Scott: Blogging on mental health to help others: Part 1
21 February 2021: After a series of challenging life events, Nick Scott experienced his anxiety levels increasing exponentially. He began therapy sessions to help...
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Nick Scott: Blogging on mental health to help others: Part 2
21 February 2021: After a series of challenging life events, Nick Scott experienced his anxiety levels increasing exponentially. He began therapy sessions to help...
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Getting through the latest NZ lockdown: Part 1
14 February 2021: With New Zealand COVID restrictions increasing again, including another 3-day lockdown in Auckland with cases of community transmission in Auckland...
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Getting through the latest NZ lockdown: Part 2
14 February 2021: With New Zealand COVID restrictions increasing again, including another 3-day lockdown in Auckland with cases of community transmission in Auckland...
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Tui McGeorge: Finding happiness again after loss: Part 1
07 February 2021: Tui McGeorge was forced to mature very quickly as a young woman, falling pregnant to her first child at 15, mothering 3 children by the age of...
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Tui McGeorge: Finding happiness again after loss: Part 2
07 February 2021: Tui McGeorge was forced to mature very quickly as a young woman, falling pregnant to her first child at 15, mothering 3 children by the age of...
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Margaret Skipper: Surviving childhood neglect and Meth addiction: Part 1
31 January 2021: Margaret Skipper survived a neglected childhood, turning to drugs as a young woman to cope with an upbringing that had a negative impact on her...
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Margaret Skipper: Surviving childhood neglect and Meth addiction: Part 2
31 January 2021: Margaret Skipper survived a neglected childhood, turning to drugs as a young woman to cope with an upbringing that had a negative impact on her...
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The Nutters Club Returns for 2021: Part 1
24 January 2021: The Nutters Club returns for its 12th year running, Hamish Coleman-Ross and psychotherapist Kyle MacDonald take calls on how 2021 has been for...
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The Nutters Club Returns for 2021: Part 2
24 January 2021: The Nutters Club returns for its 12th year running, Hamish Coleman-Ross and psychotherapist Kyle MacDonald take calls on how 2021 has been for...
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Gratitude in amongst the challenges of 2020: Part 1
20 December 2020: 2020 has been a tough year for many, Hamish Coleman-Ross and psychotherapist Kyle MacDonald take calls on the things we were grateful for in a...
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Gratitude in amongst the challenges of 2020: Part 2
20 December 2020: 2020 has been a tough year for many, Hamish Coleman-Ross and psychotherapist Kyle MacDonald take calls on the things we were grateful for in a...
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Christmas: its significance and effects on mental health: Part 1
13 December 2020: What does Christmas mean to you? Does it have any meaning to you? Has COVID changed Christmas for you, with loved ones spread around the globe...
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Christmas: its significance and effects on mental health: Part 2
13 December 2020: What does Christmas mean to you? Does it have any meaning to you? Has COVID changed Christmas for you, with loved ones spread around the globe...
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Anna Petchell: Mental health on Super Yachts: Part 1
06 December 2020: Anna Petchell spent just over 7 years working on Super Yachts in the Mediterranean and Caribbean. In her last couple of years on board, she was...
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Anna Petchell: Mental health on Super Yachts: Part 2
06 December 2020: Anna Petchell spent just over 7 years working on Super Yachts in the Mediterranean and Caribbean. In her last couple of years on board, she was...
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Analise and Robyn Twemlow: Living with Tourette's: Part 1
29 November 2020: Diagnosed with Tourette Syndrome as a child, Canterbury teenager Annalise, and her mother Robyn talk about life with the condition. Annalise...
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Analise and Robyn Twemlow: Living with Tourette's: Part 2
29 November 2020: Diagnosed with Tourette Syndrome as a child, Canterbury teenager Annalise, and her mother Robyn talk about life with the condition. Annalise...
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Graham Roper: Psychological distress of first responders Part 1
22 November 2020: As a St John Ambulance Paramedic, Graham Roper, saw massive amounts of trauma first hand which began to affect his own mental health and led him...
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Graham Roper: Psychological distress of first responders Part 2
22 November 2020: As a St John Ambulance Paramedic, Graham Roper, saw massive amounts of trauma first hand which began to affect his own mental health and led him...
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Joe Stockhausen: Accepting myself as transgender: Part 1
15 November 2020: Joe was born and raised as a female, experiencing years of gender and body discomfort from childhood. After in-depth research and reflection, Joe...
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Joe Stockhausen: Accepting myself as transgender: Part 2
15 November 2020: Joe was born and raised as a female, experiencing years of gender and body discomfort from childhood. After in-depth research and reflection, Joe...
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Jehan Casinader: Writing and storytelling through breakdown: Part 1
08 November 2020: Award winning journalist Jehan Casinader talks about the burnout, mental distress and breakdown he experienced over 4 years which led him to leave...
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Jehan Casinader: Writing and storytelling through breakdown: Part 2
08 November 2020: Award winning journalist Jehan Casinader talks about the burnout, mental distress and breakdown he experienced over 4 years which led him to leave...
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The power of forgiveness: Part 1
01 November 2020: How do we find forgiveness to others and to ourselves? When do we decide to forgive, and when do we decide to withhold forgiveness? Why is forgiveness...
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The power of forgiveness: Part 2
01 November 2020: How do we find forgiveness to others and to ourselves? When do we decide to forgive, and when do we decide to withhold forgiveness? Why is forgiveness...
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Linda Collins: Loss Adjustment: losing a daughter to suicide: Part 1
25 October 2020: Linda Collins shares on the loss of her 17-year old daughter to suicide. Collins found journal entries on Victoria's laptop after her death, reflecting...
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Linda Collins: Loss Adjustment: losing a daughter to suicide: Part 2
25 October 2020: Linda Collins shares on the loss of her 17-year old daughter to suicide. Collins found journal entries on Victoria's laptop after her death, reflecting...
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Moving from Mob history and Meth to a balanced life: Puk Kireka: Part 1
18 October 2020: Puk Kireka grew up in poverty, leaving school at 14 to join youth gangs. By 17 had begun his own youth gang, which gained the attention of the Mongrel...
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Moving from Mob history and Meth to a balanced life: Puk Kireka: Part 2
18 October 2020: Puk Kireka grew up in poverty, leaving school at 14 to join youth gangs. By 17 had begun his own youth gang, which gained the attention of the Mongrel...
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The relentless search to save mum after brain aneurism: Lisa Tamati: Part 1
11 October 2020: Lisa Tamati is an ultra marathon runner who has raced in extreme locations around the world including Death Valley and the Sahara Desert. She is...
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The relentless search to save mum after brain aneurism: Lisa Tamati: Part 2
11 October 2020: Lisa Tamati is an ultra marathon runner who has raced in extreme locations around the world including Death Valley and the Sahara Desert. She is...
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Dave Letele Snr: From Mongrel Mob president to helping rehabilitate prisoners: Part 1
04 October 2020: Dave Letele Senior became a Mongrel Mob patch member at age 15 and gang president by 19. After being released from a 10 year prison sentence,...
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Dave Letele Snr: From Mongrel Mob president to helping rehabilitate prisoners: Part 2
04 October 2020: Dave Letele Senior became a Mongrel Mob patch member at age 15 and gang president by 19. After being released from a 10 year prison sentence,...
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How about Mental Health Action Week? Part 1
20 September 2020: With the close of Mental Health Awareness Week, Hamish Coleman-Ross and psychotherapist Kyle MacDonald, discuss how we can bring mental health...
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How about Mental Health Action Week? Part 2
20 September 2020: With the close of Mental Health Awareness Week, Hamish Coleman-Ross and psychotherapist Kyle MacDonald, discuss how we can bring mental health...
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Sam Owen: Dairy farmer on depression linked to animal welfare: Part 1
20 September 2020: Sam Owen is a Waikato dairy farmer talks about the red flags for his own and many other famers’ mental health; droughts, family illness, money...
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Sam Owen: Dairy farmer on depression linked to animal welfare: Part 2
20 September 2020: Sam Owen is a Waikato dairy farmer talks about the red flags for his own and many other famers’ mental health; droughts, family illness, money...
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