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PIF New Zealand essay competition
Held annually, the NZ PIF Essay Competition allows eligible NZ PIF members to explore and discuss a specified topic on psychiatry and/or mental health through a written essay.
Essay entries are limited to 1000-1500 words and judged by an assessment panel of RANZCP members according to clarity of expression and logical presentation of argument, along with demonstrated evidence and originality.
The winning essay receives NZ$1000 and is published in Australasian Psychiatry, with second and third place receiving NZ$500 and NZ$250 respectively.
2024 winning essays
Topic: 'Addressing equity in psychiatric care’ including but not limited to, improving mental health care of culturally and linguistically diverse individuals, and in rural and remote areas.
First Place: Yuhan Chi
Second Place: Charlotte Blakey
Third Place: Margaret Su
Previous Winners
2023 winning essays
Whakataukī: Naū te rou rou, Nāku te rou rou, Ka ora ai te iwi.
With your food basket and my food basket the people will thrive.
Topic: With this whakataukī (proverb) in mind, discuss mental wellbeing within the current global climate change
First place: Ria George
Second place: Jackie Hazelhurst
Third place: Angad Chauhan
2022 winning essays
Topic: What is the role of psychiatry in recovery from severe trauma?
First place: Thomas Swinburn
Second place: Emma Cadman
Third place: Nico Calderón-Hunt
