Relationship Matters Limited

Relationship Matters Limited Counselling, Mediation, Coaching, Training, and Columnist. Steve's family system also includes both Pakeha and Maori family members.

Steve was born in Bayview, Napier, Hawkes Bay, and shares both New Zealand (Father) and Australian (Mother) heritage. Educated at Dilworth School in Auckland, New Zealand, Steve previously worked as a Marketing & Management Consultant, winning a total of nine National Marketing Awards between 1992 - 1996 and holding a CEO position of a National Trade Organisation at 27 years of age, before becomin

g thoroughly bored and disillusioned with the corporate environment. Steve then re-trained in the Social Sciences field, securing two applied Bachelor’s degrees (Counselling & Addiction) and a Post Graduate qualification in the process. Steve is married with two children, and lives in West Auckland, New Zealand. Steve's interests and passions include political discourse, philosophy, media commentary, advocacy, and an absolute and fundamental rejection of tokenist political correctness. Steve has appeared in several media genre, including TVNZ "Breakfast", Radio NZ, Mana Magazine, TV3 (Campbell Live), BFM, New Idea Magazine, Newstalk ZB, NZ Herald, Radio Waatea, Challenge Weekly, Radio Live,& Radio Rhema. As a public speaker, lecturer, and trainer with over 20 years experience, Steve has developed and delivered a number of custom made, practical Training workshops and lectures both in New Zealand and overseas for a wide range of groups and organisations including Parents Inc, the New Zealand Families Commission, the New Zealand Association of Counsellors, the Parachute Music Festival, the Anglican Pastoral Retreat Centre, the Alcohol Advisory Council (ALAC), the New Zealand Family Safety Teams, Community Alcohol & Drug Services (CADS), the Manukau Institute of Technology, the Problem Gambling Foundation, and the Salvation Army Bridge Programme (Tasmania). Steve will soon release his first book as an independent publisher. Please go to www.relationshipmatters.org.nz for more information.

19/07/2026

Cochrane Report evidence (see previous article) seems somewhat at odds with what the NZ Medical Profession is doing regarding youth mental health.

19/07/2026

Evidence suggests that antidepressants aren't very effective in kids and teens. Professor Sally Merry and Associate Professor Sarah Hetrick explain what can be done instead.

19/07/2026

A boyfriend betrayed 17-year-old Xiaoxue so she made an AI partner. Now the government is trying to end their relationship.

19/07/2026

People around the world are having deeper conversations thanks to an educational movement founded by a lonely journalist.

What helps, what helps less, and what doesn't help at all?The Research is in.
10/07/2026

What helps, what helps less, and what doesn't help at all?

The Research is in.

82 popular self-help techniques ranked by how strongly the research supports them — by ClearerThinking.org.

It has been known for decades that these programmes do not work.
17/06/2026

It has been known for decades that these programmes do not work.

Official reports are being signed off as completed without anyone checking if the victims are actually safe, new report show.

07/06/2026

After a fight, physical intimacy seems to offer a release. But without conversation, it might not help the relationship much.

Trouble at the Mill?
05/06/2026

Trouble at the Mill?

The board's role, according to its website, is to ensure psychotherapists are qualified, competent and fit to practise.

04/06/2026

Putting Finland’s precipitous drop in su***des in context.

04/06/2026

- Male body count set to increase due to recent feminist takeover.

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