The Lowdown is a New Zealand website developed by the New Zealand Ministry of Health's National Depression Initiative (NDI). The website launched on 3 December 2007.
Mission The Lowdown aims to help young New Zealanders understand and recover from depression. It does this through online support services and testimonials from New Zealand celebrities.
Features Navigators The user can choose from one of four celebrity navigators who tell users how to use the website. There is also a "go alone" option.
Information and Help The website has depression-related fact sheets and contact lists, as well as online self-tests.
Stories The Lowdown has video of New Zealand celebrities and musicians talking about how they or someone they know made it through depression. Users can also add their own stories by submitting video or text.
Chat Users can chat together in a style similar to a bulletin board.
Multimedia Users can listen to streaming songs from contributing musicians.
Interface The website uses flash built on ActionScript 3. It uses the Sandy 3D engine.
List of celebrities contributing to The Lowdown
Musicians Name Band Boh Runga Stellar* P-Money DJ Scribe Rapper Dave Gibson Elemeno P Brad Carter Steriogram Young Sid Rapper Awa and Junior Nesian Mystik Paul Roper The Mint Chicks Joel Little Goodnight Nurse Gareth Stake & Angelo Munro The Bleeders Jason Kerrison Opshop Julia Deans Fur Patrol Tau Manukia Spacifix Tim Arnold Pluto Francis Kora Kora Sam & Jessie Smith Streetwise Scarlet Andrew Morrison False Start Jon Austin 48 May Victoria Girling-Butcher Lucid 3 Ben Read 8 Foot Sativa Savage Deceptikonz
TV and Radio Name Occupation Aidee Walker Outrageous Fortune Actress Antonia Prebble Outrageous Fortune Actress Nisha Madhan Shortland Street Actress Lee Donoghue Shortland Street Actor Kimberley Crossman Shortland Street Actress Jaquie Brown Television Presenter Sonia Gray Television Presenter Jane Yee Television Presenter Phil Bostwick C4 Presenter Dayna Vawdrey Studio 2 Presenter Tamati Coffey Breakfast Presenter Bill & Ben Pulp Sport Presenters Mike Puru The Edge DJ
Other Name Occupation Tofiga Fepulea'i The Laughing Samoans Member Ma'a Nonu Ex All Black Lisa Li Miss Chinese NZ Adrian Hailwood Fashion Designer
References
External links
Official Website