Mental Health
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Life Buoy App Integrated into Tirohia Platform

Published on
September 17, 2025

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Exciting News 🔊

We’ve integrated a new app with the Tirohia research platformLife Buoy 🛟.

Life Buoy was developed by researchers at the Black Dog Institute (Australia) to help young people manage suicidal thoughts. You can read more about its development and research to date here.

Through this integration, researchers using the Tirohia platform can begin to establish evidence of the app’s benefit on mental wellbeing.

Supporting New Research

We’re excited to support an upcoming trial involving Life Buoy and several other mobile apps across New Zealand and Australia, led by Associate Professor Sarah Hetrick at the University of Auckland.

Our Role

At Kekeno, we are responsible for the development and maintenance of the Tirohia research platform.

One of the most enjoyable aspects of this work is the opportunity to collaborate with developers from other organisations. It was a pleasure to work with Achref Marzouki and the team at PALO IT on this technical integration 🙏.

Get in Touch

If you’re interested in conducting your own research, or have any questions about Tirohia, please email us at:
📧 enquire@kekeno.tech

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