Our Kaiārahi | Nutrition, Sande Mareroa-Gates, spent some time with her green thumbed dad talking about māra kai from yesteryears and now. Read on to hear what he had to say. I wish I could have painted the wonderful expression on my 84 year old Dad’s...
Nau mai haere mai ki te Toi Tangata Hui ā Tau 2020. Join us in February as we kick off our Hui ā Tau, an annual hui which helps provide focus and traction for the workforce on the positive kai, wai and kori tinana outcomes...
Geoff Kira (Ngāpuhi) is a Senior Lecturer and public health scientist in the School of Health Science, Massey University. He has a background in exercise physiology and biochemistry and facilitates local solutions to achieve health equity (social justice) by intervening at the interface of mātauranga Māori and...
Hauora Māori sovereignty in the three pillars of health: e kai, e moe, e kori tinana. There is no doubt that kai (food), moe (sleep), and kori tinana (physical activity) are all important for health and wellbeing. In Te Ao Pākehā, these behaviours are seen as...
Presented by the Healthy Families Rotorua team, the focus of this webinar is to apply a Māori systems approach to build the capability and capacity of Maramataka practitioners who want to participate in activities across a range of settings, contributing to long-term sustainable change that...
Monday 21 October 2019 For immediate release Toi Tangata and Te Pūtahi-a-Toi are hosting a Toi Ako wānanga exploring Māori approaches and solutions to increase participation in physical activity and sport. The one day event will be held at Massey University in Palmerston North on Wednesday 23...
Mo te marama Mahuru Māori kua whakarite a Toi Tangata i tētahi hui a hiko i Te Reo Māori. He kaupapa whakarauora reo, whakapiki hoki i te ora, ma te waka o te hākinakina na Te Puni Kokiri i whakarite. Ko Eruera Lee-Morgan te kaikōrero....
As reported by Waatea News. A Rotorua marae has banned fizzy drinks and plastic bottles. Māori health promotion roopu Toi Tangata says Tunohopu Marae at Ōhinemutu is setting a great example and other marae should take up the challenge. Chief executive Megan Tunks says the marae is setting...
As reported by Rotorua Daily Post. [caption id="attachment_19466" align="aligncenter" width="300"] From left, Harina Rupapera, Norma Sturley and Terry Sturley at Tūnohopū marae. Photo / Stephen Parker Rotorua Daily Post[/caption] National Māori public health agency Toi Tangata is congratulating Rotorua's Tūnohopū Marae for adopting a fizzy drink and...
Monday 16 September 2019 For immediate release Toi Tangata congratulates Tūnohopū Marae of Ohinemutu, Rotorua, for their leadership in adopting a fizzy drink and plastic bottle ban and challenges other marae to follow suit. “Embracing this kaupapa is an awesome step in supporting the wellbeing of the hapū....