Toni Pivac, Author at He Kai

18 Jul Habitat Heroes

Posted at 00:12h in News by Toni Pivac

Habitat Heroes is a kaupapa that encourages communities to support and protect our natural environments. By being active kaitiaki we can all connect to the biodiversity, spirituality, history, culture and overall health and wellbeing effects that a healthy environment brings. The Department of Conservation's 'Habitat Heroes' encourages...

16 Jun Know the Signs of Stroke – Think FAST

Posted at 00:01h in News by Toni Pivac

Each year in New Zealand about 9,000 people have a stroke– that’s around one Kiwi each hour! Delayed recognition of a stroke can have tragic consequences, including further damage to the brain or death. The aim of the FAST campaign is to raise awareness that stroke is...

04 Apr Toi Tangata Hosts Maori Nutrition and Physical Activity Symposium

Posted at 23:26h in Media Releases by Toni Pivac

Tuesday 4 April 2017 For Immediate Release The Toi Tangata Symposium 2017 brings together visionaries from around the motu for a unique, interdisciplinary opportunity to share and inform kaupapa Māori health approaches, create opportunities to share innovative ideas, and make new connections within and across sectors. On April...

21 Mar Toi Tangata Celebrates World Water Day with Call to Value Water for the Taonga it is

Posted at 23:09h in Media Releases, Wai Māori Ngai Māori by Toni Pivac

Tuesday 21 March 2017 For Immediate Release World Water Day is celebrated annually on 22 March all around the world. This year Toi Tangata is celebrating World Water Day by urging people to draw on mātauranga Māori to value water as a taonga, recognising that the wellbeing...

19 Dec Toi te Kupu Revised Edition

Posted at 03:27h in Media Releases, Toi te Kupu by Toni Pivac

Monday 19 December 2016 For immediate release Toi Tangata has just released a revised edition of its popular health resource, Toi te Kupu. Toi te Kupu, the Māori health dictionary, was first published in 2014 as a collaborative effort between the NZ Heart Foundation and Toi Tangata. The resource...

05 Dec Toi Tangata Appoints New CEO

Posted at 23:04h in Media Releases by Toni Pivac

Monday 5 December 2016 For immediate release Toi Tangata is delighted to announce the appointment of Megan Tunks as its new CEO, effective 9 January 2017. Megan (Te Whānau-a-Apanui (Ngāti Paekau), Te Whakatōhea (Ngāti Patu, Ngāti Ngahere)), brings valuable experience to this key role and will take the...

24 Nov Mangere Otahuhu local board

Posted at 22:56h in Media Releases by Toni Pivac

Thursday 24 November 2016 For immediate release Healthy Families Manukau, Manurewa-Papakura congratulates the Mangere-Otahuhu Local Board for their leadership in adopting the replacement of sugar-sweetened beverages with healthier alternatives in Council facilities and Council-run events. The local board adopted the policy at their board meeting last night (Wednesday...

23 Nov Passion for Māori co-design prompts inaugural Tikanga Māori Co-Design Wananga

Posted at 21:28h in Co-Design, Media Releases by Toni Pivac

For immediate release Wednesday 23rd November 2016 Tomorrow will bring together a group of Māori co-design enthusiasts who work at the coal face of participatory research within their iwi, hapū and whanau. Toi Tangata and Nga Aho have actively supported and championed the use of co-design to...

21 Dec Celebrating Success: Davina Thompson

Posted at 23:49h in News by Toni Pivac

A self-proclaimed ‘kai activist’, Davina Thompson aims high within the kai and movement world and does the mahi to back it up. Working under the WeroFit trust as a Kaiwhakaora she delivers health, fitness and Crossfit to schools, marae, online and in her iti gym...

Author: Toni Pivac