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2021 Public Health Summer School
2021-02-01 - 2021-02-19 | Otago University, 362 Leith Street, Dunedin, 9016, New Zealand
The Public Health Summer School offers practical 1–2 day courses to anyone who wants to develop their knowledge and skills. It has been providing this training for over 20 years and has grown to become the largest and longest running summer school of its type in the Southern Hemisphere.
There are 24 courses on offer including 12 new topics on a range of important areas from COVID-19 to ENDS and Smokefree 2025 to countering disinformation and more. Plus many of our ever-popular courses are back including Hauora Māori, Pacific health, epidemiology and health research methods.
To see a summary of all courses available, please view the:
Summer School flyer (PDF format)
To register or to view more information on each course, please visit:
Public Health Summer School

Aotearoa Bike Challenge 2021
2021-02-01 - 2021-02-28
Get your workplace biking – and potentially earn prizes! To encourage more people to discover how easy and enjoyable riding a bike can be, the New Zealand Transport Agency has partnered with Love to Ride to run the Aotearoa Bike Challenge.

World Cancer Day
2021-02-04
World Cancer Day every 4 February is the global uniting initiative led by the Union for International Cancer Control (UICC)

Relay for Life
2021-02-28 - 2021-04-17
Relay For Life is an inspiring community experience that gives everyone a chance to celebrate/whakanui cancer survivors and carers; remember/maumaharatia loved ones lost to cancer; and fight back/tū atu by raising awareness and funds to support the work of the Cancer Society.

Kidney Health Month
2021-03-01 - 2021-03-31
Kidney Health Month is run by Kidney Health New Zealand and is timed for March to coincide with World Kidney Day on March 12.
Kidney Health New Zealand promotes kidney health awareness, supports kidney patients and provides free kidney health checks.

Walk to Work Day
2021-03-11
Walk2Work Day encourages New Zealanders to do just that – walk to work!
Run by Living Streets Aotearoa, the focus is on the link between using public transport and walking, and celebrating walking in general.

World Water Day
2021-03-22
World Water Day is an annual event run by UN-Water, the entity that coordinates the United Nations’ work on water and sanitation.
