Health Coalition Aotearoa Prevention e-Forum
2020-08-18 09:00 - 2020-08-19 12:30 (Pacific/Auckland) | Online
The Prevention Brief has been sent to candidates for the September election and the Health Coalition Aotearoa is holding a Political e-Forum on 18-19 August 9:00-10:30am with Jesse Mulligan as the MC and presentations from the political party spokespeople.
The Prevention e-Forum will take place on the mornings of 18/19 August. To join any of these sessions please register at https://www.healthcoalition.org.nz/prevention-e-forum/. Membership of the Health Coalition is free (same link), so please join so that you can participate in any of the Prevention e-Forum online sessions.

Toi Ako Webinar: Waka Ama | More than a sport, a lifestyle
2020-10-28 20:00 - 21:00
Tupuria King is an international waka ama champion athlete, entrepreneur, social media star and an academic.
The Ngapuhi and Tainui descendant was first introduced to the sport by his dad, Dave King, at age seven. He has been paddling professionally since 2012 and the 26 year old holds a Bachelor of Sport and Recreation as well as a Masters Degree of Sport, Health and Human Performance.
In a bid to contribute to the body of scientific knowledge based around high performance waka ama athletes that compete at the world championships, Tupuria’s Masters thesis focused on the physiology of Waka Ama.
Due to COVID19, Tupuria is bound to Aotearoa for now. Outside of running an online coaching service and merchandise store, you might catch him out on Okahu Bay, Hokianga Harbour or Lake Ngatu training out on the water.
In his spare time he is usually at the whanau farm in Broadwood, Northland hanging or training with his whanau (all waka ama world paddlers in their own right) and partner, rugby legend, Tyla Nathan-Wong.
As keen waka ama paddlers across the country gear up to train for the National Waka Ama Championship races next year, this one hour webinar delves into Tupuria’s waka ama journey, what motivates him to succeed and some of his Masters research findings.

Toi Ako Webinar: Kori tinana | Traditional Māori beliefs, values and practices of physical activity
2020-11-11 10:00 - 11:00
Traditional Māori physical activity is distinguished by a Māori cultural definition understood through mātauranga, with shared whakapapa to atua, and practiced through tikanga.
Despite a rich understanding and practice of Māori physical activity in a pre-European era, the violent colonial experience in Aotearoa has resulted in a dominant view of physical activity that marginalises Māori perspectives and approaches.
In this kōrero Te Miri will discuss the findings of his Masters research that investigates the traditional Māori beliefs, values and practices of physical activity and their relevance today. He will touch on the key themes that emerged through a kaupapa Māori analysis of interviews, pūrakau and whakataukī.
Join us to hear about what characterises Māori physical activity; the ways in which mātauranga informs the beliefs, values and practices of physical activity for Māori; and how these are relevant for Māori physical activity today.

Māori Touch NZ Tournament
2020-12-05 - 2020-12-06 | Rotorua International Stadium, Devon Street West, Rotorua, New Zealand
Māori Touch NZ is delighted to announce the 21st Māori Touch Tournament, which will take place on the 5 and 6 December 2020 at Rotorua’s International Stadium. Proudly hosted and organised by the Rotorua Touch Association, the new venue has enabled the tournament to proceed for 2020.
So far over 50 teams have entered, with strong Open Men’s and Open Mixed grade numbers. Entries will remain open until Sunday 15 November 2020.
The tournament will begin with a powhiri on Friday 5 December at 4pm with a special tribute to touch legend, George Rogers, who passed away in 2019.
“George attended every Māori touch tournament from the inaugural event in 1997. He also played and coached Māori representative teams over the last twenty years, but it was his commitment to Waitakere Māori Touch we will especially honour this year. We are very grateful to his partner, Natalie, his whanau, and Waitakere Māori Touch to enable us all to acknowledge George,” says Carol Ngwati, Māori Touch NZ Chair.
Rotorua Lakes Council is pleased to welcome back Māori Touch participants to Rotorua and looks forward to hosting the up to 5,000 people who attend the tournament over the weekend.
Māori Touch NZ is always warmly welcomed by Rotorua Lakes Council, local Marae, motels and all the volunteers who continue to support this important event on the Māori sport calendar.

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.
