Food security is a major issue in Aotearoa. Only two in five Maori households have stable access to nutritious kai and utilise it. Estimates are that a poor diet claims between 8,000 and 11,000 NZ lives each year, but nutritious kai doesn’t simply prevent illness,...
Māori have a unique relationship with the ocean that stretches back many generations to the arrival of the seminal voyaging canoes. Since that time, Māori have ridden waves on various types of surfcraft but while the literature identifies the therapeutic effects of surfing and place-based...
A fun, free challenge to encourage you and your colleagues to experience first hand joys and benefits of riding a bike. It’s all about participation – which workplaces can get the most people to ride a bike for just 10 minutes or more? Organisations across...
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Learn the fundamentals of co design principles that enable tangible outcomes towards food security & food sovereignty. Kai (food) is not just nourishment, it is a livelihood embedded in values, tradition, and social and spiritual wellbeing. This workshop will share knowledge on food security and...
In this unique Wananga you will experience the incredible potential of Atua Matua as a framework to enhance the recreation and outdoor education opportunities for your communities. Discover how the health of our people and places can begin with connections to the environment. Join us...
The focus for Mens Health Week 2019 will be the impact of inequality and deprivation on men's health - Mens Health Forum will be releasing reports and materials on the issue nearer the time. If you'd like to help support the week - and help Mens Health...
The Public Health Prevention Conference is returning in 2019, following the hugely successful first iteration of the Conference in 2018. The 2019 Conference theme is ‘Smashing the Silos'. Two Conference Sub-Themes will guide the programme: . Economics of prevention . What is working, what needs to...
Guest presenter, Christina McKerchar (Ngāti Kahungunu, Tūhoe & Ngāti Porou) will present initial findings from her PhD research ‘Food availability for Maori children – a rights based approach’. The first part of her research used photographic data from the Kids’Cam research project which explored...