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19 Jan Food photography 101: how to take engaging, beautiful pictures for social and digital

Posted at 14:46h by Margaret McLachlan

Friday, 12 February 9am – 10am, ONLINE In this webinar, Niki Bezzant will share her top tips for taking great photos with your phone that will help you create super-engaging social media posts and web content. You’ll learn how to make the most of your...

19 Jan Eating well while flatting at University

Posted at 11:56h in Resources, Healthy Education by Margaret McLachlan

Barriers to eating well while flatting at University can be overcome by planning and finding simple ways to make healthy eating a priority. Registered Dietitian Alison Pask offers some tips for those embarking on this stage of life. Food choices are fundamental to achieve wellbeing,...

18 Jan What needs to happen to improve NZ’s food environments

Posted at 13:59h by Margaret McLachlan

Thursday, 18 February, 12 – 12.45pm, ONLINE The NZ food systems need major transformations to deliver on human health, ecological health, social equity, and economic prosperity. What needs to happen to proactively re-orient existing systems to cope with climate change, the food insecurity of shocks...

18 Jan World Water Day 2021

Posted at 12:55h by Kim Tucker

World Water Day is an annual event run by UN-Water, the entity that co-ordinates the United Nations’ work on water and sanitation. You could use this day to promote water in your workplace – either from an environmental perspective, or to encourage your people about the...

18 Jan World Oral Health Day

Posted at 12:52h by Kim Tucker

Oral health is vitally important, but many of us don’t – or don’t know how to – take care of our teeth and gums properly. Run by the New Zealand Dental Association, National Oral Health Day is aimed at raising awareness about the importance of oral health...

18 Jan Walk to Work Day 2021

Posted at 12:49h by Kim Tucker

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.

18 Jan World Sleep Day 2021

Posted at 12:46h by Kim Tucker

18 Jan 2021 Aotearoa Bike Challenge Month

Posted at 12:05h by Kim Tucker

The Aotearoa Bike Challenge is a fun, free competition that’s all about seeing which workplaces or groups can get the most people to ride a bike for just 10 minutes or more.

18 Jan ANA Webinar – Growing Up in New Zealand study: Nutrition-related findings

Posted at 11:44h by Kim Tucker

Growing Up in New Zealand is a cohort study following more than 6,000 children born in the Auckland, Counties Manukau, and Waikato District Health Board areas in 2009/10. Participating children and their families generously give their time to the study, with face-to-face data collection waves...

18 Jan ANA Webinar – The food curriculum project – Investing in the life skills of NZ children

Posted at 11:41h by Kim Tucker

The New Zealand school curriculum states; ‘it is expected that all children will have had the opportunity to learn practical cooking skills by the end of Year 8’. Research conducted by Massey University dietetic students in 2016 explored food programmes being taught in Year 8. The...

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