04 May Covid-19 has thrown food insecurity into sharp relief. Let’s use it as an opportunity
Chris Farrelly of the Auckland City Mission recommends we use this time in COVID-19 as an opportunity to address food security....
29 Apr Dr Geoff Kira
Dr Geoff Kira (Nga Puhi) is a senior lecturer in Public Health at Massey University. “I’m a public health scientist with the School of Health Sciences at Massey. My research is a wide variety of things, with a focus on interventions that will positively impact unfair...
17 Mar Food for households self-isolating in response to COVID-19
This article written by Helen Gibbs, New Zealand Registered Dietitian contains useful information to ensure your household has adequate food supplies for optimum nutrition for self-isolation. ...
17 Feb Dietary and policy priorities to reduce the global crises of obesity and diabetes
The food system is crucial for well-being, healthcare costs, health disparities and planetary sustainability. Coordinated evidence-based multi-sectoral policies will need to play a critical role in the future....
25 Nov Aotearoa, land of the long wide bare cupboard/Food insecurity in New Zealand
The Child Poverty Action Group have recently released a report called 'Aotearoa, land of the long wide bare cupboard/Food insecurity in New Zealand'.It is set out in seven parts:1: Fat, famished or starved in a land of plenty?, by Professor Elaine Rush.2: Living with hunger: How families...
14 Nov Waste Not, Want Not: Food Insecurity in Wairarapa
Despite the perceived abundance of food in New Zealand (Fitzgerald, Norton and Stephenson, 2016; Stevenson, 2013), various regions are currently experiencing surprising levels of food insecurity (Bowers et al., 2009). This research report defines what food insecurity is and establishes if access to food is...
24 Oct Shining the light on food insecurity in Aotearoa
Over the last few years, the demand for food at the Auckland City Mission has continually and dramatically increased. Moved by the reality that tens of thousands of Aucklanders – and in increasing numbers – don’t have enough food and are forced to seek support, the...
19 Sep Families and Whānau Status Report 2018
This is the sixth in a series of annual reports by Superu about family and whānau wellbeing in New Zealand. The report on multiple disadvantage among sole parents in New Zealand has also been produced as part of the 2018 programme. Due to Superu's disestablishment on...
21 Aug Exploration of Maori household experiences of food insecurity
Researchers explored how food insecurity was experienced in Maori households and how this can affect hauora (well-being)....
12 Aug Household Food Insecurity Among Children: New Zealand Health Survey
Food insecurity is an issue that no New Zealand family should have to worry about. Unfortunately this is not currently the case in Aotearoa/New Zealand. This report describes the prevalence of household food insecurity among our tamariki....