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28 Jan University of Otago Summer evening talk – Improving our buildings, cutting carbon

Posted at 11:23h by Kim Tucker

Join us at the Wellington campus of the University of Otago for Summer Evening talks and hear experts discussing today’s public health issues. This series is part of the 2021 Public Health Summer School and open to all. The talks will take place in Level...

28 Jan University of Otago Summer evening talk – Risk perception during a COVID-19 ‘info-demic’ and public health challenges for us in the future

Posted at 11:21h by Kim Tucker

28 Jan NZ’s biggest water fountain survey reveals 41 ‘bonus’ fountains, but work still to do

Posted at 11:20h in Resources, Healthy Community by Margaret McLachlan

For the second story in our series about the Wai Auckland project, we look at the project’s research into Auckland’s drinking water fountains. If you’re struck by thirst while out and about, but have no idea where to find your nearest drinking fountain, you could...

28 Jan University of Otago Summer evening talk – The global response to the COVID-19 pandemic

Posted at 11:19h by Kim Tucker

28 Jan Wai Auckland taps into water as the cost effective, healthy thirst quencher

Posted at 11:07h in Healthy Community by Margaret McLachlan

Here is the first in a four-part series showcasing the Wai Auckland project, an initiative led by Auckland Regional Public Health Service to promote tap water and side-line sugary drinks. In this issue, we hear how the project came about. Sugary drinks are one of...

28 Jan Mental Health Awareness Week

Posted at 09:25h by Kim Tucker

The week is an opportunity for you and your workplace to explore the experiences, actions, relationships and surroundings that make you and your workmates feel good and uplift your wellbeing.

28 Jan Men’s Health Week

Posted at 09:21h by Kim Tucker

Men’s Health Week aims to help you get right on top of your biggest and most important asset – your health. Our sole purpose at MHW is to cause men to think. To start with the small steps that enable them to turn their health issues...

28 Jan World Food Day

Posted at 09:18h by Kim Tucker

World Food Day is celebrated annually on 16 October to promote global awareness and action for those who suffer from hunger, and to highlight the need to ensure healthy diets for all. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO) designated 16 October as...

28 Jan Sara Knowles

Posted at 09:10h by Margaret McLachlan

Sara Knowles is the Senior Public Health Advisor at Taranaki District Health Board. “I started out in clinical dietetics – I went to university and became a dietitian, then I worked initially in Palmerston North Hospital. My first non-hospital job was working on the...

28 Jan World Diabetes Day

Posted at 08:49h by Kim Tucker

Diabetes is a leading cause of blindness, amputation, heart disease, kidney failure and early death. However, simple action to control your risk of developing type 2 diabetes can reduce the risk. With type 2 diabetes still on the rise, workplaces can play an important role...

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