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04 Dec Indian Participation and Practices in Sport and Recreation

Posted at 15:31h in Healthy Community by Alison Pask

Alison Pask, ANA health promotion manager talks to Siona Fernandes from Auckland University of Technology about her master’s research. Immigration has led to the Indian population becoming the most rapidly growing ethnic minority community in New Zealand. Indians have a strong cultural history and this...

04 Dec New Activity Book – Bright Ideas for Young Minds

Posted at 13:28h in Healthy Education by Alison Pask

New Activity Book – Bright Ideas for Young Minds, Book Review Published November 2017 by Mary Egan Publishing RRP$ 39.95 This is a beautiful, large, hard cover book that has plenty of eye-catching photos which makes it attractive to pick up and read. There are...

04 Dec ANA’s Guide to Practical Christmas Gifts for Less than $20

Posted at 12:08h in Healthy Community by Alison Pask

Alison Pask has put together this basic guide to help you find healthy and affordable Christmas gifts . Create your own homemade voucher by giving the gift of time. This could be for: babysitting gardening lawn mowing washing the car mending doing the groceries A...

29 Nov Download File

Posted at 12:59h by Alison Pask

29 Nov Getting Female University Students Active

Posted at 12:41h in Healthy Education by Alison Pask

There is a significant gender gap in the participation rates of Higher Education students. Women in Sport partnered up with British Universities and Colleges Sport to share insights into how to engage inactive female students within universities. Student Activators focused on engaging students and collating...

29 Nov Read More

Posted at 11:32h by Alison Pask

29 Nov Table Tennis in the Workplace Associated with Workplace Wellbeing

Posted at 11:31h in Healthy Workplace by Alison Pask

A new report by Table Tennis England as part of their Loop at Work programme, explores the impact of playing table tennis at work on employee job satisfaction, workplace wellbeing, physical activity levels and general wellbeing. The employees in the study predominantly played table tennis...

28 Nov View Website

Posted at 12:21h by Alison Pask

28 Nov New Statistics from the 2016/17 New Zealand Health Survey

Posted at 12:17h in Research by Alison Pask

This new data (Tier 1) provides a snapshot of the health of New Zealanders through key indicators on health behaviours, health status and access to health care for both adults and children.Tier 1 Statistics 2016/17: The tables are published on the Ministry of Health website and...

24 Nov NZ Health Sector’s Role in Responding to Climate Change

Posted at 15:22h in Research by Alison Pask

Health professionals from around the country meet on 23 November 2017, in Wellington, to talk about how the NZ health sector can respond to the challenges of climate change for health and healthcare services. This was the first national ‘Sustainable Healthcare in Aotearoa-NZ’ forum. Flooding,...

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