Earlier this year, Te Hiringa Hauora/ Health Promotion Agency commissioned qualitative sleep research with Māori and Pasifika whānau. Participants discussed their awareness of, experiences with and barriers to following commonly promoted infant sleep messages.The findings are available in a report and a two page poster. Download...
Toi Tangata is encouraging awareness, education and action when it comes to the world’s most prevalent nutrient deficiency. Ensuring whānau are getting the right nutrients at the right times is both important and challenging and this is often guided by mum. More Information ...
This National Science Challenge brief summarises He Pikinga Waiora project and framework that aimed to reduce the burden of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) such as diabetes, heart disease and obesity by finding an effective way of creating, implementing and evaluating health interventions for Indigenous communities. Read the...
Kai Town came about following a national Healthy Families focus on the kaupapa of kai. Armed with our learning from a previous Healthy Families Far North kai project in Kaikohe, a design challenge question was posed that was “How might we flood Kaitāia with an...
Unhealthy Takeaways Have No Mauri! That’s the bold message Toi Tangata wants to send to whānau who now have the option of buying take out food again. Chief Executive Megan Tunks says, “McDonalds, KFC and the like are heavy in saturated fat and sodium. These options are...
This report contains topline survey results for Te Hiringa Hauora/Health Promotion Agency ‘Impact of COVID-19’ Survey • Results are based on a sample of n=1,190 (unless otherwise stated). This sample contains an overrepresentation of Māori and Pasifika respondents. • Results have been adjusted at the analysis stage by...
This report documents Māori and Pasifika women’s experiences of breastfeeding across the South Island. The voices of women in this project illustrate that it ‘takes a village to breastfeed,’ surrounding oneself with a support network that is able to ‘mother the mother’. ...
Published in May 2017, the Māori Participation in Community Sport report was commissioned by Sport NZ to understand how the sport sector can mobilise to better foster Māori participation in sport and active recreation....
Researchers explored how food insecurity was experienced in Maori households and how this can affect hauora (well-being)....
Aotearoa New Zealand’s health system must understand and address inequities in how Māori and non-Māori access and receive health services, says a report released on the 29 July 2019. A window on the quality of Aotearoa New Zealand’s health care 2019 - a view on Māori...
