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...
Dr Geoff Kira, Ngā Puhi, from Massey University’s School of Health Sciences has been awarded nearly quarter of a million dollars to carry out a feasibility study focusing on the tools used to measure fruit and vegetable consumption among Māori. The study, entitled He Pātaka Marohi...
Anita Taggart works at Regional Public Health, Wellington as a Community Liaison in Porirua. She is a strong advocate and role model for living a healthy lifestyle, which complements her role in the Healthy Communities team at Regional Public Health. Anita has attended the national Waka Ama...
Recently published research in the BMC Paediatrics 201818:299 by authors Manhire et al. concludes that breastfeeding duration of mainly Māori women was shorter than the national average. Increasing the duration of breastfeeding by these mothers could be further facilitated by ante and postnatal education involving their own mothers and...
