A systematic literature review of the association between a vegetarian diet and depression, anxiety and stress has found no significant associations. Read review ...
As the government shifts its focus from COVID- 19 elimination to addressing the longer- term social and economic repercussions of the pandemic, it is critical that Mäori are able to partner and lead in decision- making. In the new normal of a post- COVID Aotearoa,...
A new look at children from the world’s richest countries offers a mixed picture of their health, skills and happiness. For far too many, issues such as poverty, exclusion and pollution threaten their mental well-being, physical health and opportunities to develop skills. Read UNICEF report ...
The Youth19 Rangatahi Smart Survey (Youth19) is the latest in the Youth2000 series of health and wellbeing surveys. Youth19 was conducted in 2019 in the Auckland, Northland and Waikato regions by researchers from The University of Auckland, Victoria University of Wellington, University of Otago &...
This document, published by the Ministry of Health on 13 June 2020, provides a new direction for Pacific health. The plan can be used as a tool for planning, prioritising actions, and developing new and innovative methods of delivering results to improve Pacific health. Download Plan ...
Researchers at Auckland University’s School of Population Health and Victoria University of Wellington looked at how New Zealanders changed their shopping and cooking habits during alert levels 3 and 4 . While the full report is yet to be completed Niki Bezzant pieces together the...
The importance of positive wellbeing has been highlighted as we experience life during COVID-19. Our ability to socialise with friends and family and to live and work normally changed massively after the 2020 outbreak. The combination of stress and uncertainty in our lives can all affect our mental...
The importance of positive wellbeing has been highlighted as we experience life during COVID-19. Our ability to socialise with friends and family and to live and work normally has changed massively since January 2020. In 2018 nearly 1 in 4 New Zealand adults reported experiencing ‘poor’...
Leaders from all of New Zealand’s District Health Boards have agreed to establish a new national function to help eliminate health inequities, and improve the sustainability of the health system, and make it easier for New Zealanders to live longer and healthier lives. The aim is to ensure...
While we all stay home in order to stop Covid-19 and to save lives, our primary focus is our family and whanau wellbeing. Promoting health and wellbeing begins in the family and whanau where we live, love, learn, work, play and pray together. To build your whanau...
