Full of fibre, protein, iron, and vitamin B, lentils are inexpensive and make a great meat substitute or side dish. Your cupboards may not be swollen with these wonderful magic pulses but trust me, whanau, they are the shizz! We have converted my land loving,...
This salad takes ten minutes to prepare and is super tasty. If you get others in to help prepare the greens it makes this one of the quickest salads. Ingredients 1 cucumber 2 sprigs of spring onion 3 stalks of celery 1 broccoli 1 tub of...
As told by Crystal Pekepo, Kaiārahi, Community Research and Co-Design Specialist While there are many benefits to eating healthy, exercising and drinking plenty of water, looking after our taiao (environment) is very important if we wish to continue to live fulfilling lifestyles. Everything that sustains us is sourced...
Last month, guest presenter Dr Isaac Warbrick graced our e-waves for one of our most popular webinars to date bringing us his whakaaro and insights on obesity and weightism, honing in on whether ‘weight’ and ‘weight loss’ are appropriate ‘health’ measures for Māori. The war on...
Earlier this month, the World Health Organization launched the new Global Action Plan on Physical Activity in Geneva. The action plan aims to achieve a 15 percent increase in the number of regularly physically active people worldwide by 2030. It comes as the Ministry of Health...
In early May, the Ministry of Health launched a package of free online resources aimed at getting children aged five and under to play regularly and have quality sleep. Toi Tangata worked closely with the Ministry to develop the Active Play resources. The resources were designed...
5+ A Day has recently launched a new nutrition education resources for year 9 students. It’s the first time resources have been developed specifically for this age group by the 5+ A Day Charitable Trust who partnered with Plant & Food Research and education experts,...
Looking back at the headlines last month you may have spotted our take on Hastings McDonalds becoming the first in the country to introduce bilingual menus, written in both English and Māori. Here at Toi Tangata, we stand behind using Māori culture and language to...
Every year, the Healthy Auckland Together (HAT) coalition looks at whether they are making progress around Auckland’s pressing health issues – the population’s weight, diet and levels of physical activity. They report on whether the neighbourhoods encourage good eating and physical movement every day by looking...
Britain’s sugar tax on soft drinks came into effect on 6 April 2018, a move that hopes to reduce sugar intake, whilst funding sports programs and nutritious breakfast clubs for children. The tax, announced in March 2016, has already cut sugar content in drinks by 45...