This year has been an interesting and trying year, with the rise of working at home a direct result of the Covid pandemic. Increasing numbers of people are shifting to platforms to enable them to work remotely, with some even choosing to uproot life in...
The Ministry of Health has recently updated the Healthy Eating Guidelines for pregnant and breastfeeding women. View the full guidelines here or check out what has changed here. Toi Tangata was part of an advisory for the update of the Infant and Toddler Guidelines which will...
We have looked at the current campaign policies of relevance to our mahi at Toi Tangata and the wider sector we engage with. Key kaupapa for us at the moment include actions that address food insecurity and the achievement of food security and sovereignty; the...
We are delighted to welcome Zirsha Wharemate (Ngati Ranginui), who is joining the team to provide technical nutrition advice to Toi Tangata. Zirsha will commence this part time support to Toi Tangata from October while remaining in her role as an Oral Health Promoter for...
Ko Bree McCauley Scott tēnei Ko Taranaki me Hikurangi ōku Maunga Ko Waitara me Rangitāiki ōku Awa Ko Mātaatua tōku Waka Ko Ngāi Tūhoe me Te Āti Awa ōku Iwi Ko Bree McCauley Scott ahau I tēnei o ngā wā kei taku tau whakamutunga ahau ki Te Wānanga Aronui o Tāmaki...
Healthier Lives has announced they will fund the maintenance of the OL@-OR@ programme (website and smartphone app) for a further 3 years. This is great news and means OL@-OR@ will be available for use by our Māori and Pasifika communities at least until late 2023....
A refreshed edition of the popular te reo Māori health resource, Toi Te Kupu, will make using and learning Māori easy, relevant and fun for whanau in the context of their everyday lives. Toi Tangata and the New Zealand Heart Foundation released Toi te Kupu, the...
I te tīmatanga ō Hereturikōkā i whakahaere tētahi wānanga He Pī Ka Rere (HPKR) i te taha o ētahi Kōhanga Reo o te Waiariki. Ko ngā kaimahi, whānau, tamariki hoki o Te Purapura o Ngāti Awa ki Rangitaiki me Kawerau (ngā Kōhanga Reo e waru)...
Kai sustains our tinana and nurtures our wairua. It enables us to demonstrate and express our aroha and our manaakitanga. Maintaining a healthy diet from hapūtanga to kaumātuatanga helps us maintain our whakapapa and ngā uri whakaheke. We know the way we access, prepare, and eat...
Ko te tuhi i te reo Māori anake te whainga o tēnei tuhinga hautaka. He uaua tonu te whainga nei ki au. Whā wiki pea ka noho au i te whakaaro ka pēhea ai tēnei tuhinga, kia whaia te kaupapa o te Mahuru Māori me...