News

15 Jul Submissions Called For Sugar Labelling

Posted at 15:42h in News by admin-toitangata

The Australia and New Zealand Ministerial Forum on Food Regulation is investigating labelling approaches for providing information on sugars to consumers. Statement of the problem Dietary Guidelines in relation to sugars in Australia and New Zealand recommend: Australian Dietary Guidelines- Guideline 3: Limit intake of foods containing saturated...

11 Jul Early childhood teachers embracing Maori culture

Posted at 11:51h in News by admin-toitangata

He Pī Ka Rere has landed in Southland!...

10 Jul Māori and Pacific health app trial underway

Posted at 13:55h in Co-Design, News, OL@-OR@ by admin-toitangata

Toi Tangata is proud to be working on a project to trial a Māori and Pacific health app. The app takes a holistic view of health and is aimed not only at individuals but also encourages whānau and communities to work together to improve health...

03 Jul Out of my Comfort Zone- Fi’s 8 week Māori Movement Journey

Posted at 13:24h in News by admin-toitangata

Out of my comfort zone. Now that I look back on this experience, that is what comes to mind. “This is way out of my comfort zone OMG ……okay, I am here now let’s just DO IT” Check out these links to my vlogs of my journey...

03 Jul Techweek ’18

Posted at 13:04h in News by admin-toitangata

As a team we have been having more discussions on the role of emerging technologies in our mahi. In most (if not all) sectors, technology is starting to disrupt what we do. Some jobs will no longer be around as they are displaced by new...

03 Jul Easy Green Salad

Posted at 11:26h in News, Recipes by admin-toitangata

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...

03 Jul Kahungunu Hook Summit

Posted at 10:33h in News by admin-toitangata

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...

02 Jul Weighing in on weightism: Does a weight focused approach align with the Māori view of health?

Posted at 15:32h in News by admin-toitangata

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...

02 Jul New WHO physical activity plan to help people around the world get out and active

Posted at 15:13h in News by admin-toitangata

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...

02 Jul New Active Play resources to help young children sit less, move more and sleep well

Posted at 15:10h in News by admin-toitangata

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...