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New Research Highlights The Harm That Tamariki Are Exposed To Through The Marketing Of Gambling, Alcohol And Junk Food
Thursday, 6 October 2022, 3:48 pm | Hapai Te Hauora
New research from the University of Otago, released today, has shown the level of harm our tamariki are exposed to through outdoor marketing of gambling, alcohol and junk food. The study, which followed 122 12-year-olds wearing body cameras for four ... More >>
Hāpai Te Hauora Present "Whare O Whitiora" For Mental Health Awareness Week 2022
Wednesday, 28 September 2022, 6:54 am | Hapai Te Hauora
Mental Health Awareness Week (MHAW) is here (26th November - 2nd October) and Hapai Te Hauora is excited to present this year’s rendition of Whitiora - ‘Whare o Whitiora’. ‘Whare o Whitiora’ will continue to act as a guide for whānau in ... More >>
Ka Hao Te Rangatahi Campaign Launches To Recognise Gamble Harm Awareness Week
Wednesday, 7 September 2022, 3:43 pm | Hapai Te Hauora
This year, Gambling Harm Awareness (GHAW) is observed from 5 - 11 September. GHAW provides opportunities for reflection, promotion, and raising awareness around gambling harm, gambling addiction and the wider impacts of gambling on whānau and hapori. ... More >>
Hāpai Te Hauora’s SUDI Prevention Coordination Service Reiterates The Need For Every New Māmā To Be Given Wahakura.
Tuesday, 28 June 2022, 2:50 pm | Hapai Te Hauora
The National SUDI Prevention Coordination Service (NSPCS) is dismayed to once again see a Coroner’s ruling that the death of an infant was preventable had the whānau been given a pēpi-pod or wahakura at birth. We strongly implore the Ministry of ... More >>
Taking The Right Action To Smokefree 2025
Tuesday, 21 June 2022, 4:14 pm | Hapai Te Hauora
National Māori Public Health organisation Hāpai Te Hauora applaud Hon Dr Ayesha Verrall and the team behind the legislative work taken to get the Smokefree Bill introduced today. Hāpai Te Hauora CEO Selah Hart says, today marks another important ... More >>
Tala Pasifika Is Backing Pasifika Communities To Win The Race To Be Smokefree By 2025
Monday, 30 May 2022, 7:28 pm | Hapai Te Hauora
World Smokefree Day is a timely reminder that as a nation we need to paddle together with urgency if we want our Pasifika communities to be Smokefree by 2025. Tala Pasifika Director - Lealailepule Edward Cowley says "Any and every opportunity for our ... More >>
Protect Pēpī By Curbing Woeful Pregnancy Suicide Rates
Sunday, 1 May 2022, 5:48 am | Hapai Te Hauora
"The appalling suicide statistics for wāhine Māori during the perinatal period (the period from conception until the first birthday) reveal the desperate need for maternal mental health to be a priority to save lives", Hāpai Te Hauora chief ... More >>
World Smokefree May - We're Backing You!
Wednesday, 27 April 2022, 5:01 pm | Hapai Te Hauora
Hāpai Te Hauora are proud to declare that this year Aotearoa will celebrate ‘ World Smokefree May’ , as part of a national campaign for Aotearoa to be Smokefree by 2025. ‘World Smokefree May’ will lead up to the celebration of ‘World Smokefree ... More >>
One Step Closer To Addressing Generations Of Harm From Alcohol
Friday, 25 March 2022, 6:53 am | Hapai Te Hauora
24 March 2022 Hāpai Te Hauora, the largest Maori Public Health agency in Aotearoa, commends the work that today brought unanimous support by Auckland Council to Councillor Josephine Bartley's motion to support MP Chloe Swarbricks Private Member's Bill: ... More >>
Inequitable Burden Of COVID-19 Changed Māori Drinking, Smoking, And Gambling Habits During Lockdown
Wednesday, 9 March 2022, 7:01 am | Hapai Te Hauora
08 March National Māori Public Health Agency, Hāpai Te Hauora are concerned with multiple findings in the ‘ Impact of Covid-19 August 2021 ’ survey released by Te Hiringa Hauora and NielsenIQ today. It canvassed the participants’ use of alcohol, ... More >>
Fewer Teenage Smokers Is Good News, But More Work Needs To Be Done
Monday, 28 February 2022, 9:26 am | Hapai Te Hauora
The number of teenagers smoking cigarettes has dropped significantly, but reaching a Smokefree Aotearoa needs more hard work and community involvement says the head of Māori Public Health agency and sole Ministry of Health funded tobacco control ... More >>
Keeping All Babies Safe While Sleeping Imperative For This Years’ Safe Sleep Day
Thursday, 2 December 2021, 2:05 pm | Hapai Te Hauora
Te Rā Mokopuna: National Safe Sleep Day Aotearoa is being held on Friday 3rd December 2021 across the motu proudly coordinated by the National SUDI Prevention Coordination Service at Hāpai Te Hauora. The aim of Te Rā Mokopuna is to raise awareness about ... More >>
Banning Smoking In Cars Will Help Take Tobacco Out Of Daily Life
Friday, 26 November 2021, 7:14 am | Hapai Te Hauora
Making it illegal to smoke or vape around children in cars is one more step towards taking tobacco out of daily life, says a leading public health agency. From 28 November 2021, it will be an offence to smoke or vape in a motor vehicle carrying anyone under ... More >>
Vaping Risks Creating A New Generation Of Nicotine Addicts
Friday, 15 October 2021, 5:17 pm | Hapai Te Hauora
A leading public health agency says the growing number of teenage vapers is a real problem, and the government needs to act now to prevent the creation of a new generation of nicotine addicts. Hāpai Te Hauora chief executive Selah Hart says data from a ... More >>
Hāpai Te Hauora Releases A By Māori For Māori Data Equity Driven Tool Ahead Of Super Saturday
Friday, 15 October 2021, 2:55 pm | Hapai Te Hauora
‘Māori control of our own narrative’ - Hāpai Te Hauora have been busy developing a unique Māori Public Health response to data inequity and disinformation in the fight against Covid-19. Hāpai Te Hauora is the largest Māori Public Health Organisation, ... More >>
Under-served Communities To Face Backlash Because Of Government’s Elimination Strategy Flip Flop
Thursday, 14 October 2021, 11:15 am | Hapai Te Hauora
Māori lives matter. That should be front and centre of the government’s push to vaccinate at least 90% of the population. With Māori vaccination rates the lowest of any nationality in Aotearoa, the elimination strategy that has acted as a korowai ... More >>
Hāpai Te Hauora Calls For Immediate Action From The Government Following Report On Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder.
Wednesday, 29 September 2021, 2:07 pm | Hapai Te Hauora
A report of the Disability Rights Commissioner and Children’s Commissioner to the Prime Minister on Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder: A Call To Action released today, highlights multiple systemic failures within the healthcare system. These failures ... More >>
Hāpai Te Hauora launches new podcast on hapūtanga
Thursday, 19 August 2021, 12:05 pm | Hapai Te Hauora
Hāpai Te Hauora launches a new podcast today on hapūtanga [conception, pregnancy, birth]. Māori continue to feature signficantly in mental health inequities, particularly during hapūtanga. Mai I Kurawaka was created as an accessible way for whānau to ... More >>
Māmā Aroha; A World First Breastfeeding App Created In Aotearoa To Be Launched In World Breastfeeding Week 2021
Monday, 2 August 2021, 11:00 am | Hapai Te Hauora
Sunday 1st August marked the first day of ‘ World Breastfeeding Week 2021 ’. Māori Public Health organisation Hāpai Te Hauora are thrilled to have collaborated with Amy Wray, a wahine Māori and creator of a world first app for breastfeeding ... More >>
Big Tobacco Exploit Dairy Owners In Cynical Attempt To Derail Smokefree Policy
Wednesday, 23 June 2021, 9:04 am | Hapai Te Hauora
Late yesterday afternoon, Hāpai Te Hauora sent a tweet in response to NZ Herald’s article: Revealed: Big Tobacco behind dairy owners postcard protest at Parliament . The response from Hāpai says "Disappointed - yet not surprised, that Big ... More >>
