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Oranga Whenua, Oranga Tangata (Healthy Environments, Healthy Lives)
Smokefree May envigorates Hapai Te Hauora to protect all children in New Zealand from the dangerous tactics of the tobacco industry
The last few days of May marks the end of Smokefree May activities, culminating in a global day of recognition - World No Tobacco Day on May 31st....
Not all of New Zealand on track for a Smokefree 2025
Hāpai Te Hauora, Aotearoa’s largest Māori Public Health organisation warns that Māori will not reach the 5% target for a Smokefree 2025. Modelling shows that unless we act with urgency, Māori will be left behind and not reach this goal until 2040
Ātea February with Whetumarama Timutimu
Kia ora e kare, please introduce yourself, where are you from? Ko Mauao te maunga. Ko Tauranga te...
2024 New Year’s resolution for Aotearoa: Smokefree 2025 goal to be back on track – Hapai Te Hauora
As we enter 2024, many will take the opportunity to reflect on the achievements, the challenges & life lessons of 2023. It’s at this time we make New Year’s resolutions and goals like committing to reconnect with your culture, family or language, exercising more, eating better and perhaps giving up smoking tobacco.
Hāpai Te Hauora ‘leads the charge’ for safe sleep practices
As Aotearoa prepares to observe Safe Sleep Day - Te Ra Mokopuna Ora on December 1st, Hāpai Te...
Hapai Te Hauora welcome the implementation of a Smokefree generation policy
National Māori Public Health organisation, Hāpai Te Hauora welcomes the implementation of a Smokefree Generation policy. Interim CEO Jason Alexandar of Hāpai Te Hauora says, ‘The world is looking to Aotearoa as we implement world leading Smokefree legislation. It...
‘Māori Health should not be a Political Football’
It has been just over a year since Te Aka Whai Ora, the Māori Health Authority, came into effect and yet as we lead into the election a running theme from some parts of the political sphere is to ask the question “Why hasn’t the Māori Health Authority worked yet?” Declaring it a waste of money and that it must be abolished.
Youth-led campaign to address youth vaping – Later Vaper Arcade is now live
A youth-led campaign Protect Youth Breath aims to address reducing youth vaping harm launches the Later Vaper Arcade in South Auckland. Hāpai Te Hauora interim CEO Jason Alexander says, ‘The Later Vaper Arcade is an interactive way to engage with our rangatahi, to get...
Discover Whitiora: The Pursuit of Eternal Well-being
What is Whitiora? Whitiora is a holistic health kaupapa underpinned by the Toiora Framework. The Toiora Framework provides a blueprint for achieving, collective and individual, optimal well-being, centering whānau at the heart of the kaupapa. The purpose of Whitiora...