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Oranga Whenua, Oranga Tangata (Healthy Environments, Healthy Lives)
Community Voices Needed to Challenge Legislative Threats to Māori Wellbeing
Hāpai Te Hauora is urging Māori communities to extend their engagement beyond the Principles of the Treaty of Waitangi Bill to two other critical bills: the Regulatory Standards Bill and the Oranga Tamariki: Responding to Serious Youth Offending Bill.
Undoing Progress: The Disestablishment of Te Aka Whai Ora and the Future of Māori Health
The dissolution of Te Aka Whai Ora will send Māori spiraling backward and add more pressure to a health system already buckling according to New Zealand’s largest Māori Public Health Organisation.
The repeal no one asked for
As the Coalition Government rushes to repeal the Smokefree legislation today, Aotearoa’s largest Māori Public Health Organisation are just as concerned that they do not have an effective replacement to combat smoking in the future.
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...
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...