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Smokefree 2025: A plan without a clear path for Maori and Pacific communities

Associate Minister of Health Casey Costello recently released the revised ‘Smokefree 2025’ plan. While it offers glimmers of hope for our efforts to see smoking rates decrease, there are concerns around its effectiveness for priority populations.

New local alcohol policy paves the way for a safer, healthier Tāmaki Makaurau

Hāpai Te Hauora welcomes the second stage of Auckland’s new local alcohol policy, which comes into effect today. The policy is a crucial step toward reducing alcohol-related harm across the Auckland region and supports ongoing efforts to create healthy environments which allow whānau and hapori to flourish.

Reimagining Maori Public Health: Oranga Whenua, Oranga Tangata Symposium to Drive Transformative Change

The Oranga Whenua Oranga Tangata Symposium, hosted by Hāpai Te Hauora, will bring together community leaders, innovators, and stakeholders to explore culturally grounded solutions for improving Māori health. This event redefines public health through a Te Ao Māori lens, emphasising the interconnectedness between iwi development, education, media, whānau ora, te reo and Te Tiriti o Waitangi, among other areas.

Hapai Te Hauora celebrates Safe Sleep Day 2024

Today marks National Safe Sleep Day – Te Rā Mokopuna with Hāpai Te Hauora leading the integrated approach to raise awareness and reduce the numbers of whānau affected by Sudden Unexpected Deaths in Infants (SUDI).

Smokefree May envigorates Hapai Te Hauora to protect all children in New Zealand from the dangerous tactics of the tobacco industry

Budget 2024 – Hapai Te Hauora lays out its “Essentials (Wish) List” to the government

On May 30, 2024, the Government will announce its first full budget. In anticipation each year, Hāpai Te Hauora, as the largest Māori Public Health organisation in Aotearoa, prepares a wish list to highlight to the government critical investment areas urgently needed across communities in Aotearoa.

Farewelling Tobacco: Auahituroa Traveling Art exhibition launches Smokefree May

Hāpai Te Hauora is kicking off Smokefree May with Auahitūroa, a Traveling Art Exhibition bidding farewell to the entrenched tobacco culture in Aotearoa with eulogies presented by current politicians in Wellington today.

Whakakotahitanga Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder Guidelines Launched

Māori Public Health Organisation, Hāpai Te Hauora, released the Whakakotahitanga Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder Guidelines, alongside the Government who announced its renewed priorities for FASD this morning at Papakura Marae.

Hāpai disappointed govt funded school lunch programme up for review

Hāpai Te Hauora, Aotearoa’s leading Māori Public Health organisation is extremely concerned that the coalition Government has confirmed the government-funded school lunch programme, Ka Ora Ka Ako is under review.