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Information for contractors and suppliers: Te Hiringa Hauora and COVID-19

As an evidence-based public sector agency with a national role in health promotion, Te Hiringa Hauora takes a very cautious approach to operating in the COVID-19 environment. For example, in alert level 2 we have continued to encourage our staff to work from home, we have strict protocols for staff who are working from the office, and we are allowing only essential travel.

Tobacco control

Community action drives New Zealand to smokefree cars for tamariki

After a decade of campaigning, community groups across the motu are celebrating a milestone this month as a law comes into force making it illegal to smoke or vape in cars with children and young people present.

Leadership award recognises digital wellbeing tools

Te Hiringa Hauora chief executive Tane Cassidy has received the Leadership Excellence International Award 2021 for New Zealand in recognition of our work in scalable digital wellbeing tools.

Tobacco control

New digital tool with ‘sass’ helps wāhine Māori ditch the smokes

Kuīni is a new digital tool for young wāhine who want to quit smoking. She is a chatbot with a personality, face and attitude that is all about young, dynamic and diverse Māori women.

New tools to help those “waking up on the wrong side of the bed”.

We all know that sleep affects your mental wellbeing. That’s why Te Hiringa Hauora | Health Promotion Agency is sharing new tools and resources to help you learn more about how you, and your family, can sleep better and feel more rested.

New lullaby launched to celebrate Māori language week

The sweet, soothing sounds of te reo Māori will be gently sung to pēpi around the country as Te Hiringa Hauora | Health Promotion Agency launches a brand new lullaby in celebration of Māori Language Week and Mahuru Māori.

Keeping on top of mental health, while under the stress of COVID-19

Anxiety. Stress. Grief. Feeling overwhelmed. And just ‘over it’. These feelings can be hard enough to work with in normal life but when everything is flipped upside down they can really ramp up. That goes for everyone, from kids to kaumātua.

New tool to help you find vaccines close to home

A new digital tool to support Māori communities to vaccinate against COVID-19 is available now and you don’t even need data on your mobile device to use it.

Tobacco control

Communities make scents of smokefree cars

People are rolling up on forecourts around the country to freshen their cars before a smokefree law change arrives in the next few months.

Mothers shine light on mental wellbeing in raw online series

Becoming a māmā is a celebration of love, tweeting birds and maternity photoshoots right? Wrong. It isn’t for many women. Te Hiringa Hauora is supporting a group of brave wāhine to share their stories in a new online series about maternal mental distress, to shine light into some dark corners of maternal wellbeing.

Māori and Pacific

Promising scholars dive deeper into youth wellbeing

Two promising, young Pacific and Māori researchers are sharing their experience and deepening their skills as part of a new partnership Te Hiringa Hauora | Health Promotion Agency is investing in.

Digital Small Steps to improve wellbeing

Te Hiringa Hauora | Health Promotion Agency has today launched a new website, Small Steps, featuring engaging locally-developed digital tools to help people improve their wellbeing.