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23/24 Early Years community innovation fund evaluation

The Early Years team has completed an independent developmental evaluation of the community innovation fund, which supports locally led initiatives that support māmā, pēpi, and whānau in the first 1,000 days of a child’s life.

2023/24 Early years community innovation partner insights

Estimated alcohol-attributable health burden in Aotearoa New Zealand

This set of resources developed by the University of Otago for Te Whatu Ora are the result of a project that estimates the alcohol-attributable health burden in Aotearoa in 2018. The research findings show that alcohol causes a significant preventable health burden through a range of disease and injury conditions, especially for Māori and males. The resources include:

Early years wānanga report

In June 2024, 60 community innovators from 17 community organisations leading health promotion projects that support whānau wellbeing across Aotearoa came together with the Te Whatu Ora Health Promotion Early Years team to wānanga. The wānanga created an opportunity to articulate how the system might better support māmā, pēpi and whānau in the early years.

Evaluation of the Oral Health Toothbrush and Toothpaste Initiative

This is an evaluation report of the first phase of the Oral Health Toothbrush and Toothpaste Initiative. It covers the range of time between December 2021 to August 2023.

Takoha case study: Nōku te Ao procurement process

Takoha is a tool to help us understand if, and how, we are making a difference to the health and wellbeing of all New Zealanders.

Takoha case study: Te Ara Pounamu

This case study explores new ways of working for the Crown agency then known as Te Hiringa Hauora | Health Promotion Agency (now part of Te Whatu Ora – Health New Zealand) as it journeyed towards being a Tiriti-dynamic organisation.

Takoha case study: Mana Pasifika

This case study uses the Takoha framework as an analytical tool to showcase the Mana Pasifika approach to support overall health and wellbeing. Mana Pasifika was launched to address the psychosocial impact of the Covid-19 lockdown for Pacific peoples living in Aotearoa New Zealand.

Less drinking, less harm

In June 2022, Te Whatu Ora | Health Promotion, along with nib foundation, co-funded University of Otago, Wellington (UOW) researchers to undertake a research and advocacy project titled 'Understanding and addressing adolescent alcohol harm'.

Tobacco control

Pacific Peoples’ Nicotine-Free Futures: Understanding Pacific Peoples’...

Increased rates of smoking (nicotine use through tobacco) among the Pacific population have resulted in an urgent need to explore possible harm reduction techniques.

Pasifika Alcohol Harm Sector and Community Engagement Report

In October 2022, the Alcohol team commissioned Bluespur Consulting Limited, a Pacific engagement provider, to support engagements with the Pacific alcohol sector and community in our work on alcohol harm minimisation for Pacific.

Interventions to reduce alcohol’s harms to health: A modelling study

This research project used modelling techniques to estimate the health impacts of alcohol interventions and their contribution towards health equity in the Aotearoa context. The research was conducted by a team from the University of Otago and the Northern Regional Alliance, and was funded by Te Whatu Ora – Health New Zealand (previously Te Hiringa Hauora).