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Celebrate World Rivers Day with a family fun day out
Posted: Wednesday, September 6, 2023 in:
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Come along to a family fun day out to celebrate our waterways and learn what you can do in your own home to help improve the health of our rivers. Date: Saturday 23rd September 2023.Time: 10am to 2pm
Free breathwork sessions for Mental Health Awareness Week
Posted: Wednesday, September 6, 2023 in:
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The Art of Living is offering free online sessions to learn breathing techniques to settle the mind as part of Mental Health Awareness Week (18th to 24th September 2023)
Five ways five days for Mental Health Awareness Week 2023
Posted: Wednesday, August 9, 2023 in:
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Mental Health Awareness Week (MHAW) is coming to you from 18th to 24th September 2023. MHAW has been running since 1993
New programme connects people over sustainable kai
Posted: Thursday, June 22, 2023 in:
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Keep New Zealand beautiful media release: 21st June 2023 Iconic charity Keep New Zealand Beautiful is launching their new Kai Connections programme - a fun, easy and educational way for students, whānau and friends to demonstrate commitment to kai pai (go
New Zealand celebrates National Blood Donor Week
Posted: Tuesday, June 13, 2023 in:
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New Zealand Blood Service (NZBS) is marking the start of the country’s second annual National Blood Donor Week by calling for 40,000 more New Zealanders to ‘Find their Why’ and become lifesavers
At risk Kiwis urged to test for coeliac disease
Posted: Tuesday, June 13, 2023 in:
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Around 100,000 New Zealanders are thought to be living with coeliac disease, with many completely unaware that they have it
Hospice Awareness Week: Three million Kiwis anxious talking about dying
Posted: Wednesday, May 17, 2023 in:
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Hospice New Zealand is launching a campaign for Hospice Awareness Week (15th to 21st May 2023) to help raise awareness about the value of hospice care
Update on Brain Health Month from Dementia Canterbury
Posted: Wednesday, March 22, 2023 in:
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Tēnā koe 2023 is off to a flying start and we are incredibly grateful to you - our community - for getting behind the various brain health events and fundraisers for our March Brain Health Month
Introducing the Equally Well See Us campaign
Posted: Thursday, December 8, 2022 in:
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People who experience mental health and addiction issues are two-to-three times more likely to die prematurely - because they have poorer access to health support and services, and consequently significantly poorer health outcomes
Top spots for bird-watching in Otautahi Christchurch
Posted: Thursday, September 8, 2022 in:
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Christchurch City Council Newsline: 8th September 2022 To mark Conservation Week we asked our ecologist Andrew Crossland to share his favourite places for bird watching in and around Ōtautahi Christchurch
Survey indicates concerning rise in iron deficiency symptoms
Posted: Wednesday, August 24, 2022 in:
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Beef + Lamb New Zealand media release: 22nd August 2022 The results from an online iron quiz titled ‘Could you be low on iron?’ – which checks for common signs and symptoms of iron deficiency – point to some worrying trends
World ME Day puts the spotlight on the latest guidance for ME/CFS
Posted: Wednesday, May 4, 2022 in:
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If you are a health professional, you very likely have patients in your practice who live with debilitating post-viral illness. Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) most commonly occurs after an infection
Govt launches road safety campaign with target of zero road deaths
Posted: Wednesday, February 23, 2022 in:
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Beehive media release: 23rd February 2022 Transport Minister Michael Wood and Police Minister Poto Williams have today launched the Road to Zero public awareness campaign, which sets a target of zero road deaths and serious injuries by 2050, and a 40 per
Quit smoking and vaping around your pets
Posted: Wednesday, June 2, 2021 in:
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SPCA media release: 31st May 2021 SPCA is urging people not to smoke or vape near their pets, as research shows second-hand smoke and nicotine from e-cigarettes can have serious health effects on animals - just like humans
Hearing Care For All! Screen, Rehabilitate, Communicate
Posted: Thursday, March 4, 2021 in:
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New Zealand Audiological Society media release: 3rd March 2021 The New Zealand Audiological Society (NZAS) welcomes the launch of the World Health Organisation’s World Report on Hearing
Survey uncovers emotional and mental health issues faced by Kiwis with diabetes
Posted: Wednesday, November 4, 2020 in:
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Diabetes New Zealand media release: 1st November 2020 As New Zealand begins Diabetes Action Month, Kiwis are being asked to Love Don’t Judge as Diabetes NZ sheds light on the emotional burden of a chronic condition that affects quarter of a million of us
Hundreds helped to prevent family violence
Posted: Wednesday, August 28, 2019 in:
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Selwyn District Council media release: 27th August 2019 More than 150 teachers have taken part in workshops to help prevent family harm in Selwyn
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