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News: tagged with "prevention"

• Cantabrians urged not to light outdoor fires

  Posted: Wednesday, October 23, 2024 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: safety, emergencies, prevention, warning, advice
  Fire and Emergency NZ media release: 22nd October 2024 Fire and Emergency New Zealand is asking people in Canterbury not to light outdoor fires over the next few days

• Celebrating completion of a major flood recovery project

  Posted: Wednesday, September 25, 2024 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: disasters, recovery, prevention, repair, emergencies, resilience, flooding
  Environment Canterbury media release: 25th September 2024 Three years after the May 2021 floods, we've completed a significant programme of work to restore Canterbury's resilience to extreme weather events

• Keeping children safe around septic tanks

  Posted: Wednesday, September 18, 2024 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: waste, water, water safety, children, prevention
  Environment Canterbury media release: 18th September 2024 Many people with a septic tank on their property won’t have thought about whether or not it poses a drowning risk

• Reminder to stay out of Port Hills red zone

  Posted: Wednesday, August 28, 2024 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: safety, injury prevention, advice
  Christchurch City Council Newsline: 27th August 2024 Increasing use of red-zoned land in Christchurch’s Port Hills by the public has Christchurch City Council rangers fearing the worst

• When was your septic tank last checked?

  Posted: Wednesday, August 21, 2024 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: health, waste, water, safety, disease, prevention, land
  Environment Canterbury media release: 20th August 2024 Failing to ensure your septic tank is maintained could put your family's health at risk

• Funding boost for Canterbury flood protection projects

  Posted: Wednesday, June 5, 2024 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: emergency management, prevention, flooding, Climate Change, resilience, funding
  Environment Canterbury media release: 4th June 2024 We welcome central government support from Budget 2024 for flood management measures in the region

• A heads-up on header tanks

  Posted: Wednesday, May 1, 2024 in: Resources and Information With tags: prevention, water, earthquake, housing
  Selywn District Council media release: 1st May 2024 Now is a good time to retrofit seismic restraints around your home..

• Fire and Emergency’s top tips for staying fire safe this winter

  Posted: Wednesday, May 1, 2024 in: Resources and Information With tags: safety, winter, heating, Sleep, prevention
  Fire and Emergency New Zealand has some simple steps to keep people safe from fire as the temperature drops. "Get your chimney swept and cleaned every year before the first fire of the season," Community Education Manager Adrian Nacey says

• Flu campaign reinforces the importance of vaccination

  Posted: Wednesday, April 3, 2024 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: prevention, disease, immunisation, vaccination, winter
  Beehive media release: 2nd April 2024 Minister of Health Dr Shane Reti says the start of this year’s flu campaign reinforces the importance of vaccination in keeping New Zealanders healthy during the winter months ahead and protecting the health frontlin

• Initiatives target city safety and wellbeing

  Posted: Friday, February 23, 2024 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: wellbeing, funding, young people, prevention, housing, safety
  Christchurch City Council Newsline: 22nd February 2024 Almost $2 million has been allocated by Christchurch City Council to support city-wide safety initiatives aimed at issues arising from homelessness and antisocial youth behaviour

• Prohibited Fire Season as of midnight Wednesday 31st January

  Posted: Wednesday, January 31, 2024 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: emergency management, prevention
  Selwyn District Council media release: 31st January 2024 Fire and Emergency New Zealand has announced that the Canterbury area (Selwyn District, Waimakariri District, Christchurch City District, Hurunui District and Kaikōura District) will move into a Pr

• New study seeking people living with shoulder pain

  Posted: Tuesday, June 27, 2023 in: Vacancies With tags: research, volunteers, medical, injury prevention
  A research team from the University of Otago is looking for people aged 35 years or older, with shoulder pain for more than 3 months

• Keeping your balance with Nymbl

  Posted: Wednesday, May 10, 2023 in: Resources and Information With tags: falls, prevention, older people, injury prevention, technology, physical activity
  Losing your balance as you age is a big injury risk, so ACC have launched the Nymbl app to help older New Zealanders (aged 50 and over) prevent falls and fractures

• ACC campaign: If you get hurt, who gets harmed?

  Posted: Wednesday, April 14, 2021 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: campaign, injury prevention, safety
  Have a hmmm... If you get hurt, who else gets harmed? It could be the people you care about. Whatever you’re doing, think about how safe you are, so that you can keep doing the things you love, with the people you love

• Hearing Care For All! Screen, Rehabilitate, Communicate

  Posted: Thursday, March 4, 2021 in: Resources and Information With tags: prevention, hearing, awareness
  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

• Online training on mental health and suicide available from A-OK NZ

  Posted: Thursday, June 18, 2020 in: Training With tags: Training, mental wellbeing, workshop, prevention, suicide, Courses
  A-OK.NZ offers a continuum of support skills to ensure you and your organisation, community, school, sports team, family and neighbourhood are fully equipped to be able to respond to someone who may be struggling with suicide or mental health concerns

• Dangerous Decibels: Learn about preventing hearing loss

  Posted: Wednesday, September 25, 2019 in: Resources and Information With tags: hearing, prevention, Training, young people, children
  Dangerous Decibels is a training course available to colleges, schools and kindergartens on the dangers of excess noise, the irrevocable damage to hearing it can cause, and on how to protect yourself and your hearing health

• New suicide prevention videos from the Mental Health Foundation

  Posted: Wednesday, August 21, 2019 in: Resources and Information With tags: young people, youth, suicide, Communication, prevention
  Kia ora. The Mental Health Foundation is pleased to introduce their newest suicide prevention video suite "Connecting through Kōrero – Kōrerohia ngā mahi whakamomori ki te hunga taiohi"