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News: tagged with "prevention"

• Workshop: Relapse prevention and growing recovery capital

  Posted: Wednesday, May 21, 2025 in: Training With tags: prevention, alcohol and drugs, recovery, resilience, workshop
  This highly interactive and practical workshop with Mel Johns presents key information on the process and stages of relapse. It supports the idea that relapse can be anticipated and proactively responded to, in order to maintain change in the long-term

• New suicide-related resources for workplaces

  Posted: Wednesday, May 14, 2025 in: Resources and Information With tags: workplace, business, suicide, prevention, intervention, resources
  The Mental Health Foundation recently blessed their two new suicide prevention and postvention resources - specifically designed to support workplaces in Aotearoa New Zealand

• Help us hunt down hornwort

  Posted: Wednesday, May 7, 2025 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: waterways, biosecurity, biodiversity, prevention
  Environment Canterbury media release: 7th May 2025 Do you have an aquarium, pond, or stream on your property? We’re currently on the lookout for the invasive aquatic plant hornwort (Ceratophyllum demersum) after reports of it being bought and sold online

• Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training workshop

  Posted: Wednesday, April 30, 2025 in: Training With tags: suicide, prevention, intervention, workshop
  A-OK is organising a 2-day ASIST Suicide Intervention Training Workshop in Christchurch

• Tis the season to report pest plants

  Posted: Wednesday, February 26, 2025 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: biodiversity, prevention, intervention
  Environment Canterbury media release: 26th February 2025 During the summer and early autumn, it becomes a lot easier to identify pest plants that can lay incognito for much of the year

• Port Hills expansion for fire warning network

  Posted: Wednesday, February 19, 2025 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: emergencies, prevention
  Christchurch City Council Newsline: 17th February 2025 A fire protection network that helps detect the early signs of fire has expanded to four new sites in the Port Hills, all close to the Summit Road

• Canterbury District moves to a Restricted Fire Season

  Posted: Wednesday, January 8, 2025 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: prevention, emergencies, summer
  Fire and Emergency NZ media release; 7th January 2025 Fire and Emergency New Zealand is revoking the prohibited fire season put in place in the Canterbury fire district last month, which banned outdoor fires in the area

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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"