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Take part in the Big NZ Climate Action Survey
Posted: Wednesday, August 30, 2023 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: Climate Change, climate action, survey, research
People often talk about climate action being urgent, as well as about the possibility that adequate climate action might require significant social change
Sponge Cities: Can they help us survive more intense rainfall?
Posted: Wednesday, August 23, 2023 in: Resources and Information With tags: Climate Change, research, Report, environmental health, water, emergencies
A major new research report from the Helen Clark Foundation and WSP in New Zealand is recommending a series of actions to respond to the escalating impacts of climate change-induced extreme rainfall events
Volunteers needed for study on plant protein and heart health for Maori
Posted: Wednesday, August 16, 2023 in: Vacancies With tags: volunteers, research, health
Volunteers are need for a Lincoln University study investigating the effects of hemp protein on blood pressure and cardiovascular health
New reports shed light on how nitrogen moves through land and water
Posted: Wednesday, August 9, 2023 in: Resources and Information With tags: water, research, planning, safety
Environment Canterbury media release: 9th August 2023 More needs to be done to see significant improvements in our region’s water quality, according to two new reports recently published by us
Recently injured your ankle, wrist, head or neck?
Posted: Wednesday, August 2, 2023 in: Vacancies With tags: research, intervention, volunteers
ACC are looking to improve their services. They want to hear from you if you recently injured either your ankle, wrist, head or neck about how you and your family made decisions around seeking treatment
Volunteers need to understand experiences of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest for Māori living in rural areas
Posted: Wednesday, August 2, 2023 in: Vacancies With tags: research, volunteers, maori, health, support, families
Researchers at the Auckland University of Technology (AUT) would like to understand the experiences of Māori who live rurally and experienced an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest within the past five (5) years, and their whānau
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
Volunteers needed for study on mānuka honey and digestive health
Posted: Wednesday, June 21, 2023 in: Vacancies With tags: volunteers, research, health, Gut Health
A research team from the University of Otago, Christchurch is looking for people with indigestion and other digestive symptoms to participate in a 10-week research study investigating the digestive health effects of consuming mānuka honey
Volunteers needed for whole grains research
Posted: Wednesday, June 21, 2023 in: Vacancies With tags: volunteers, research, diabetes, health
A research team at the University of Otago are looking for volunteers who have type 2 diabetes to be part of a study. They are looking at whether eating wholegrain foods helps improve blood glucose control in type 2 diabetes
Young people experiencing acute mental distress need age-appropriate care
Posted: Wednesday, May 17, 2023 in: Resources and Information With tags: Report, research, mental health, young people, services, support
Te Hiringa Mahara - Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission media release: 17th May 2023 Too many young people experiencing acute mental distress are being admitted to adult inpatient mental health services, and this practice needs to stop
Prioritising youth voices necessary to improve wellbeing
Posted: Wednesday, May 17, 2023 in: Resources and Information With tags: research, wellbeing, young people, youth
Te Hiringa Mahara - Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission media release: 15th May 2023 The mental health and wellbeing of rangatahi Māori and young people is one of the most important issues we can focus on today
Take part in research exploring kindness for community organisations in Aotearoa
Posted: Wednesday, May 10, 2023 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: survey, Community Groups, research, community engagement
Good Bitches Trust (GBT) is a New Zealand-based charity that is working to make Aotearoa a kinder place. They have received funding to research exploring what ‘kindness’ means to community service organisations in Aotearoa
Veterans need for study on alternative medicine for pain and distress
Posted: Thursday, March 30, 2023 in: Vacancies With tags: medical, research, health, volunteers
Kia ora The University of Otago have found from their health research surveys that veterans have more problems than the general population in mobility, self-care, carrying out usual activities, and pain or discomfort
Participants wanted for the BREAD Study
Posted: Wednesday, July 20, 2022 in: Vacancies With tags: volunteers, nutrition, research, Gut Health
A research team from the University of Otago, Christchurch is seeking volunteers to be part of a study looking at the impact of dietary fibre in bread on gut health
Volunteers needed for constipation and IBS research
Posted: Thursday, April 28, 2022 in: Vacancies With tags: volunteers, health, research, Gut Health
A research team at the University of Otago Christchurch are looking for volunteers who have constipation or Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) to be part of a study
Inequities increase in vaccination of pregnant women
Posted: Thursday, March 24, 2022 in: Resources and Information With tags: vaccination, immunisation, women, inequality, research
Immunisation Advisory Centre media release: 23rd March 2022 Recent research adds to alarm bells that pregnant people are not getting vaccinated in big enough numbers
Maori Masters scholarship available at University of Otago
Posted: Wednesday, December 8, 2021 in: Training With tags: funding, research, maori, health, nutrition, education, qualification
Applications are invited for a Masters scholarship to undertake research on how to support Māori to have sustainable and healthy kai, what interventions and policies Māori would respond to, as well as any current barriers to shifting dietary intake
Join a study on NZ Green Seaweed supplements
Posted: Thursday, December 2, 2021 in: Vacancies With tags: volunteers, research, health, medical
Researchers at Lincoln and Waikato Universities are seeking volunteers for a study on how supplementation with natural NZ seaweed impacts the health of the gut and arteries. The study runs from January to April 2022
Lockdowns are socially and emotionally challenging, but children are resilient
Posted: Wednesday, November 3, 2021 in: Resources and Information With tags: research, children, resilience, education, health, wellbeing, Report
Growing Up in New Zealand media release: 2nd November 2021 Children in Aotearoa New Zealand have displayed strength in the face of adversity according to one of the world’s largest surveys looking at the impact of Covid-19 restrictions on children’s healt
Join a new study on younger onset dementia diagnosis
Posted: Wednesday, October 27, 2021 in: Vacancies With tags: research, volunteers, dementia
Do you or a loved one have dementia? Researchers at the University of Auckland Centre for Brain Research are looking for people intrested in joining their new study on younger onset dementia diagnosis

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