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Resources and Information

Research, reference documents and other documents of use to Healthy Christchurch signatories and others.

• Canterbury DHB Maori and Pacific Scholarships

  Posted: Wednesday, December 13, 2017 in: Resources and Information With tags: funding, health, maori, pacific, education, Training, qualification
  These Canterbury DHB Māori and Pasifika Scholarships are for Christchurch-based tertiary institution students who are studying a health-related NZQA accredited course (of at least 12 weeks duration)

• UK report on how non-health charities address the determinants of health

  Posted: Wednesday, January 10, 2018 in: Resources and Information With tags: health determinants, charity, social, Report
  "Keeping us well: How non-health charities address the social determinants of health" is a UK report from the Institute of Health Equity and the Health Foundation. It is a useful tool for reports, submissions and funding applications

• Update on health and wellbeing data monitoring

  Posted: Wednesday, January 10, 2018 in: Resources and Information With tags: wellbeing, health, information, data
  Community and Public Health asked you in July/August 2017 what sources of information about our population’s health and wellbeing you currently used or would have found useful. Many of you completed an online survey to help inform their work in this area

• Price of tobacco increased on 1st January 2018

  Posted: Wednesday, January 10, 2018 in: Resources and Information With tags: smoking, services, support
  Tobacco prices rose by 10 percent on 1st January 2018, so there’s never been a better time to make quitting your number one New Year’s resolution

• Reminder of rules at Northern Pegasus Bay Beach

  Posted: Wednesday, December 13, 2017 in: Resources and Information With tags: environment, safety, recreation
  Waimakariri District Council media release: 13th December 2017 The Districts beaches have become an attractive option to enjoy some sand and surf during what is turning out to be a scorching summer

• Fund to help flora and fauna flourish in Christchurch

  Posted: Wednesday, December 13, 2017 in: Resources and Information With tags: funding, environment, environmental health, land, biodiversity
  Christchurch City Council Newsline: 12th December 2017 A new fund will help landowners who act as custodians of our most precious natural places and work to protect native plants and animals

• Changes to Christmas/New Year rubbish collection days

  Posted: Wednesday, December 06, 2017 in: Resources and Information With tags: recycling, waste
  It’s that time of year, when you are busy putting up your Christmas decorations and wrapping your presents, that Councils gently remind you of changes to rubbish and recycling services during the festive season

• From petrol to electric vehicles: like cars replacing horses

  Posted: Wednesday, November 29, 2017 in: Resources and Information With tags: transport, sustainability
  NZTech media release: 29th November 2017 Some overseas reports say petrol cars may be obsolete by 2026 but either way the massive switch to electric vehicles will be the biggest disruptive change to people’s lives in more than 100 years, NZTech chief exe

• Help stop the spread of Chilean Needle Grass this summer

  Posted: Wednesday, November 22, 2017 in: Resources and Information With tags: environment
  Environment Canterbury media release: 22nd November 2017 It’s early in the Chilean needle grass season, but plants are already in full flower across Canterbury

• A new emergency alert system is coming!

  Posted: Wednesday, November 22, 2017 in: Resources and Information With tags: emergencies, disasters, information
  The Ministry of Civil Defence and Emergency Management (MCDEM) is leading the implementation of a new nationwide emergency alert channel

• New research finds common herbicides cause antibiotic resistance

  Posted: Wednesday, November 22, 2017 in: Resources and Information With tags: environment, health, disease
  University of Canterbury media release: 20th November 2017 New University of Canterbury research confirms that the active ingredients of the commonly used herbicides, RoundUp, Kamba and 2,4-D (glyphosate, dicamba and 2,4-D, respectively), each alone caus

• Enrol now at Karanga Mai Early Learning Centre

  Posted: Wednesday, November 22, 2017 in: Resources and Information With tags: children, education, services, maori
  Looking for a whānau-based Early Childhood Centre in Kaiapoi? Karanga Mai Early Learning Centre is a learning community with a kaupapa based on aroha and whanaungatanga, love, care, respect and strong relationship

• Delightfully good wine to help end modern day slavery

  Posted: Wednesday, November 15, 2017 in: Resources and Information With tags: fundraising, charity, Community Groups
  Somewhere in the world a vulnerable person is trafficked or sold into slavery every 27 seconds. Most of us would like to change this. But knowing where to start is overwhelming

• New ChCh City Council Innovation and Sustainability Fund

  Posted: Wednesday, November 08, 2017 in: Resources and Information With tags: funding, sustainability, Climate Change, waste, transport, water, Community development
  The purpose of this new Innovation and Sustainability Fund is to encourage innovative community, school or business projects that support the Council's vision and strategic priorities

• A sugar tax will do little to change Kiwi attitudes

  Posted: Wednesday, November 08, 2017 in: Resources and Information With tags: nutrition, healthy food, policy
  Exercise NZ media release: 7th November 2017 The government needs to do much more if it wants to make a difference to New Zealand’s appalling obesity levels than look at a sugar tax, leading New Zealand exercise expert Richard Beddie says

• Funding for community wellbeing initiatives

  Posted: Thursday, October 26, 2017 in: Resources and Information With tags: resilience, community connection, Community development, funding
  Christchurch City Council Newsline: 26th October 2017 A series of initiatives aimed at building community connections and removing the barriers to participation and resilience are the first to benefit from a new partnership model co-funded by the Christc

• Five Ways to Wellbeing at Work Toolkit launched

  Posted: Wednesday, October 11, 2017 in: Resources and Information With tags: mental health, mental wellbeing, resources, workplace
  Mental Health Foundation press release: 10th October 2017 A toolkit to support New Zealand workplaces and their people to flourish will be launched on World Mental Health Day (10th October) by the Mental Health Foundation (MHF) and Health Promotion Agenc

• Short-term flooding solution for Southshore

  Posted: Wednesday, October 11, 2017 in: Resources and Information With tags: emergencies, prevention, water
  Christchurch City Council Newsline: 10th October 2017 Christchurch City Council has agreed on a short-term plan for protecting properties in an area of Southshore and South New Brighton vulnerable to tidal flooding

• New trial proves micronutrients effective for childhood ADHD

  Posted: Thursday, October 05, 2017 in: Resources and Information With tags: research, children, mental wellbeing
  University of Canterbury media release: 3rd October 2017 New Zealand researchers have shown that vitamin-mineral treatment improves aggression and emotional regulation in children with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), in the first publish

• Take the time to have your women's health checks

  Posted: Wednesday, September 20, 2017 in: Resources and Information With tags: health, women, prevention, cancer
  September is Cervical Screening Awareness Month. A cervical screening test may not be the nicest thing in the world to have done but it can save your life

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