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Resources and Information

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

• Celebrate Matariki by welcoming women to breastfeed

  Posted: Thursday, June 14, 2018 in: Resources and Information With tags: resources, Matariki, breastfeeding
  Baby-friendly Aotearoa New Zealand (NZBA) is encouraging people to celebrate Matariki by welcoming women to breastfeed. He wahi tautoko tenei i te kaupapa whangai u - Breastfeeding is welcome here

• Everything Selwyn website launched

  Posted: Thursday, May 31, 2018 in: Resources and Information With tags: Community development, services, information
  Selwyn District Council media release: 31st May 2018 A group of community agencies in Selwyn have launched a one-stop shop with information on everything residents and newcomers need to know about the district - supported by the Council

• Can Do Catering: a social enterprise business

  Posted: Wednesday, May 30, 2018 in: Resources and Information With tags: nutrition, Community Groups, healthy food
  Can Do Catering is one of Christchurch’s newest caterers for businesses and social functions. Can Do Catering is a social enterprise business that provides real employment for younger adults with significant physical impairments

• Major review of health system launched

  Posted: Wednesday, May 30, 2018 in: Resources and Information With tags: health, disabilities, services
  Beehive media release: 29th May 2018 Health Minister Dr David Clark has announced a wide-ranging review designed to future-proof our health and disability services

• Update on Government insulation and heating grants

  Posted: Wednesday, May 23, 2018 in: Resources and Information With tags: heating, housing, insulation, funding
  Energy Efficiency and Conservation Authority (EECA) says funding towards insulation will continue over the next four years. However there will be no funding for landlords after 30th June 2018. It will be new heating grants available from July 2019

• Funding boost for Growing Up in New Zealand Study

  Posted: Wednesday, May 16, 2018 in: Resources and Information With tags: children, research
  Beehive media release: 15th May 2018 Minister for Social Development Carmel Sepuloni has today announced the Government will restore more than $1.9 million of funding to the Growing Up in New Zealand study

• Significant funding boost for family violence services

  Posted: Wednesday, May 09, 2018 in: Resources and Information With tags: families, violence, funding, support, services
  Beehive media release: 9th May 2018 Social services dealing most directly with the harm caused by family violence will get much needed support as the Government boosts funding to front line agencies for the first time in ten years

• Older-style wood burners phased out

  Posted: Wednesday, May 09, 2018 in: Resources and Information With tags: housing, heating
  Christchurch City Council Newsline: 8th May 2018 Anyone still using an older-style wood burner in Christchurch is being urged to contact Environment Canterbury before winter hits

• External Advisory Group delivers final report on long term works programme

  Posted: Thursday, April 26, 2018 in: Resources and Information With tags: planning, repair, recovery, rebuild
  Christchurch City Council Newsline: 26th April 2018 An External Advisory Group set up to provide independent advice on Christchurch City Council’s long-term capital works programme and related spending plans has delivered its final report

• Maori and Pacific health app being trialled

  Posted: Thursday, April 19, 2018 in: Resources and Information With tags: maori, pacific, health, technology
  Ol@-Or@ is a healthy lifestyle mobile app and website developed for Māori and Pasifika people. The app is being trialled and could be rolled out nationally next year

• New website to help men check for prostate cancer

  Posted: Thursday, April 12, 2018 in: Resources and Information With tags: mens health, men, cancer
  Ministry of Health media release: 11th April 2018 Kupe is a website aimed at helping men decide if a prostate check is right for them launched by the Ministry of Health

• More commitment by local government needed to achieve Smokefree 2025

  Posted: Thursday, March 29, 2018 in: Resources and Information With tags: planning, research, smokefree, policy
  University of Otago media release: 29th March 2018 New University of Otago research shows that there needs to be more commitment by local government to help achieve central government’s Smokefree 2025 goal

• Initiative aims to end homelessness by 2020

  Posted: Thursday, March 22, 2018 in: Resources and Information With tags: housing, support, services
  Christchurch City Council Newsline: 22nd March 2018 Christchurch City Council has agreed to support in principle a Housing First pilot programme aimed at ending chronic homelessness in Christchurch by 2020

• Lifeline expands to offer text support for those in distress

  Posted: Wednesday, March 21, 2018 in: Resources and Information With tags: support, services, suicide, prevention
  Lifeline media release: 21st March 2018 Lifeline announces the launch of its free text support service – HELP (4357) as part of its suicide prevention strategy to increase access to support for people in distress

• Office of Film and Literature Classification: Be careful what you share

  Posted: Wednesday, March 14, 2018 in: Resources and Information With tags: young people, social, media
  ‘It’s not everyone’s fiction. Be careful what you share.’  is the message two 15-year-old Wellington filmmakers want everybody to take notice of in a new social media film they’ve created on behalf of the Classification Office

• Launch of sexual harm helpline in Canterbury

  Posted: Wednesday, March 07, 2018 in: Resources and Information With tags: resources, harm, abuse, violence, support
  The Ministry of Social Development (MSD) is please to announce a new 24/7 sexual harm information and support line - called Safe to talk - is now available in Canterbury

• Take a SmartView of Christchurch

  Posted: Thursday, March 01, 2018 in: Resources and Information With tags: Communication, technology
  Christchurch City Council Newsline: 28th February 2018 Christchurch is one step closer to its goal of becoming New Zealand’s most connected city. A new Christchurch-specific web app, SmartView Christchurch, is being trialled

• Funded Music Therapy Service available in Christchurch

  Posted: Wednesday, February 28, 2018 in: Resources and Information With tags: children, wellbeing, music, young people, therapy
  Group music therapy services funded for children and adolescents are now available in the Christchurch community Music therapy is the planned use of music to assist with the healing and personal growth of people with identified emotional, intellectual, p

• Support for whanau to access ECE and school

  Posted: Wednesday, February 21, 2018 in: Resources and Information With tags: families, children, education, services, support
  Te Puawaitanga Ki Otautahi Trust can provide support for whānau to access the right early childhood centre or school for their tamariki. They support families with a child aged from 3 to  5 1/2 years

• New website will help protect home buyers and sellers

  Posted: Thursday, February 15, 2018 in: Resources and Information With tags: housing, resources, information
  Beehive media release: 14th February 2018 Associate Justice Minister Hon Aupito William Sio today launched a new website Settled.govt.nz for people selling or buying houses

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