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Our Stories – Healthy Families Hutt Valley & our partners.
Fond Farewells
The Healthy Families Hutt Valley team and Strategic Leadership Group would like to share their fond farewells and acknowledgements to the contribution of Marcus Sherwood, Lucy Kingsbeer and George Lajpold. In October we farewelled Marcus Sherwood, our longest standing...
The power of a word – Waiora
Connection for Māori to all living things is central to our identity, health, and wellbeing. Living in te ao tūroa (natural world) we connect to everything living and non-living through whakapapa (layers of connection). Māori look to the past to inform the way we move...
2021 – Our Year in Review
Meri Kirihimete! If you could sum up 2021 in a single word, what would it be? This is something we’ve been reflecting on as 2021 comes to a close and we look back to all the highs, lows, learnings and experiences we have had this year. If you’d asked us in January,...
Plan your ride home before you head out
We have a focus on reducing the harm caused by alcohol. Where people have safer patterns of drinking behaviour, environments support low-risk drinking, harmful drinking is not visible to our children and young people and community wellbeing and safety is enhanced....
Focus on Bridget Allan
Bridget Allan is the Chief Executive for Te Awakairangi Health Network and an original member of Healthy Families Hutt Valley’s Strategic Leadership Group. Bridget has many years of experience in the NZ health sector, working as a senior manager in primary care and...
Creating a Smokefree Hutt Valley
At Healthy Families Hutt Valley, we know the importance of having spaces and places that support our health and wellbeing. We’ve been working to shift the system alongside our partners and community to create a smokefree and vapefree Hutt Valley. Through Hutt...
The ripple effect making water the drink of choice across the Hutt Valley
Since 2016, Healthy Families Hutt Valley has worked with our partners to make it easier to make water the drink of choice across Te Awa Kairangi. When we choose water it means we’re not drinking sugary drinks that can impact our health and wellbeing. Now we’re seeing...
Advancing the mana and hauora of people through sport
Wellington Rugby League is a leader amongst our Regional Sporting Organisations for the way they are driving their health and wellbeing strategy for the rugby league community in Wellington. Wellington Rugby League appointed a new CEO Andre Whittaker in January 2021,...
Exploring Covid-19 Alcohol deliveries
Healthy Families Hutt Valley has a focus on reducing the harm caused by alcohol, where people have safer patterns of drinking behaviour, environments support low-risk drinking, harmful drinking is not visible to our children and young people and community wellbeing...
Investment in walking and cycling continues
Walking and cycling are big topics at the moment, with active transport recognised as playing a significant role in transitioning to a sustainable transport system and meeting our climate goals.We’re seeing unprecedented commitment to walking and cycling related...
Growing our understanding and practice through pou
Healthy Families Hutt Valley is working on creating better partnerships with our hapori Māori. To build strong partnerships, it is important to continue developing our understanding of Māori culture and values. This deepened understanding allows for a more authentic,...
Ko te wai te ora o ngā mea kātoa | Water is the life giver of all things
The concept of Wai Ora captures the importance of how the state of our environments where we live, learn, work and play have a significant impact on the health and wellbeing of our people.Our Lead Systems Innovator Eddie Edmonds has recently completed the Wai Ora...
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