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Lower Hutt’s town centres proud to be smokefree
Our shared vision is a future where our community spaces are all smokefree and vapefree, where our children don’t see smoking and aren’t exposed to second-hand smoke. Hutt City Council’s Smokefree Outdoor Public Places Policy is one of the strongest policies...
Making active travel an easier choice through Auaha Evolving Spaces
Healthy Families NZ whānau across Aotearoa are committed to creating change that makes the healthy choice the easy choice for our communities. This is the vision we share with our communities, to have social and physical environments that support and enable our...
Co-designing spaces with communities is the mission of Auaha Evolving Spaces
Kick-started through Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency through their Innovating Streets for People pilot fund, Auaha Evolving Spaces brings together projects that put making space for people at the centre of design decisions. Healthy Families Hutt Valley is actively...
Kai experiences in Te Awa Kairangi: Making good food the reality for our people
Food plays an important part in our lives, it brings whānau and communities together and is one of the key ways we share and celebrate our culture and family traditions. In Aotearoa New Zealand, there are too many people experiencing the health and wellbeing...
Reimagining our streets and spaces
We’re making our streets and public spaces safer and more enjoyable to spend time in, through Auaha Evolving Spaces. Kick-started through Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency’s Innovating Streets for People pilot fund, Auaha Evolving Spaces is grounded in the principles of...
Play streets a massive hit across Lower Hutt
There has been a hive of activity in our local neighbourhoods as play streets take off across Lower Hutt. Three Play Streets have ignited fun and connectedness over the past couple of months as residents take back their quiet streets and play right outside their...
Player of the Day kicks off for the summer season
Summer sport has kicked off for another season and we are excited and proud to have 40 clubs on board this summer, across eight different summer sports codes. It is great to see these clubs and codes support the Go the H20 Player of the Day initiative for another...
Working towards a city that is healthy by design
A healthy city is one that makes it easy and natural to be healthier, more prosperous and thrive. During the COVID-19 lockdown our neighbourhoods were transformed. Our whānau reclaimed our streets for walking, cycling and playing. People were able to use and...
Exploring Māori Systems and creating Te Whārua
The team has been on a journey this year exploring Māori Systems and building our cultural capability. This is to support our engagement on Māori interests and knowledge of Māori systems underpinning our mahi and influencing each of the conditions of systems...
Not all heroes wear capes
Each year Christchurch City Council honours outstanding citizens with the Christchurch City Council Civic Award, recognising a person’s service and contribution to the city. Systems Innovator George Lajpold was recently acknowledged with the 2020 Civic Award (Emerging...
Reflections from Healthy Families Hutt Valley
No one could have predicted the events that have defined 2020. The impact of COVID-19 on our people, mahi and how we think about and approach our work together will be long lasting. The Healthy Families Hutt Valley Strategic Leadership Group reflected on their...
The Pacific Series 2020
Over the weekend, at Hoon Hay Park in Christchurch, and alongside our Healthy Families Ōtautahi whānau, we had the opportunity to be a part of the Pacific Series 2020. An event, shining a light on sport as a vehicle to bring the community together to share, embrace...
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