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Our Stories – Healthy Families Hutt Valley & our partners.

Proud to be smokefree signs hit Wainuiomata’s suburban centres

Jun 12, 2020 | Auahi Kore

Wainuiomata has been at the forefront of the journey contributing to a Smokefree Aotearoa 2025, with great leadership from everyone working together to create a healthier environment. Hutt City Council’s Smokefree Outdoor Public Places Policy designates all suburban...

Public spaces support more people to be smokefree

May 29, 2020 | Auahi Kore

In the lead up to World Smokefree Day the number of people who do not smoke is at an all-time high. Smokefree public places make it easier for smokers to quit and stay smokefree while reducing the visibility of smoking to young people, making it less...

Partnership and collaboration the key to play prototyping

May 8, 2020 | Play

The prototyping skills of Healthy Families Hutt Valley’s Systems Innovators came to the fore at a workshop aiming to find new ways to make play more accessible for our communities. Healthy Families Hutt Valley and Hutt City Council staff recently took part in a Play...

Shared vision for a smokefree Hutt Valley

May 4, 2020 | Auahi Kore

Healthy Families Hutt Valley has always had a focus on increasing smokefree environments as a way of denormalising smoking. Our shared vision is a future where our community spaces are all smokefree, where our children don’t see smoking and aren’t exposed to...

Wainuiomata jumping on Bike Rodeo bandwagon

Apr 28, 2020 | Healthy active streets

Central Wainuiomata has been humming with the sounds of cycling thanks to Bike Rodeos oranised by Healthy Families Hutt Valley and its partners.Up until the nationwide lockdown was put in place in response to Covid-19, Wainuomata’s Queen Street had been playing host...

Council helping community stay active at home

Apr 22, 2020 | Active in the Hutt

With most Hutt City residents spending their time safe at home, Hutt City Council (HCC) has turned to social media to help people maintain their physical and mental wellbeing. At Alert Level 4, the Council’s Active in the Hutt team had to stop all of their fitness...

Connection and learning together – Matiu Island experience

Apr 20, 2020 | Line of Sight

Every six weeks the Healthy Families Hutt Valley team takes some time out from our usual office busyness to connect, build our capability and reflect on our line of sight. Line of sight for us is how the mahi we are doing aligns to our strategic intent of using...

CRICKET KEEN MAYOR REWARDS JUNIOR PLAYERS WITH POOL PASSES

Mar 6, 2020 | Wai

Being recognised as Player of the Day is often a highlight for junior sports players. Taita Cricket Club’s junior team recently had the added bonus of having their Go the H2O Player of the Day certificates presented by Lower Hutt Mayor Campbell Barry. Known as a keen...

COUNCIL E BIKE CLOCKS UP THE SMILES IN FIRST FEW MONTHS

Dec 20, 2019 | Healthy active streets

Hutt City Council and Healthy Families Hutt Valley staff have been putting the pedal to the metal in illustrating the overwhelming benefits of a cheap, fast and healthy form of active travel. In August this year a new e bike was bought to increase the sustainable,...

SHARING LEARNINGS WITH THE HEALTH AND DISABILITY REVIEW

Dec 12, 2019 | Health and Disability Review

The Health and Disability Review is a once in a generation opportunity to take a system wide look at how to future-proof our health and disability sector. Healthy Families Hutt Valley, on behalf of our Strategic Leadership Group provided a submission to the review....

HEALTHY FAMILIES HUTT VALLEY SHOWCASED AT MINISTRY FORUM

Dec 9, 2019 | Health Forum

We were delighted to be invited to showcase our mahi along with our Healthy Families NZ colleagues from Waitākere and South Auckland. This was an opportunity to share our Healthy Families NZ approach with the leaders of all parts of the health sector...

WAINUIOMATA’S STREETS COME ALIVE

Nov 27, 2019 | Healthy active streets

Healthy active streets are vital for our wellbeing. Healthy Families Hutt Valley is working together with Hutt City Council and our communities to make the Hutt a place where we are active together, feel safer, happier and healthier and more connected. Safe and...