2emailprint(RadioNZ)The Cancer Society has developed a kaupapa Maori programme, to support Maori with cancer. Kia ora – E te iwi, is for anyone who has to cope with cancer whether a patient, carer, or health professional. Providers who have trained facilitators are eligible to apply to the Cancer Society for funding to run Kia ora [...]
Te Ope Koiora o Waikato-Tainui will be officially launched at a ceremony to be held during the Waikato-Tainui Games at Hopuhopu. Launch date: Saturday 18 February Time: 12.30pm Address: Hopuhopu Sports Complex 451 Old Taupiri Rd The launch will feature speeches by Parekawhia McLean, CEO Waikato-Tainui Te Kauhanganui Inc, and Hori Awa, Chair, Te [...]
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Select Committee hearing on Whanau Ora dispels recent criticism says Flavell Maori Party MP for Waiariki, Te Ururoa Flavell, is challenging the critics of Whanau Ora following this morning’s M?ori Affairs Select Committee hearing in which Te Puni Kokiri presented progress on Whanau Ora. “The evidence provided to the committee showed Whanau Ora has been [...]
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(by Cherie Taylor | Rotorua DailyPost) After receiving a “wake-up call” from doctors, Hotorene Brown (Ngati Pikiao) is living a much healthier lifestyle these days. When a Korowai Aroha heart nurse took the 36-year-old father’s blood pressure during a recent heart check, Mr Brown said he was told he should be in hospital. Now, he [...]
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TangataWhenua.com has just come across this bit of research published today by the University of Otago, which suggests that wahine Maori have seen the largest increase in breast cancer in the last 20 years. The numbers are not good, they show that rates have increased by 70%. The results are perplexing researchers (which suggests to [...]
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New television commercials are encouraging women to ‘get the girls out’ and go for their free breast screening. And you’d better listen, because the message is coming from ‘aunties’ Ella Henry and Whetu Fala. In the ads, Ella and Whetu talk to women and men about why regular breast screening is so important. They explain [...]
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Where: Te Roro o Te Rangi Marae, Ohinemutu,Rotorua Date: March Saturday 3,Sunday 4, 2012 Kaiako: Wikitoria Oman Based on the teachings of Papa Hohepa De La Mere, this Waananga is open to any health worker, practitioner of bodywork or spiritual seeker. Wikitoria Maori Healing has a mission to train Romiromi/Mirimiri Practitioners through the ancient law [...]
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Water Safety New Zealand – in conjunction with sponsor New Zealand Post – is launching a campaign aimed squarely at improving the water safety skills of Maori. The campaign – Kia Maanu, Kia Ora! [also called Stay Afloat Stay Alive] – is in response to the consistent over representation of Maori in New Zealand’s drowning [...]
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Whooping cough cases in Gisborne have doubled over the past month. “The total number of cases over the past couple of months has risen to 30,” Tairawhiti District Health medical officer of health Geoffrey Cramp said. Dr Cramp said that while adults often caught whooping cough, babies under the age of 1 were more severely [...]
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Three new television commercials are being developed for BreastScreen Aotearoa and will go to air in February 2012. The current campaign has performed very well, but is now over three years old and it is time for a refresh. Increasing the number of Maori and Pacific women having regular mammograms remains a priority – although [...]
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