Wednesday 5 February, 2020
Kia ora! My name is Kaitlin. I recently finished up my master’s degree in health psychology at Massey University and am now working at Women’s Health Action.
Tuesday 21 January, 2020
Ko Tuwhakairiora te iwi
Ko Hunaara te hapū
Ko Hinerupe te marae
Nō Te Araroa tēnei whakapapa
Kei Manurewa ahau e noho ana
Ko Alehandrea Manuel tōku ingoa
Tuesday 22 October, 2019
On 1 August this year the Northland DHB Safe Sleep Programme launched a pilot programme to recycle and reuse Pēpi-Pods® back to whānau in need of a safe sleep space.
The pilot area is centred in Whangarei with distribution through iwi health providers, maternity units and services.
Tuesday 20 August, 2019
April O'Brien is the new Whānau Ora Community Health Worker for Murupara and surrounding areas working for Te Ika Whenua Hauora Incorporated Society.
Monday 5 August, 2019
Alys shares how different whānau members can support breastfeeding and the wellbeing of mokopuna. Alys sees birth and wāhine as a taonga, just as ūkaipō [breastfeeding] is a taonga that has been passed onto us from our tūpuna. Wāhine are the house of the people, just like the marae, it is a house of protection, a house of nurturing.
Friday 2 August, 2019
Tash explains that while breastfeeding is a natural process, it does not always come naturally.
Thursday 1 August, 2019
Amy explores the connection between Papatūānuku and wāhine who both sustain and nourish mokopuna. She shares that for wāhine, we not only have the mana to nurture mokopuna within us, in te whare tangata, but once baby is born through our wai ū (breastmilk). Amy shares that breastmilk carries our DNA, it carries our whakapapa.