Welcome to the second edition of the Otago HEHA Newsletter for 2010.

It’s been a busy time since Rosie Gordon left; my 12 months maternity

leave seemed to fly by but it’s amazing how much you can forget how to do

in that short space of time! We’ve had some changes to the HEHA team

here in Otago too, I have returned part-time only and Kathy Hamilton, who

some of you will know from her previous HEHA work in schools and Early

Childhood Centres, has taken over managing the other half of the role.

And we’re working even more closely with Southland now that the two

DHB’s have merged - for the first time we’ll be producing a joint Southern

Region HEHA Plan. All exciting stuff, and an even greater opportunity to

get value for our money and maximise our effectiveness out there in the

community.

In the past four months we’ve held one round of both the Maori

Community Action Fund and the Community Action Fund and two rounds

of the Breastfeeding Fund. It’s great to see some well-thought out

applications coming through and a privilege to support the projects.

We’ve also been developing ideas for some new projects of our own

including community-based cooking classes, and along with the other

DHB’s in the south we’re exploring the idea of a South Island-wide

workplace wellness programme.

Southern DHB has a new website too, the HEHA pages have been updated,

are looking great and bursting with information including everything

you might want to know about the grants we have available. Visit www.

southerndhb.govt.nz/heha.

I hope you enjoy all the great stories in the newsletter; it’s so encouraging

to see all the fabulous projects and initiatives that are underway. Keep up

the great work everyone, I’m off to Zumba…..

Ruth Zeinert Otago HEHA Manager

OTAGO HEHA NEWSLETTER

AUGUST 2010

Features In This Issue

Stepping Stone to Self Sufficiency Waitaki Community Gardens

Latin Inspiration Turns Exercising Into One Big PartyTe Hou Ora Whanau Services

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Otago HEHA in Schools is a recently

published 16 page booklet, which

celebrates many of the wonderful things

that are happening in Otago schools to

help create healthy eating environments.

The publication is a snapshot that

reflects a much wider picture with

so many schools and ECE Services

promoting healthy eating and good

nutrition in so many different ways.

Through their active support to

Otago schools and ECE Services, Otago

HEHA, along with The Heart Foundation

and Public Health South, has witnessed

the time, effort and commitment that

staff, parents and school communities

have dedicated to many health

promotion activities that have been

woven into the learning curriculum and

into the normal everyday running of

schools.

Edible gardens have sprung up

all over our region. Those that were

already established have got bigger; new

gardens have provided the source of

many strands of teaching with learning

by doing; some are now developing into

community gardens. Without exception,

all schools say the children love being

involved in growing, harvesting, cooking

and eating the produce.

School canteens have focussed on

providing tasty healthy food options and

all the feedback suggests that students

love the new choices. Many schools have

improved their access to drinking water.

There are more lunch boxes arriving at

school with less chippies and chocolate

and more fruit and sandwiches. An

increased number of children have been

provided with regular access to fruit.

There are also wonderful examples of

children being supported to participate

in decision making and provide

leadership at school in health promotion.

On many fronts children are being

introduced to good nutritional practices

and behaviours that will stand them in

good stead throughout life.

The publication has been sent to all

schools in Otago and also includes a list

of useful resources. It is hoped that the

stories within will cross pollinate

schools with encouragement, ideas and

inspiration to continue striving towards

healthy eating environments.

OTAGO HEHA IN SCHOOLS

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OTAGO HEHA IN SCHOOLS

JUNE 2010

Keep an eye out in term 3 for your

copies of two resources developed

for the education sector. A DVD of

health promotion resources has been

developed for schools and one for ECE

Services; they contain nutrition tips for

use in newsletters, policy examples, HPS

and Healthy Hints for Tots newsletters,

PHS’s cooking resource and much more.

We’d love you to promote and use

these resources in whatever way

you wish – much of the information

could benefit other organisations

and community groups too. They will

be delivered to schools and centres

this term along with the newsletter

celebrating the fantastic things that

Otago schools have been doing to

promote healthy eating. Copies will also

be sent to all key HEHA agencies.

Otago Resources for Schools and Early Childhood Education Services

ECObAG dESIGN COmpETITION

OTAGO HEHA NEWSLETTER, AUGUST 2010 03

In April this year the headquarters of the

New Zealand International Science Festival

was being overwhelmed by an influx of very

colourful fruit and vegetables. Well not quite,

they were receiving children’s drawings of

their favourite fruits and vegetables; entries

to the EcoBag Design competition which was

sponsored by Otago HEHA in partnership with

the Festival.

The theme for this year’s NZ International Science

Festival was ‘Everyday Science - Food for Thought’. Otago

HEHA recognised this as an opportunity to promote one

of their key messages about nutrition, namely that eating

lots of fruit and vegetables are good for you.

The competition called for children to draw a picture

of their favourite fruit or vegetable and to write up to

10 words about why it is their favourite food. Each of the

two winning designs were printed on Ecobags, 1000 of

each design were produced.

More than 400 entries were received from Otago

school children. Carrots appeared to be the most

popular vegetable, followed closely by potatoes although

many others were well represented and even the often

maligned brussel sprout got a look in! Generally fruits

were favoured above vegetables with a bounty of apples,

oranges, grapes, pineapples and strawberries.

The winner of the Junior Section (5-8yr olds) was

Lewis Wall (7yr old) from St Clair Primary School. His entry

was a fine upstanding cucumber and Lewis wrote, “I like

cucumbers because they’re mouth watering, crunchy and

juicy.”

The winner of the Senior Section (9-12yr olds) was

Charlotte Tanner from Weston Primary School. Her entry

was a very smiley apple which was skipping rope and

Charlotte wrote, “I like apples because they’re juicy and

sweet and keep me on my feet.”

Both Charlotte and Lewis received $100 of vouchers,

courtesy of the Otago Farmers Market. The top ten

entries in each section won five free swim passes

courtesy of the DCC and Moana Pool.

The EcoBags were given away during the International

Science Festival and to attendees at a Polytechnic

conference held in the same week. Two bags have been

sent to each primary school in Otago. St Clair Beach

Resort presented the daily newspaper to their guests in

the bags during the Festival.

In the foreground Charlotte Tanner with her EcoBag winning design, on her right Kathy Hamilton (Otago HEHA) with the EcoBag Junior section winning design by Lewis Wall and at the rear, Paul Crack the Chairman of the Otago Farmers’ Market.

STEppING STONE TO SELF SUFFICIENCY –WAITAKI COmmUNITY GARdENS

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Rawiri’s first visit to the Waitaki Community Gardens last year

was not something he was looking forward to. He didn’t want to

be there and he couldn’t understand why the Waitaki Education

Centre, which caters to teenagers with behaviour problems,

would think he would. To Ra, gardening was “gay”. A year later

the 14 year old has his own garden plot there and regularly

returns in his own time to tend it. He also turns up for work

experience; helping to paint the shed and learning how to make

compost.

Ra is just one of the teenagers and young adults who have benefited from

the work carried out at Oamaru’s Waitaki Community Gardens since they

were established in June 2009. The gardens cover an area of 4,500 m2 and are

located on a steep knoll, part of a public walkway at the edge of the Oamaru

Public Gardens. The Waitaki District Council donated the land to the Waitaki

Community Gardens Trust, which manages the facility.

“Our primary aim is to help people develop an appreciation for the three R’s

- respect for self, respect for others and respect for the environment,” said

Trust chairperson, Marian Shore. “The gardens are the vehicle for this – we’re

educating people about healthy food production and encouraging them to be

self sufficient in their own back yard.”

She said that while the gardens are available to anyone in the wider

community the Trust targets young families, especially single parents,

disadvantaged youth and school pupils, particularly those who may not fit the

normal class room environment.

“We place a strong emphasis on mentoring. At present we have seven folk

who work one to one with disadvantaged youth. The older people get a lot of

satisfaction from passing on their skills – not just in gardening but broader

life skills too – and a lot of the kids have grown to respect and care for their

mentors.

“The aim is to develop a resilient and resourceful community and reduce the

crime rate. Our Co-ordinator, Annie Beattie, has impressive skills in managing

and supporting marginalised people. The support we’ve had has been largely

due to her enormous energy and the respect she commands from the wider

community.”

Over the last year, scores of adult volunteers and mentored youth groups

have donated 5,800 hours and turned a weedy hillock into a well-kempt expanse

with 26 garden plots and 100s of fruit, nut and shelter trees. They have built

a garden shed, a glasshouse and a clay oven. They have installed irrigation

lines, conducted composting and propagating workshops for both adults and

children as well as carrying out general gardening and maintenance.

Some of the community organisations taking part include the Waitaki

Community Clean Up Project, the Waitaki Resource Recovery Trust, IDEA

Services, OSCAR after school care, Department of Corrections, Waitaki

Education Centre, the Salvation Army’s Employment Plus, Combined Churches

and the Food Bank.

“The work has been carried out under the Seed to Table Project, which is a

stepping stone to a full education facility,” said Ms Shore. “We were delighted

when the project recently won the ‘Education and Youth Development’ category

of the TrustPower Volunteer Awards.

NEW ZEALANd CHALLENGE –SpORT OTAGO

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TE HOU ORA WH-ANAU SERVICES

At 78 Carroll Street every Wednesday at 6.15pm there’s a physical revolution taking place inside the building. Upwards of seventy people from 5 yr olds to 65 year olds are abandoning their sedentary ways, breaking out of their shells and yahooing in sheer exhilaration; arms and legs are flying, it’s a full on physical spectacle; it’s Zumba, the addictive dance fitness phenomenon that has spread around the world like wildfire.

Toni Sinclair, Heha Co-ordinator at Te

Hou Ora Otepoti says Zumba has put

this wh-anau driven Kaupapa M-aori

service provider on the map. “Our Zumba

classes are bringing together so many

different people in the community,

working women, mothers and babies,

uni students, young children and older

people and they are all engaging in

physical activity, loving it and not

realising they are exercising.”

The Zumba formula combines Latin

dance styles such as Salsa, Samba,

Merengue and Cumbia with Calypso,

Reggaeton, Flamenco, Hip-Hop and Belly

Dancing. The steps are simple so anyone

can do it at any age and any fitness level.

Toni Sinclair has been amazed at the

popularity of the Zumba classes and

the speed at which classes have grown.

From introducing one class a week in

late March, Te Hou Ora now run two

night classes and two day classes. “Our

day classes allow a lot more mothers

with babies and young children to take

part and we provide childcare.”

Toni says Zumba is addictive; 70% of

participants return week after week.

She thinks the attraction is because

there’s no performance pressure.

“People simply see the class as a place

where they can come and dance. It

uplifts people mentally and is a great

workout. The Latin influence is fun too

it’s good to get away from the usual

conservative kiwi thing. It’s like one big

party; no one ever wants to go home!”

Te Hou Ora has three Zumba trained

instructors all of who have their own

individual approaches to Zumba. One

instructor is more fitness orientated

incorporating a lot of lunges and squats

and arm work in her sessions, another

instructor leads more of a cardio work

out, it’s fast and furious, while the third

instructor tends to have a more stylistic

approach more akin to dance with no

pressure on what moves you make. Toni

believes it’s a good spread and gives

people choices.

Through a grant from Otago HEHA’s

M-aori Community Project funding, Te

Hou Ora are able to offer the classes at

an affordable price; $2 with a community

services card, $4 without a card and

free for anyone under 15.

Latin Inspiration Turns Exercising Into One Big Party

OTAGO HEHA NEWSLETTER, AUGUST 2010 07

TE HOU ORA WH-ANAU SERVICES

New Kitchen Brings Psychological LiftThere were builders and trades people

coming and going from Te Hou Ora Wh-anau

Services for a few months this year and

with the traffic flow came a growing sense

of excitement about a new facility taking

shape – a brand spanking new kitchen.

The kitchen has been funded through a

grant from the M-aori Community Action

Project Fund administered by Otago HEHA.

Toni Sinclair from Te Hou Ora says a lot

of thought has been put into the design

of the kitchen from an ergonomic point

of view so that people and activities can

be managed efficiently. There are two

sinks one for food preparation and one for

washing dishes and a dishwasher placed

between them. Cupboards with crockery

and cutlery are in places where children

can access them easily in order to set the

table and without getting in the way of

those preparing food.

Toni says the realisation of the kitchen

is a huge boost to their services and

morale. “It’s a psychological lift. It’s just

nice for our clients to be able to work

somewhere in pristine conditions with nice

things around them and it’s a good way to

role model to our kids. We will have rules

in place to make sure we look after it and

maintain it for future use.

The staff know that the new cooking

facilities represent unlimited opportunities

for future programmes and activities to

empower young people and their wh-anau.

It will be a resource for many community

groups to use as a meeting space and

where they can cook and share a meal.

Families Receive Support Towards Self DeterminationIn July the first people to benefit from Te Hou Ora’s new kitchen have been two

families on a health initiative progamme called Pae Ora. Two mums, with nine

children between them, are two thirds of the way through a 20 week HEHA

programme that includes exercise, growing edible plants and cooking. The overall

goal of the programme is self determination. Now that Te Hou Ora’s kitchen is

finished they have begun the cooking component of their programme.

The first week of the programme involved getting to know each other and

setting achievable goals as well as setting out the families‘ obligations in terms of

participation. They chose family goals rather individual goals.

A PushPlay facilitator then ran six weeks of physical activities which included

family games at the Edgar Centre like indoor cricket and soccer and family time

in parks and at the beach. Times were flexible and geared around the families’

availability. Activities were chosen that would be fun and affordable to do once the

programme finished.

Then came six weeks of hands-on learning about growing edible plants;

learning how to sow seeds rather than seedlings and in cheap containers like cut

down plastic milk bottles that are readily available to them. They learnt about

composting, worm farms and recycling food scraps. They established their own

gardens at home; potatoes in tyres, strawberries in bags and prepared a one

metre by one metre plot for growing seedlings. The accent has always been on

what is achievable; learn to care for one square meter then increase your growing

area when you can. Grow what you and the kids want to eat.

Their first week of cooking included making ‘Up and Go’s’ - weetbix loaded with

fruit and yoghurt; a healthy version of butter chicken; and fruit sponge. Even the

young children were encouraged to think fruit and vegetables when they were

asked to make their favourites out of colourful play dough.

After the 6 weeks of cooking lessons the families’ final week will be their

graduation, a time to celebrate their learning and achievements. Each family will

receive a gift related to the activity they enjoyed the best.

Toni Sinclair from Te Hou Ora says that the children really enjoy spending time

together as a family and time with their mothers, and the mums have found

motivation from their children. Toni says the programme will be offered to another

two families this year. The structure of the first programme was dictated by the

availability of the new kitchen but the programme is still evolving and activities

may become more integrated in the future.

Te Hou Ora Wh-anau Services is a community-based wh-anau driven Kaupapa

M-aori service provider. It provides services that will equip and empower young

people and their wh-anau to fulfil their potential in the context of their cultural

heritage, their wh-anau, and their community.

78 Carroll Street | Dunedin | PO Box 3028 | Phone/Fax: (03) 4740266 Email: info@thows.co.nz

Tai Chi is a ‘soft’ martial art

from China that enhances health

and fitness by stimulating the

Qi, or life energy through the

body. Age Concern offers Tai Chi

classes as a Falls Prevention

programme to people over the

age of 65.

Falls are the most common cause of

injury in older people. In New Zealand a

third of people over the age of 65 years

and half of all people over the age of 80

years injure themselves through a fall

each year.

Earlier this year Age Concern held

some Tai Chi Workshops in Alexandra,

funded by Otago HEHA. 40 people

attended the first workshop and 20

people attended the second workshop

which was held to train instructors.

Margaret Dando from Age Concern says

that the workshops generated a lot of

interest and has injected a new level of

interest in Tai Chi classes in

Alexandra, Ranfurly and Queenstown.

A new Tai Chi class is also being

established in Cromwell.

The gentle movements of Tai Chi

have been shown by scientific studies to

increase muscular strength, flexibility

and fitness, while also improving

relaxation, balance and immunity.

Tai Chi improves leg strength by

using slow movements on bent legs.

Balance is enhanced by improved

posture, conscious weight transfer

and increased awareness of body

movements. Tai Chi has been proven

to reduce the incidence of falls. It is

also beneficial for back pain, diabetes,

arthritis, breathing and stamina.

Margaret says Tai Chi offers both

challenge and relaxation. “Apart from

the physical benefits of Tai Chi people

also find it mentally stimulating. It’s

a tranquil activity that people find

relaxing but it also requires a lot of

coordination and you are on your feet all

the time unlike our other Falls

Prevention Programme, Steady As You

Go (SAYGo), where you sit for part of the

time.”

Margaret says that both

programmes are valuable for their social

connectivity. “The social benefits are

really the glue that hold the classes

together. Meeting other people and

connecting with them regularly is an

important bonus and is probably one of

the strongest reasons why people go to

the classes.”

Once established by paid instructors,

Age Concern Falls Prevention

programmes are run by peer leaders.

The SAYGo peer leaders receive extra

training at the School of Physiotherapy

and researchers from the School of

Physiotherapy have proven that the

classes are just as beneficial being run

by a peer leader as they are by a paid

instructor. Tai Chi peer leaders receive

extra training from the national ACC Tai

Chi master trainer.

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AGE CONCERN GROWS INTERESTIN TAI CHI IN OTAGO

Instructor Tania Goddard takes a Tai Chi class at Age Concern’s Octagon Club.

HEART HEALTH

OTAGO HEHA NEWSLETTER, AUGUST 2010 09

NUTRITION WORKSHOPSThe Heart Foundation continues to

support Active Families with nutrition

workshops on healthy eating. The

information presented helps explain why

a healthy diet is important and provides

information about what a healthy balanced

diet looks like. Ideas for healthy snacks

and how to plan a healthy menu are also

covered. The workshops can be tailored

for parents of younger age children

(5-10yrs), or can be more interactive for

older children and their parents.

KNOW YOUR NUmBERSThe Heart foundation has launched

its new Know Your Numbers tool for

consumers. This tool is found online

at www.knowyournumbers.co.nz and

is very consumer friendly. You need to

know your blood pressure reading and

your Total cholesterol/HDL cholesterol

ratio so you can plug these in to the

programme to identify what your “heart

age” is. You can get these values from

your GP or practice nurse.

GO RED FOR WOmEN BREAKFASTGo Red for Women Breakfast was a huge

success with a sold out venue of 200 at

the Mercure Hotel on the 4th May. Local

cardiologists Gerry Wilkins and Richard

Bunton attended the event. Dame

Jenny Shipley and cardiologist Mayanna

Lund presented very motivating

presentations around heart disease

in women and about being proactive in

finding out your individual heart disease

risk. Judith Ray gave a very real account

of how she attended the Wear Red

event in Auckland last year and how she

then went to her GP to find out her risk.

She found out she had extensive heart

disease and required immediate surgery.

She spoke about how grateful she was

that she had heard the message and

had time to be proactive before it was

too late.

GREAT RIDE FOR HEART$1.2 million was raised through Great

Ride for Heart event. This contributed

significantly to the $5 million raised

for the Chair of the Cardiovascular

Research Fund at the University of

Otago.

HEART HEALTHY SUPERmARKET TOURSHeart Healthy Supermarket Tours are

about to be run by the Heart Foundation

in Dunedin. Attendance is by gold coin

donation and anyone wanting to take

part should call 477 3999. They will be

run once or twice a month depending on

numbers.

CARDIAC SEmINARA Cardiac Seminar is planned for

October 13 from 9.30am to 3pm, at

the Taieri Bowling Club in Wicliffe

Street, Mosgiel. The theme this year

is ‘Navigating your Health’ in relation

to heart disease. Norman Sharpe the

Medical Director and Stewart Eadie,

Cardiac Care Manager from the Heart

Foundation and several other invited

speakers will provide information on a

range of topics, these include Cardiac

Vascular Disease Management and

‘Tinkering with the Health System’.

The latter will explore areas such as

the changes to PHO’s and what’s the

purpose of PHO’s; communicating with

your health professional; and lastly,

navigating health information which will

include ideas on how to determine if

health information is reputable.

VEGETAbLE dISCOVERY

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Sport Otago were on hand organising some fun activities.

The Pacific Trust Otago’s

Pacific Sports Tournament

held three times a year

continues to grow in strength.

The Tournament in July had

more participants than ever

with 30 teams playing netball

and volleyball. The PTO wishes

to publically thank Public

Health South, Arai Te Uru

Whare Hauora, M-aori Mental

Health, Sport Otago and

the Dunedin Police for their

contributions to making the

day happen and run smoothly.Warming up before the games begin.

It’s vegetable stir fry for lunch at Halfway Bush School

and the children, with some parent help, are cooking

the meal themselves. It’s called Discovery Time, a time

when the children set their own goals and decide what

they are going to do. Health is an important part

of Discovery Time and with money from the HEHA

Nutrition Fund mrs madden the school principal, has

been able to develop school gardens and create a

cooking area in a spare classroom.

The classroom has been set up with hot plates, a microwave, a

large frying pan and some kitchen equipment such as knives and

chopping boards.

The school vegetable gardens are right in front of the

classrooms in full sun. Students with a keen interest in the

garden have set up cloches and under the cloches are broccoli,

brussel sprouts and beetroot. From the gardens the school

has a source of vegetables for the cooking classes. Excess

peas produced from last year’s garden are also used in the

cooking.

This class is an opportunity for the children to share food

and develop an interest and liking for vegetables. Discovery

Time at Halfway Bush School is a time the children all look

forward to.

mID WINTER PACIFIC SPORTS TOURNAmENT

COOKING CLASSES mAKNG A dIFFERENCEpacific Trust Otago (pTO)

The Pacific Trust Otago’s

cooking classes which began

in February are proving to be

very popular and are making a

difference to the eating and

cooking habits of many Pacific

people’s families. To date 20

Pacific people who cook for

132 people in total in their

households, each representing

their own family, have received

four cooking lessons. A survey,

conducted after 16 people had

finished the course, recorded

that the average number of

meals cooked at home per week

before the course was 2.9 and

following the course had risen to

an average of 3.2; the average

vegetable intake per day had

risen from 1.5 to 2.5 serves;

and the average number of

take away meals per week had

reduced from 1.5 to 0.8.

Finau Taungapeau, HEHA health

promoter at PTO says she’s had so

much positive feedback from those

taking part in the classes. “They find the

meals really tasty and can’t believe how

relatively inexpensive it is to cook meals

that are actually quite substantial. I

teach them how to make a relatively

small amount of meat go a long way

adding vegetables. Initially they can’t

believe how little meat is being used but

when they come to eat the meal they

see how far it can go. They automatically

recognise how this can save them

money.”

Each cooking lesson involves learning

to cook three different meals. The

classes are organised in 4 week blocks

with a maximum of four people in each

class. Finau says she recruits family

members who are in charge of cooking

the family’s meals and of buying the

groceries. Later in the year she is going

to target teenagers so that they can

learn to cook and help with the cooking

at home.

Finau says, “When I was involved with

the pilot programme, one of my best

decisions as a mother was to include

my daughter in the learning. She is 15

and had never cooked before, now she

is doing lots of the family cooking and

it is such a help for me. It made me

realise that other families could also

help spread the family work-load if their

teenagers knew how to cook as well.”

The four week course also involves a

shopping expedition where participants

are taught about product labels such

as how to recognise low fat milk and

low fat cheese, or simply identifying

healthy food options that can be bought;

where to find herbs and spices in the

supermarket, and what portions of meat

are needed for a family.

After each cooking class, Finau runs

a half hour exercise session with the

participants before they finally sit down

to eat the food they have prepared.

The Good Food For Friends and

Wh-anau Instruction Manual and DVD,

produced by Public Health South, are

being utilised to provide the framework

for the cooking sessions. Otago HEHA

has provided the funding for the cooking

sessions and a total of 32 families are

expected to participate.

OTAGO HEHA NEWSLETTER, AUGUST 2010 11

KEY DATES AUGUST – OCTOBER 2010• 16 August: Registration closes

for the PTO Garden Competition

• 27 August: Registration closes

for sports teams for the next

Pacific Sports Tournament

• 30 September-1 October: Pacific

Sports Tournament, Edgar

Sports Centre

• 13 October: Heart Foundation’s

Cardiac Seminar: ‘Navigating

your Health’: 9.30am - 3.00pm,

Taieri Bowling Club, Wickliffe

Street, Mosgiel

COmmUNiTy RESOURCES ‘Good Food for Friends and Wh-anau’

–Cooking Instruction Manual and

DVD available to community groups

for teaching cooking classes.

Contact Phoebe Cleland at PHS on

03 476 9820.

Getting Active – A helpful guide for

new mothers wanting to become

more physically active. Contact

Phoebe Cleland at PHS on 03 476

9820.

KEy CONTACTS iN HEHA STAKEHOLdER ORGANiSATiONS

Royal New Zealand Plunket Society (inc)Barb Long/Otago and Southland Area ManagerPh: 03 474 0490 mobile 0274 793 113Email: barb.long@plunket.org.nz

National Heart Foundation Ph: 03 4773999Mary Spiers/Heart Health Advocate Email: marys@nhf.org.nzJoanne Arthur/Health Promotion CoordinatorEmail: joannea@nhf.org.nz

Public Health SouthPhoebe Cleland/Health Promotion Advisor Nutrition & Physical Activity/Sexual Health Ph: 03 476 9820Email: phoebe.cleland@phsouth.co.nz

Sport OtagoOwen Booth/Active Communities ManagerPh: 03 474 6420 Email: obooth@sportotago.co.nz

Cancer SocietyPenelope Scott/Health Promotion CoordinatorPh: 03 477 7447Email: pen@cansoc.org.nz

Well dunedin Abigail Nolan/Health PromoterPh: 03 477 1163Email: abigail.nolan@welldunedin.org.nz

Pacific Trust OtagoLiz McColl/Managerliz@oppht.co.nzFinau Taungapeau/Health PromoterPh: 03 470 0151Email: finau@oppht.co.nz

Arai Te UruRachel Miller/Kai Mahi Te-Mate-HukaPh: 03 471 9960Email: rachel@araiteuru.co.nz

dCC Community & Recreational ServicesHamish Black/Community Advisor – RecreationPh: 03 474 4000Email: hblack@dcc.govt.nz

INFORmATION

OTAGO HEHAif your organisation or community group is involved in activities that relate to Healthy Eating and Healthy Action, we would love to hear from you. We are keen to grow our networks within the Otago region. Likewise if you would like to receive a copy of our quarterly newsletter or know someone who might like to receive it please let us know.

Contact: Ruth Zeinert, Otago HEHA managerddi (03) 474 7939, mob 027 300 2278, Fax (03) 474 7737Email: ruth.zeinert@southerndhb.govt.nzOtago district Health Board Private Bag 1921 dunedinwww.otagodhb.govt.nz/heha