Lavinia Ngatoko
Posts by Lavinia Ngatoko for New Blog
OPINION: Help turn the tide and save our oceans
‘Humanity depends on the ocean, but can the ocean count on us!” That’s the message from UN Secretary General, António Guterres to mark World Oceans Day (June 8), a day when we can all help to raise a…Read more about 'OPINION: Help turn the tide and save our oceans'...
Smokefree May: ‘We’re Backing You’ - join the movement
Following the establishment of the Smokefree 2025 goal in 2011, Hāpai Te Hauora chose to adopt this month as Smokefree May, culminating with World Smokefree Day on May 31. Leitu Tufuga (National Team…Read more about 'Smokefree May: ‘We’re Backing You’ - join the movement '...
Team effort crucial to quitting smoking
This month we encourage you to join us in backing World Smoke-Free May and supporting whānau and friends to stub out the nasty habit! The best part of this month is that you will not be alone on your…Read more about 'Team effort crucial to quitting smoking'...
Webishop to focus on spirituality and wellbeing
HPF’s next webishop Pacific Health Promotion – The ‘Lotu’ factor in Health, Healing and Wholeness will focus on the role of the Church, faith, religion, and spirituality in health promotion, healing, …Read more about 'Webishop to focus on spirituality and wellbeing '...
OPINION: Global unity and collaboration essential for planetary health
As Aotearoa and the rest of the world continue to face the devastating consequences of the climate crisis, HPF’s Executive Director Sione Tu’itahi reflects on the need for humanity to understand the u…Read more about 'OPINION: Global unity and collaboration essential for planetary health'...
Research centre first to focus on Pacific health
Aotearoa’s first research centre, aimed at bringing Pacific communities, researchers, scholars, regional and global organisations together to promote the health and wellbeing of Pacific populations, w…Read more about 'Research centre first to focus on Pacific health'...
Action plan aims to improve lives of Pacific children
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Stats show no change in child poverty
There has been no real improvement to the proportion of our tamariki living in poverty according to the recently released 2021/22 Child Poverty Statistics for Aotearoa. About one in 10 children exper…
Urgent climate action can secure liveable future for all
The losses and damages we are experiencing and will continue to experience due to human-caused climate change has been brought into sharp focus in the latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change …Read more about 'Urgent climate action can secure liveable future for all'...
