HPA - Health Promotion Agency

of Māori adults reported that it was at least somewhat important for them to be involved in, or part of, Māori culture (up from 73% in 2016).

87%

of NZers prepared their main meal at home 5+ days a week (down from 90% in 2012).

32%

of young people reported feeling isolated to some degree over the last four weeks, compared to 18% of the older age groups in 2016.

22%

of NZers have tried vaping (continuing the upwards trend from 13% in 2014).

Research

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Our research monitors key health indicators, behaviours and attitudes, informs and evaluates programmes and initiatives, and identifies emerging health trends. This helps build an evidence base for promoting health and wellbeing.

Mental health

Publication

We lead, deliver and support a range of health promotion programmes and initiatives in Aotearoa. Learn more about our work.

Alcohol

We provide information, advice, research and resources to help prevent and reduce alcohol-related harm and inspire New Zealanders to make better decisions about drinking alcohol.

Campaigns

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Communicating information directly to New Zealanders is key to our work. To achieve this we design and deliver a wide range of marketing and communications initiatives.

Immunisation

Campaign

Guardians of the Future

23 Sep 2020

If you’re aged 15 to 30 you may not be protected against measles. Measles is a serious disease that can make you very sick. It’s about eight times more contagious than COVID-19 so it spreads fast. Getting immunised is the best way to protect against measles – it’s easy and it's free.

Tobacco control

Campaign

QuitStrong

29 Jul 2020

Most people who smoke want to give up, but they need help and support to have the best chance at becoming smokefree.

Immunisation

Campaign

Protect your whānau – immunise on time

28 May 2020

We can’t vaccinate against COVID-19 yet, but we can protect against other serious diseases, like measles and whooping cough.

Are you looking to order Te Hiringa Hauora resources?

On order.hpa.org.nz you can find and order Te Hiringa Hauora resources, including a range of pamphlets, booklets, posters and other resources, on the topics covered in our programme areas.

If you are unable to find the resource you are looking for or you’re looking for a resource on another health topic, please also look at the HealthEd website. This is an online catalogue of more than 500 health resources covering 44 topic areas.

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