Te Hiringa Hauora/Health Promotion Agency

What's happening

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.

Tobacco control

Campaign

Kuīni

27 Oct 2021

Kuīni is a casual, friendly chatbot with zero judgement. She is here to help wāhine Māori kick their hikareti habit. She's Artificial Intelligence that wants to make a difference.

Campaign

Manaaki Tamariki: Kia au tō moe

8 Sep 2021

Manaaki Tamariki: Kia au tō moe promotes the importance of sleep for young pēpē and tamariki aged 0 to 2-years-old, by offering tips on safe and healthy sleep. The development of good sleep patterns begins in childhood and can lay the foundation for good sleep through later childhood and into adulthood.

Campaign

Oral health - Baby teeth matter

1 Jun 2021

The 'Baby teeth matter' campaign encourages parents to protect their children’s teeth by ensuring their teeth are brushed twice a day with fluoride toothpaste.

Research

View all

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.

Publication

2020 Health and Lifestyles Survey Questionnaire Showcards

9 Nov 2021

The Health and Lifestyles Survey (HLS) is a biennial monitor of the health behaviour and attitudes of New Zealand adults aged 16 years and over, first carried out in 2008. The HLS uses face-to-face interviews to collect information relating to Te Hiringa Hauora programme areas of alcohol, tobacco control, sun safety, minimising gambling harm, nutrition, and mental wellbeing.

Alcohol

Publication

Monitoring alcohol affordability in Aotearoa New Zealand: 2020 update

18 Oct 2021

In 2019/20, 1 in 5 New Zealanders (aged 15+) drank alcohol in ways that were especially harmful to their wellbeing or the wellbeing of others. There is strong evidence that lower alcohol prices lead to higher alcohol consumption, thereby increasing the risk of alcohol-related harm.

Publication

2020 Health and Lifestyles Survey Questionnaire

23 Sep 2021

The Health and Lifestyles Survey (HLS) is a biennial monitor of the health behaviour and attitudes of New Zealand adults aged 16 years and over, first carried out in 2008. The HLS uses face-to-face interviews to collect information relating to Te Hiringa Hauora programme areas of alcohol, tobacco control, sun safety, minimising gambling harm, nutrition, and mental wellbeing..

Programmes

View all

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

First 1,000 Days

The first 1,000 days of a child’s life lay the foundations for their entire future. The clock starts at conception and runs to the child’s 2nd birthday.

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.

Visit order.hpa.org.nz

Visit healthed.govt.nz

Te Hiringa Hauora

Vacancies

Manaaki Tamariki: Kia au tō moe

Nau mai whakatau mai ki Te Hiringa Hauora.

Kia ora, welcome to Te Hiringa Hauora | Health Promotion Agency.

What's happening

Safe Sleep

Information for contractors and suppliers: Te Hiringa Hauora and COVID-19

Community action drives New Zealand to smokefree cars for tamariki

Campaigns

Kuīni

Manaaki Tamariki: Kia au tō moe

Oral health - Baby teeth matter

Research

2020 Health and Lifestyles Survey Questionnaire Showcards

Monitoring alcohol affordability in Aotearoa New Zealand: 2020 update

2020 Health and Lifestyles Survey Questionnaire

Programmes

Are you looking to order Te Hiringa Hauora resources?

Search form

Te Hiringa Hauora

Vacancies

Manaaki Tamariki: Kia au tō moe

Nau mai whakatau mai ki Te Hiringa Hauora.

Kia ora, welcome to Te Hiringa Hauora | Health Promotion Agency.

What's happening

Safe Sleep

Information for contractors and suppliers: Te Hiringa Hauora and COVID-19

Community action drives New Zealand to smokefree cars for tamariki

Campaigns

Kuīni

Manaaki Tamariki: Kia au tō moe

Oral health - Baby teeth matter

Research

2020 Health and Lifestyles Survey Questionnaire Showcards

Monitoring alcohol affordability in Aotearoa New Zealand: 2020 update

2020 Health and Lifestyles Survey Questionnaire

Programmes

Are you looking to order Te Hiringa Hauora resources?