Service types: Wellness / healthy lifestyle, Healthy eating education, Exercise and activity, Health screening, Diabetes screening.

Research suggests that a healthy workforce is a more productive workforce, with less absenteeism and less presenteeism (being at work but not really functioning). 

This fully funded programme starts with a visit to the workplace to discuss the needs of both the workforce and the management with a view to making the healthy choices the easy choices.

Work forms a huge part of most people's lives. This programme provides tools and support to guide your workplace to become a health promoting space.  It is funded by Te Whatu Ora and delivered onsite at no cost to workplaces across the whole of Auckland.

This Te Whatu Ora funded programme works to provide curriculum based, practical resources and training for Auckland Secondary Schools.

This programme provides onsite group or offsite workshop training to teachers, school nurses, and others needing practical tools to help students make better choices around food and developing a healthy, active lifestyle. 

Along with the curriculum aligned training comes a comprehensive resource kit containing all that is needed to deliver a multi-part programme to Year 9 students. Advice and support is available for making changes to the environment including to the running and stocking a healthy tuckshop, or what is a healthy meal. There can be ongoing visits, telephone support, and participation in health promotion and health education activities where desired.

Growing healthy communities is the aim of this popular programme which provides advice and support to set up new and maintain existing community food gardens and related ventures.

Gardens4Health provides free, practical advice and support to community groups, organisations, workplaces and schools for the setting up of new community gardens and ongoing maintenance of existing gardens. 

The Gardens4Health team is currently involved in over 80 community gardens or initiatives across Auckland and provides access to a wide network of other gardens and useful resources.

Gardens4Health support food security and resilience and growing food organically.  Community gardens provide an opportunity to be a part of the local community, provide healthy food and opportunity for physical activity, save money, promote better mental health and spiritual wellbeing, help improve and protect the environment, and are increasingly recognised as having a positive part to play in climate change and extreme weather patterns.

Being a gardening expert is not required, but a group with time, enthusiasm, and commitment are. The experienced Gardens4Health team are there to provide practical advice and support for all seasons of food gardening in Auckland conditions.

The Te Whatu Ora funded Cook'n Kiwi programme is here to provide training, support and advice to groups in the community about how to eat more healthily on a budget. This flexible programme helps those who are at risk of lifestyle related health problems. There are lots of useful tips on healthy food preparation choices and how to cut costs in the most surprising ways, along with lots of useful resources. We work with a wide range of groups, with particular focus on children, families and those in the community who might need more support.

The Cook'n Kiwi programme is run as a one day session or can be split over several days for your organisation or group. Resources are provided, along with all supplies for an interactive cooking demonstration.

A Train the Trainer version is also available for those who would like to facilitate their groups learning themselves, and comes with a complete resource kit including fat and sugar display and follow up support so you can deliver the session yourself.

The service is offered across Auckland, and is delivered in your own venue (needs to be a reasonable space for the number of people involved, somewhere to safely set up our electric frying pans, washing facilities and clean surfaces to prepare the food are required), and is at no cost to your organisation.

CURRENT

Adolescent Weight Loss Study - youth with type 2 diabetes or pre-diabetes provided with support for weight loss to improve outcomes/potentially  put diabetes into remission.   This programme was fully recruited and finishes in 2025.   

DCSS Audit Data Analysis - two decades of data collection from Primary Care in Auckland, particularly South Auckland is currently being analysed.   There is regular publication of findings in clinical journals and presentation at national and international conferences.   Please see new publications from this on the blog section of our website, otherwise please contact our team for further information.

RECENT

WORTH Study - community arm for recruitment and management of local participants - completed 2020

We have a range of resources designed for our community, many with translation into a variety of languages.   Please see our website for printable versions.    If you have need of particular hard copy resources, we may have limited quantities of some items in stock so contact the office. 

We are currently working on new resources to meet identified needs.

Diabetes Foundation advocate for improved prevention, treatment and support for people at risk of or with diabetes.    Please see our Facebook Page for specific advocacy activities, or the Blog section on our website.