Mahitahi Hauora

03/11/2025

Movember is more than just a moustache... it's about changing the face of men’s health.

For the month of November, it helps to raise awareness for men’s health - especially men's mental health, suicide, prostate & testicular cancer.

Visit https://nz.movember.com/ to learn more.

03/11/2025

We are recruiting! Join our team, working with the newly established consortium, delivering the Nurse Practitioner Training Support Scheme.

Nurse Practitioner Lead
https://www.seek.co.nz/nptss-jobs?source=FE_REVERSAL&jobId=88260028&type=standard

03/11/2025

We are recruiting! Join our team, working with the newly established consortium, delivering the Nurse Practitioner Training Support Scheme.

Regional Programme Coordinator
https://www.seek.co.nz/nptss-jobs?source=FE_REVERSAL&jobId=88259931&type=standard

03/11/2025

It’s Measles Immunisation Week! 🛡️

Measles is highly contagious - but the good thing is it’s also preventable. This week is all about making sure our communities are protected.

✅ The MMR vaccine (measles, mumps, rubella) is free for anyone under 18 and for those eligible for free healthcare. Two doses of the MMR vaccine provide 99% of people with protection against measles.

📍 Drop-in clinics are running in many places across the country - no appointment needed.

📍 Many pharmacists and GP clinics offer MMR immunisation.

👶 Not sure if your child is immunised? Now’s the time to check.

📲 Visit info.health.nz/immunisations/immunisation-clinics for local drop-in clinics near you. Note that not every part of NZ has drop-in clinics running, but lots of pharmacies are providing MMR.

📲 Visit healthpoint.co.nz for MMR providers around the country, including pharmacies.

📲 Book a vaccine online at: info.health.nz/bookavaccine

22/10/2025

20/10/2025

Every whānau navigates their own path when it comes to tamariki immunisations.

Manukaroa shares her journey, and the different paths taken with her pēpi.

16/10/2025

October is 🩷

From this week, women in New Zealand, aged 70 and 74, will now be able to access free mammograms.

For more information, or to enrol, visit www.TimeToBreastScreen.nz or free phone 0800 270 200.

14/10/2025

Te Tai Tokerau residents aged 58 and 59 can now take part in free bowel screening.

See below for more info, call 0800 924 432 or email: info@bowelscreening.health.nz

People in Northland, Auckland and the South Island can now take part in free bowel screening from the age of 58 (previously 60). People turning 58 or 59, or who are already 58 or 59 in those areas don’t need to do anything. They will be mailed their bowel screening kit around their next birthday.

The lower starting age will be introduced in the rest of Aotearoa New Zealand from March next year.

Bowel screening is free, quick and easy, and can help find cancer early, when it can often be successfully treated.

For more info visit: http://spr.ly/6188AS5qy

You can also call 0800 924 432 or email: info@bowelscreening.health.nz