February 2012 Kia ora koutou It’s hard to believe we are nearly into March! Don't despair though, there are still plenty of daylight hours for all those outdoor activities summer allows! It’s that time of year again with our second round of HEHA grants for both Breastfeeding and Māori Community Action. Breastfeeding grants close on Monday, and our Māori Commu-nity Action grants will be open until 4pm 30th April. An exciting programme which is now underway is the Māori Traditional Games Programme where a collabora-tive relationship has been developed between Sport Southland and nga Rūnaka/Rūnanga ki Murihiku for the de-livery of a Māori Traditional Games project in Southland. More information about the programme can be found on page 4. It’s also been great to see an invitation to launch the He Pataka Oranga CD. The tool-kit comprises a CD of 10 original waiata Māori, a Kohanga Reo activity folder and Hauora Toolkit and has been developed by Te Kohanga Reo o Murihiku and Nga Kete Matauranga Pounamu. He Pataka Oranga is a Maori language teaching and learn-ing resource within the context of hauora for Kohanga Reo There has also been wonderful developments by Sport Southland in the new ‘Step it Out’ walking campaign. The campaign sets out to incorporate a wide variety of initiatives to encourage and promote walking in and around Southland. Thanks to the HEHA network for your effort involved in the consultation and shaping of this project. Also featured in this newsletter is information about the Southland Relay for Life. Congratulations to the Cancer Society team for having the catering for the event focused on healthy options with Pita Pit, fruit, water and teeny tiny cupcakes being available to purchase. Elmwood catering is responsible for cooking the breakfast which is guaranteed to be grilled and not fried. There will also be no hot chips, hot dogs or other high fat foods sold on-site.

Melissa Winter Southland HEHA Manager

This month’s newsletter includes:

HEHA Grants Relay for Life NEEDNT Food List Canteen Network

Super Kai Kitchen Update Safe Sleep Art Competition He Pataka Oranga Māori Traditional Games

ICC Funding and Submission Fuelled4Life Step it Out Movement for Health

HEHA Breastfeeding Grants Does your group need help to promote breastfeeding in your community? Breastfeeding helps lay the foundations of a healthy life for babies and also makes a positive contribution to the health and wider wellbeing of mothers. HEHA has grants available to support you or your group to develop projects and initiatives, or undertake workforce development that support the promotion, protection and support of breastfeeding in Southland and Otago. What could be funded? Furniture to enable comfortable breastfeeding at your local venue/workplace Breastfeeding books and DVDs Study or conference attendance Other resources or projects that will encourage and support mums to breastfeed Applications for the next round close at 4:00pm on Monday 5th March 2012. HEHA Māori Community Action Grants Fund The fund will support Māori community based projects that are action oriented and encourage implementation of the Healthy Eating Healthy Action and He Korowai Oranga strategies, whānau ora principles, key messages and outcomes that are directed toward Māori peoples making informed healthier food and drink choices and participating in active healthy lifestyles. What could be funded? Projects that have links to traditional and customary Māori food gathering, preparation and/or physical activities Projects that meet the needs of and benefit the Māori Community. Projects that interact Māori role models with korous (older men), kuia (older women, pakeke (adults), rangatahi

(youth) and tamariki (children). Applications for the next round close at 4.00pm on Monday 30th April 2012 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ For more information see www.southerndhb.govt.nz/heha or for more information about the Breastfeeding Grants phone HEHA Manager at Southern District Health Board on (03) 2181949 ext. 8643, melisssa.winter@southerndhb.govt.co.nz for more information on Māori Community Action Grants contact Makuini McKerchar at Nga Kete Matauranga Pounamu Charitable Trust on (03) 214 5123 or makuini@kaitahu.maori.nz

Celebrate, Remember, Fight Back! Saturday 10 March 2012 at Rugby Park, Invercargill - Opening Ceremony - 12pm Saturday - Candle Light ceremony - dusk Saturday - Closing Ceremony—10am Sunday Along with the mass camp-out, there will be entertainment, crazy challenges and fun experiences contrasting with the quiet strength, courage and dignity demonstrated by the Opening Survivors Lap, and the spiritually uplifting Candlelight Ceremony offering hope for the future. If you have any questions please feel free to contact: Debbie Jamieson relaysouth@cansocorg.nz 218 4108 Take strides against cancer...Sign up your Relay For Life Team today or donate to a team!

Non-essential (NEEDNT) food list - a new tool against obesity

From the University of Otago

Researchers at the University of Otago, Christchurch have de-veloped a new list of 49 ‘NEEDNT’ foods as part of a treatment research programme for obesity. The list, published in the latest New Zealand Medical Journal, has been developed primarily to help obese people more clearly identify those foods that are best avoided in a healthy diet and only eaten from time to time as a treat, or in some cases avoid-ed altogether. The list of 49 foods was compiled using the National Heart Foundation and Diabetes New Zealand’s ‘Foods to Avoid’, ‘Stop Eating’ and ‘Optional Foods’ lists, as well as the Canterbury Dis-trict Health Board’s ‘Supermarket Shopping Guide’. The list names the generic food, and suggests a healthier re-placement or none at all. For instance some of the foods where there is no easy low energy replacement according to the NEEDNT list are: muesli bars, ice cream, cakes, chocolate, doughnuts, jam, honey, pies and pastries. The authors say that with 63% of New Zealanders now either obese or overweight there is an urgent need for new strategies or guidelines to deal with this growing health issue, and the NEEDNT list is one possible approach. CLICK HERE to view the whole article and complete list of NEEDNT foods.

Classes get underway for 2012 at As-cot Community School on Thursday evening 1 March. Monday morning 10-1 will be another opportunity for peo-ple to learn basic, economical, healthy cooking. The supermarket tour, label reading and opportunity to meet new

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Canteen Network

Thanks to Heart Foundation and Public Health South the Southland Canteen Network is back under way. If you work in a school canteen or a school, come and learn about the Southland Catering Accord, the sup-ply of the St Peters Hostel off site menu, and chat with others working in school canteens. This will be an opportunity to share ideas and learn about what's up and coming including rebranding FBCS to Fuelled4life For more information contact: Please RSVP to Stella O’Connor: (03) 214 5444, fax (03) 214 5552 or StellaO@heartfoundation.org.nz

Safe Sleep Art Competition

Atawhaitia ahau i roto moemoea From my earliest beginnings, pursue protection so that i may dream

To help increase community understanding of infant safety, Southland HEHA are coordinating an art competition to support the ‘Keep Your Baby Safe in Sleep’ message. We are looking for attractive New Zealand, Māori and Pacific im-ages which promote breastfeeding, safe sleep and/or smokefree messages. Please note: Art must be either A3 (420 x 297 mm) or A2 (594 x 420 mm) in size Entries close Monday 23rd April 2012 Your art will portray New Zealand/Māori/Pacific images and may include text Art can be dropped into Maternity Reception at Southland Hospital or posted to Melissa Winter at the below address Entries may be exhibited in public spaces and reproduced in publications To celebrate the art and announce the prize winners, an exhibition will be held at Southland Hospital in Invercargill A $1000 prize pool which contains Whitcoulls, Pak n Save and Rebel Sport vouchers will be available for first, second and third places, along with three highly commended prizes. Please direct any queries about the competition to Melissa Winter on the details below. Sleep Safety Art Competition c/- Melissa Winter Southern District Health Board PO Box 828 Invercargill Ph.: (03) 2181949 ext.: 8643 Email: melissa.winter@southerndhb.govt.nz

He Pataka Oranga – A Storehouse of Well-being

A CD of 10 original waiata Maori, a Kohanga Reo activity folder and Hauora Toolkit developed by Te Kohanga Reo o Murihiku and Nga Kete Matauranga Pounamu. He Pataka Oranga is a Maori language teaching and learning resource within the context of hauora for Kohanga Reo. Accompanying the CD of 10 waiata Maori is a te reo Maori support folder with songbook of lyrics, suggested activities and a Kohanga Reo hauora toolkit. The 10 Kohanga Reo waiata composed by kaiako of Te Kohanga Reo o Murihiku focus on a range of hauora themes - the tikanga of manaaki, posi-tive social environments, our links to the physical environment, nutrition and physical activity, road safety, auahi kore, the importance of whanau, Maori language and tikanga. The Kohanga Reo ‘hauora toolkit’ provides support infor-mation and contact details specific to Kohanga Reo including infectious disease information and support. The hauora toolkit will be reviewed 3 monthly to ensure the latest and most up to date hauora information and advice. The over-all aim of the He Pataka Oranga programme is to strengthen the whanau ‘voice’ in hauora initiatives and programmes within Kohanga Reo settings. Leoma Tawaroa

Kaiako Matua Te Kohanga Reo o Murihiku (03) 216-9868 Kohanga@woosh.co.nz Raniera Tawaroa Te Piringa - Maori Health Promotion Nga Kete Matauranga Pounamu (03) 214-5123 Raniera@kaitahu.maori.nz Rhonda Newman Kaupapa Kaimahi Te Kohanga Reo National Trust (027) 687957 Rhonda@kohanga.ac.nz

Māori Traditional Games Programme

A collaborative relationship has been developed between Sport Southland and nga Rūnaka/Rūnanga ki Murihiku for the delivery of a Māori Traditional Games project in Southland. The relationship will seek to build capacity within the Māori community by increased partici-pation, leadership and the revitalisation of sport and traditional physical rec-reation. HEHA have contracted Sport Southland 0.5 FTE over 12 months and nga Rūnaka/Rūnanga ki Murihiku funding for each marae to develop a Māori Tra-ditional Games programme, in particular Ki-O-Rahi to be implemented in Southland schools and marae settings during 2012. The 0.5 FTE has been appointed and Shontelle Dixon is the successful candidate. Shontelle has a wealth of knowledge in this area, a passion for Māori culture and Ki-O-Rahi. Shontelle started her role at Sport Southland on Friday 24th February 2012. Shontelle is inspired by a proverb which encourages one to strive, to set goals, and to persevere: “Whaia e koe ki te iti kahurangi; ki te tuohu koe, me te maunga teitei” which means “seek the treasure you value most dearly; if you bow your head, let it be to a lofty mountain. Or Pursue that which is pre-cious, and do not be deterred by anything less than a lofty mountain. It is a whakatauki she has gone by since she was in high school. Watch this space for Māori Traditional Games workshop which will be available to the Southland community.

Invercargill City Council

Invercargill Active Communities Developing a project which aims to get Invercargill residents off the couch and more active? The Invercargill Active Communities Funding Scheme may be able to help you. Visit www.icc.govt.nz to find out more and download the application or phone Mary on 03 2111 777. Applications close at noon on 30 March. Invercargill City Child and Family Friendly Policy The Invercargill City Council has released its draft Child and Family Friendly Policy. Have your say on build-ing a Child and Family Friendly city. Visit www.icc.govt.nz for a copy of the policy and the submission form. Submissions close 30 March. Contact Mary Napper on 2111669 for further information.

Fuelled4life

Encouraging healthy food choices early in life can help create lifelong preferences for healthy foods and healthier children have higher classroom attendance and exhibit better behaviours. But providing healthy foods options is not an easy task without the right support. That’s where fuelled4life comes in. We’re offering schools a free tool that provides an easy and appealing solution to this challenge.

Fuelled4life is the new brand name for the Food and Beverage Classification System (FCBS). The system has been updated, simplified and made more user-friendly. It will help schools to provide cost effective, nutri-tious options that give children and young people more variety and choice. Heart Foundation Health Promotion Coordinators (HPCs) will be the main contact for fuelled4life as they were for the FBCS. All schools committed to Heart Foundation programmes will be automatically opted into fuelled4life. HPCs will support these schools to incorporate the system into their heart health action plan. Schools that are signed-up with fuelled4life will receive printed copies of the Buyers’ Guide (first edition due out in mid-March) newsletters, re-sources and will be eligible to attend workshops and be involved in competi-tions and promotions. All schools will have access to a new website in March www.fuelled4life.org.nz. The site will have tips, recipes and useful information for canteens. For more information: Contact Sally Hughes sallyh@heartfoundation.org.nz or 09 526 8425.

“ The Heart Foundation is here to help your school meet curriculum objectives and build lifelong learn-ers. For more support and resources go to: www.heartfoundation.org.nz

ABOUT

Step it Out is a brand new cam-paign designed to get Southland-ers walking. Step it Out will incor-porate a wide variety of initiatives to encourage and promote walk-ing in and around Southland; the-se initiatives were determined after consultation with the HEHA Network. Step it Out is funded by HEHA and delivered by Sport Southland, who are working with various organisations to deliver the initiatives to the community, including the Pacific Island Adviso-ry and Cultural Trust and Awarua Social and Health services. (For more information about the objec-tives and/or background of Step it Out, please contact Yvette Hodges at Sport Southland).

The first of these initiatives to be launched is the weekly Pram Walks aimed at parents, grandpar-ents and caregivers with young children, and including walks suita-ble for prams. (See enclosed flyer)

Awarua Social and Health services will soon launch ‘Awarua Hikoi Step it Out’; a daily walk group in Invercargill and weekly walk group in Bluff.

Also, as part of the campaign a website – www.stepitout.co.nz – will be up and running soon, with details on all things walking in Southland. Please encourage your client, staff, friends and whanau to use this website for walking ideas, inspiration and information.”

Older Adults Benefit From Ancient Exercise The ancient practice of Tai Chi has been rediscovered by older adults across New Zealand. Thousands are involved in classes and the trend is increasing steadily. Tai Chi classes are funded by ACC with the aim of re-ducing older adult falls by building up strength and balance. “Tai Chi is a really gentle form of exercise, so even people who suffer arthritis, or may have already had a fall, are able to participate,” said Ann Rose, AC-C’s Injury Prevention Spokesperson. ACC studies show that one in three people aged over 65 will fall each year and half of those over 80 will fall. Research has proven that a 16 week course of Tai Chi can reduce falls in the older adult bracket by 47.5%. ACC modified Tai Chi classes run for 20 weeks. “ACC’s Tai Chi classes are modified to provide a set of exercises that focus on improving lower limb strength and balance,” said Ann. Falls caused the greatest number of ACC claims in New Zealand from July 2006-June 2007. Over 150 people aged 65 or over died as a result of a fall and over 46,000 aged 65 and over were injured. Ann Rose said the worry of falling can cause people to become inactive which is a danger to their overall health. “Tai Chi pro-vides confidence as well as physical mobility, allowing people to feel safer being active in their homes.” To participate in ACC funded Tai Chi classes participants need to be: - Aged 65 years or older (55 years or older if Maori or Pacific - Living independently in the community - Have had a fall in the last 12 months, or if not had a fall, deemed to be at high risk of a fall by a registered health professional