Men urged to get health WoF
17.11.09
More than 80 men and women from across Counties Manukau turned up to the Mana Tane hui at Papakura Marae to celebrate men's health more...
Diabetes - a global epidemic
17.11.09
Every 10 seconds someone in the world dies from diabetes more...
Pacific Let's Beat Diabetes Scholarships
17.11.09
The first Pacific Let's Beat Diabetes Nutrition and Dietectics Scholarships for Counties Manukau are now open more...
Talk with your doctor urged for Diabetes week
16.11.09
Allan Moffit, Director of Primary Care from Counties Manukau Health Board, urges people with Diabetes to attend regular check ups more...
Gardens grow with one-grants
06.11.09
Gardening projects aimed at getting Pacific communities to eat more fruit and vegetables are now eligible for an $8000 grant more...
Church celebrates Jazzacise Anniversary
17.08.09
For one year Lotu Moui Jazzercize classes at EFKS Manuwera have run every Thursday evening and every Saturday morning more...
Health education available in Hindi and Punjabi
07.08.09
South Asian communities are now able to access Self Management Programmes which help support those with long term health conditions more...
Cookbooks support Literacy Programme
22.07.09
Budget cookbooks have become a successful teaching resource for the Manukau Family Literacy Programme. By working with parents with literacy difficulties and their children more...
Thank you Counties Manukau
21.07.09
Counties Manukau audiences have engaged with the Let’s Beat Diabetes campaign at a rate rarely seen nationally with the hard-hitting advertising reached a recall rate between 80 to 90% for all of the target audiences more...
Winter workshops to manage Diabetes in Counties Manukau
15.07.09
Day and evening winter workshops will be running throughout South Auckland to help people cope with long-term conditions more...
Franklin Women invited to 2009 Big Latch On
29.06.09
Counties Manukau District Health Board has begun working with the Franklin District Council to improve regional breastfeeding rates through local leadership, planning and policy more...
Indian community surprised Type 2 Diabetes Preventable
28.05.09
Consumer group testing through the Let’s Beat Diabetes Programme has shown that a number of the Indian community in Counties Manukau are surprised more...
Dietitian uses simple tools to motivate
28.05.09
Every day the issue of obesity is in the news and experts provide many different reasons why populations all over the world are getting bigger. One thing that most experts agree on is that most people in the developed world including New Zealand are eating more energy-rich foods than they need. These foods which are very are high in fats and sugars, and also often high in salt more...
Pacific people - the canary in the mine
22.05.09
According to Dr Brandon Orr Walker, Clinical Director of the Let’s Beat Diabetes Programme in Counties Manukau, the Pacific people are New Zealand’s “canary in the mine” for obesity-related disease more...
The bigger the snack the bigger the slack
20.05.09
The bigger the snack the bigger the slack. That's the advice from LotuMoui Health Coordinator more...
Free cooking classes
22.05.09
Fun and free cooking classes are available now in Mangere for local people to learn simple home-cooking. “The classes are open to everyone and you don’t need to know much about cooking to come and join in,” more...
Strong commitment to live
29.04.09
Ten years ago Turi was in Middlemore Hospital, close to death. We weighed in at 261 kilograms more...
Free visit to GP to Manage silent disease
19.02.09
People with Type 2 Diabetes in Counties Manukau are being encouraged to visit their doctor for a free check up as part of the Get Checked Programme more ...
Minister of Health opens New Renal in Manukau
19.02.09
The Hon Tony Ryall opened the new Renal Unit at the Manukau Super Clinic this week during his first visit to the Counties Manukau District Health Board. The state-of-the art unit will cater for the growing demand for renal dialysis services within the Counties Manukau region. The region already services 430 dialysis patients, a quarter of all the dialysis patients in New Zealand. Demand for dialysis is expected to grow fuelled by rising obesity and chronic disease such as Type 2 Diabetes more...
South Auckland Health Education Campaign hits target
12.02.09
Monitoring results released this month for the first stage of the LBD Health Information Campaign show incredibly positive results for all of the diverse target groups more...
Health messages on Waitangi Day to grow community
03.02.09
The Let’s Beat Diabetes programme is supporting New Zealand’s second largest Waitangi Day Festival held in Manukau City. “Our involvement with this celebration is significant. The Treaty of Waitangi was and is a vision for our future to ensure that Maori and non-Maori prosper and grow together,” says Chad Paraone, Programme Director for Let’s Beat Diabetes more...
Great support helps local programme flourish
30.01.09
Otara-based Diabetes Projects Trust is successfully delivering their Healthy Schools Project to Secondary schools around Counties Manukau, and the greater Auckland area more...
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