ORANGA KAI – ORANGA PUMAU ACTION REPORT

ISSUE 5, SEPT. 2007 LAUNCH OF FOOD AND BEVERAGE CLASSIFICATION SUPPORT RESOURCES

TIPS-BASED APPROACH TO HEALTHY EATING

CELEBRATING WORLD BREASTFEEDING WEEK ‘FRUITY FRIDAY’ IN SCHOOLS ORANGA KAI – ORANGA PUMAU ISSUE: 05 ACTION REPORT SEPT. 2007

AN INTRODUCTION FROM DR COLIN FEEK – PAGE 

An update from Dr Colin Feek

Since the last HEHA Action Report was published in July, the Ministry’s HEHA Project team now has a new interim Deputy Director-General and is no longer a part of the former Public Health Directorate of the Ministry of Health. DR COLIN FEEK

I am the interim Deputy-Director General of the I’m excited to now be part of the implementation Sector Capability and Innovation Directorate, of the Healthy Eating – Healthy Action Strategy. We of which the HEHA Project team is now a do have a long way to go yet, but huge inroads are part, alongside other Ministry initiatives like already being made, thanks to dedicated people in Primary Health Care delivery, tobacco policy and the health sector that share the Ministry’s goals of implementation, Ma-ori service development, the improving nutrition, increasing physical activity and Pacific provider development fund and oral health, reducing obesity. for example. The HEHA Project team remains busy with their heavy You may or may not be aware of the Ministry’s workload. Most of you will be aware that the Minister Change and Development programme which got launched the support resources for the Food and underway on 1 July. The changes support the Beverage Classification System in mid-July. This Ministry to achieve a higher-performing health was a significant milestone for us at the Ministry sector and will improve our service to the Minister and I’m sure for those of you working in the nutrition of Health . and physical activity sectors. All schools and early childhood education services around the country The Sector Capability and Innovation Directorate have now received their copies of the resources and is responsible for working proactively with the we’ve had plenty of positive feedback from both the sector to support implementation, build capacity health and education sectors since the launch. and share innovations across the sector that support operationalising the Minister’s strategic priorities. There are plenty of other exciting HEHA initiatives also getting underway and they are profiled in more Some of you in the sector may already know me detail in this issue of the HEHA Action Report. from previous roles at the Ministry of Health. I began in 1994 as the Chief Medical Advisor, and then in 2001 became the Deputy Director-General of Clinical Services. My background is in endocrinology and, after immigrating to New Zealand from the UK in Dr Colin Feek 1987, I was a specialist endocrinologist at Interim Deputy Director-General Hospital before joining the Ministry in 1994. Sector Capability and Innovation ORANGA KAI – ORANGA PUMAU ISSUE: 05 ACTION REPORT SEPT. 2007

Minister of Health Launches Food and Beverage Classification System Support Resources – PAGE 

Minister of Health Launches Food and Beverage Classification System Support Resources

All primary and secondary schools and early childhood education services have now received copies of the Ministry’s Food and Beverage Classification System support resources to help them make healthy choices when it comes to selecting food and drink options.

The package of support resources was launched by the Minister of Health Pete Hodgson in July at

Massey High School in West Auckland – a school that Minister of Health Pete Hodgson launching the support resources at has successfully removed 400 kilograms of sugar a Massey High. In background, Principal of Massey High, Bruce Ritchie. month by eliminating the full-sugar fizzy and energy drinks, as part of the Waitemata District Health promoting and encouraging the consumption of Board Beverage Classification System. healthy food options in the education setting. Cynthia says, “we hope the Food and Beverage Classification System actually increases the amount and variety of food and drink options available in the education setting. The support resources for schools include a User Guide and Catering Guidelines and ECE services have their own User Guide and a Recipe Book.” “The Food and Beverage Classification System groups foods into three categories for consumption – everyday, sometimes and occasionally. We want schools and ECE services to work on removing the occasional foods from the menus. That’s foods high in fat and/or salt and sugar, for example, confectionary and chocolate, deep-fried foods, high-fat pastry products and full-sugar fizzy drinks.” Cynthia says, “when we launched the support resources back in July, we were asked whether the Food and Beverage Classification System was Small actions like removing full-sugar fizzy drinks going to be compulsory and if all schools and and replacing them with water, milk and diet options ECE services were required to implement it. can have huge effects on a school environment and Recent changes to the Ministry of Education’s the Ministry of Health’s Healthy Eating – Healthy Action National Administration Guidelines will mean that Project team has already seen other schools and in all state and state-integrated schools where early childhood education (ECE) services also striving food and beverages are sold on school premises, to provide healthy food and drink options to children. only healthy options will be made available from HEHA Programme Manager Cynthia Maling says 1 June 2008. Schools will also be required to the Ministry is not banning any foods, but is simply promote healthy food and nutrition for all students.

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Minister of Health Launches Food and Beverage Classification System Support Resources – PAGE 

A support programme will also be rolled out by the end of 2007. This will help canteen and kitchen staff in making healthy choices when it comes to the consumption of food and drinks. Improving nutrition in the school and early childhood education settings is initiative one of Mission-On. Mission-On is a broad-based package of ten initiatives aimed at 0 to 24-year-olds, focusing on physical activity and nutrition. It helps children, young people and their families to make healthy choices and to improve their health outcomes. Minister of Health talking to a Massey High All of the support resources for the Food and Hospitality and Catering student. Beverage Classification System are available online at the Ministry of Health website – http://www.moh. Licensed ECE services are required to meet the govt.nz/moh.nsf/indexmh/heha-foodclassification nutritional needs of children who attend the service. Early childhood education service regulatory requirements are currently under review. It is proposed that this nutrition-related requirement continue, with the additional obligation for early childhood education services to encourage healthy eating guidelines when parents provide food for children to eat while at the service. The Food and Beverage Classification System will be a useful tool to help schools and ECE services meet regulatory obligations. Cynthia Maling says at the moment, work is underway to create a product registration database which will be in the form of a website. This website will list products available for sale in New Zealand and will categorise them into the everyday, sometimes and occasional categories. “This will make it very clear to canteen and kitchen Mission-On lifestyle ambassador staff just what is an ‘everyday’ food and what should Bernice Mene talks to Massey High be limited to once a term.” students at the launch. ORANGA KAI – ORANGA PUMAU ISSUE: 05 ACTION REPORT SEPT. 2007

Building a tips-based approach to healthy eating – PAGE 

Building a tips-based approach to healthy eating – from community promotions to a new media campaign

The strategy of offering simple, practical tips on healthy diets for children has been steadily gaining ground with audiences since the launch of the Feeding our Futures programme in May.

As Michelle Mako, Programme Manager explains; “we’ve received a lot of interest from parents, schools, and health promoters about how the tips and healthy eating messages can be used to support nutrition efforts with families and local communities. “We know that achieving good nutrition for kids isn’t just a case of doing one thing well. Instead, good nutrition requires a variety of strategies to come together. That’s why we’ve focused on providing parents with a number of tips that they can select from, that will be easy to incorporate into their busy lives.” The new social marketing programme also seeks to support the efforts of health promoters and those working in community nutrition by spotlighting Feeding our Futures promotion at Eastgate Shopping Mall in Christchurch. important healthy eating messages at a national level. The HSC encourages organisations to explore ways the messages can be used to support local and Following the launch of the campaign, the team regional activities. One recent example was seen at is working on three new tips for parents that will Eastgate Shopping Mall, at a healthy eating event for appear on TV in October. These will run across families run by Christchurch Community and Public regional radio, community papers, bus shelters and Health. The event brought the messages ‘involve magazines. “The new messages will have a strong your child in food preparation’ and ‘make water or focus on fruit and vegetables, including a message milk the first choice’ to life for children and their about healthy snacks,” says Michelle. families (see overleaf for full story). The team is currently planning how the new Initial results from consumer tips will be supported by resources, and testing are encouraging, with is keen to hear from organisations about parents showing support for fruit and vegetable resources that have the tips-based approach to been effective in helping parents improve healthy eating for families. their children’s diets. If you would like to In addition, parents are asking talk to the HSC about this please email for more tips on ways they can Hereni Coffin at [email protected] continue to ensure healthy diets for children.

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Building a tips-based approach to healthy eating – PAGE 

Local leadership for Feeding Our Futures The Nutrition and Physical Activity Team of Christchurch’s Community and Public Health seized the opportunity to showcase Feeding our Futures at a local level through a promotional event at Eastgate Shopping Mall during the July school holidays. Penny Wilson, Health Promoter for the Nutrition and Physical Activity Team says, “It was perfect timing and too good an opportunity to miss! The combination of the school holidays and the high Visitors were given a variety of recipes to take visibility of the Feeding our Futures media campaign home with them, to help put ideas into practice presented an ideal chance to really drive the and carry on the inspiration. The event helped messages home at a local level with the support forge community links and contacts – for example, of Eastgate.” there were requests to support an out of school programme and to do a healthy eating talk at a local Eastgate Shopping Mall was chosen as a venue Pacific Island church. because it offers a good focal point for the east Christchurch area, which has a high proportion of If you are feeling inspired to run a similar promotion Ma-ori and Pacific families. in your local community, you can contact Penny Wilson at [email protected] or contact The promotion was set up in a central area beside Hereni Coffin in theFeeding our Futures team at the mall’s main information stand, which also [email protected] borders the food court. The team utilised three large banners displaying images from the Feeding Our Futures resources now available to TV commercials to highlight the order online three current key messages Free printed resources (posters and information of the Feeding our Futures cards) and information about other merchandise, campaign – the benefits of including a CD of the TV ads, are now available eating together regularly as on our website. Plus look out for the new recipes a family, involving children in section for meals that are easy to prepare, low-cost food preparation and providing and great to make with the help of kids. Just visit water and milk instead of www.feedingourfutures.org.nz sugary drinks. Getting kids cooking on the TV Hands-on activities included make-your- own fruit kebabs and sandwiches, cooking The message ‘get kids involved in food preparation’ demonstrations and taste testings, and has been receiving great support through TV cooking supermarket tours. Children demonstrated activities recently. Public Health Nutritionist strong interest in taking part, especially Bronwen King appeared on Good Morning TV during having the creative freedom to choose August creating healthy recipes that are ideal to what to put in their sandwiches! make with kids. Prior to that Chef Rick Rutledge- Manning appeared on Good Morning in July for Qualified dieticians from the team ran half- Feeding our Futures, making a number of healthy hourly supermarket tours to teach people recipes with the help of kids. Look out for all recipes how to read and understand food labels and from these TV shows on the Feeding our Futures how to make healthy choices. website.http://www.feedingourfutures/recipes.html Samples of vege stir-fries and vegetable soup proved a big hit, with six woks of vegetables and five litres of soup being consumed. Fruit smoothies were also well received. ORANGA KAI – ORANGA PUMAU ISSUE: 05 ACTION REPORT SEPT. 2007

Ministry of Health celebrates World Breastfeeding Week – PAGE 

Ministry of Health celebrates World Breastfeeding Week

As the Ministry of Health celebrated World We know that there are some instances where mothers do not breastfeed and The Code in Breastfeeding Week last month, Kiwis were also New Zealand ensures that mums have access to adequate information about breast-milk reminded that breastfeeding is the normal, natural substitutes (e.g. infant formula) to make decisions way to feed their babies. Breastfeeding is part of for their baby, based on impartial information and free of commercial influences.” laying the foundations for a healthy life from infancy The publication of The Code in New Zealand is and childhood and a really important tool to improve the latest in a range of initiatives by the Ministry of Health to promote, protect and support the health outcomes for New Zealanders. breastfeeding, including the revision of the Food and Nutrition Guidelines for Healthy Infants and Toddlers (Aged 0-2): A background paper draft Dr Debbie Ryan, Chief Advisor of Pacific Health says document which is now available on the Ministry’s the Ministry has plenty of strategies, programmes website. These guidelines provide a best practice and initiatives underway to support breastfeeding, guide for infant and young child feeding and give including implementing the International Code of information about the ingredients, composition and Marketing of Breast-milk Substitutes and publishing use of formula. The guidelines can be used as a a new document about the International Code in companion document to The Code in New Zealand. New Zealand. For more information on the Code in New Zealand, Dr Ryan says the publication Implementing and and Food and Nutrition Guidelines see the Ministry of Monitoring the International Code of Marketing of Health website nutrition page. Breast-milk Substitutes in New Zealand: The Code Later this year a national breastfeeding promotion in New Zealand includes the Code of Practice for campaign will get underway to increase the number Health Workers and the New Zealand Infant Formula of New Zealand babies who are breastfed and Marketers’ Association Code of Practice for the increase the length of time they’re breastfed for. Marketing of Infant Formula and is now a single, Meanwhile, the National Breastfeeding Advisory standard reference document. Committee (NBAC) is developing a national “The Code in New Zealand ensures health workers breastfeeding strategic plan to present to the protect, promote and support breastfeeding, Director-General of Health later this year. giving clear, consistent and accurate information The overall vision for the national breastfeeding about the importance of breastfeeding and create promotion campaign is that every child’s opportunity a breastfeeding friendly environment in their to be breastfed is promoted and supported by organisation. It also means that infant formula families, health systems, workplaces, communities shouldn’t be marketed in New Zealand, and follow- and society as a whole. on formula shouldn’t be marketed in a way that undermines breastfeeding.” She says, “The Health Workers Code, included in the revised publication, also requires health workers to meet their obligation to give detailed information and advice to parents, caregivers and families of breastfed and formula-fed infants on infant feeding.

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Ministry of Health celebrates World Breastfeeding Week – PAGE 

The campaign plan highlights three key systems The Baby Friendly Community Initiative also aims within which interventions should be targeted – to protect, promote and support breastfeeding for the health system, wha-nau/family and communities healthy mothers and babies. It has been developed and workplaces. Within these systems we need to for use in the community by adapting the Baby increase the responsiveness to Ma-ori and Pacific Friendly Hospital Initiative. The New Zealand peoples and deliver services in a way that is effective Breastfeeding Authority also has the responsibility for these groups. of implementing the Baby Friendly Community Initiative, which is already being piloted in five Under the plan there will be specific activities to District Health Board (DHB) regions – Hawke’s achieve the following three objectives: Bay, Counties Manukau, Waitemata, Wairarapa and • to increase tangible support to aid mothers Nelson/Marlborough. DHBs have a significant role to breastfeed to play in supporting the Baby Friendly Initiative. • to increase emotional support to aid mothers to breastfeed There are three main objectives for the Baby Friendly • to increase informational support to aid mothers Community Initiative: to breastfeed. • increasing the percentage of babies who are breastfed “Ma-ori and Pacific peoples have been identified as • increasing the duration of exclusive breastfeeding the key priority groups for the campaign, but the • sustaining breastfeeding after six months along- campaign, once rolled out, will reach high-needs side the introduction of appropriate, adequate groups of all ethnicities.” and safe complementary foods. Debbie says although New Zealand has breast- feeding rates at birth that are consistent with other OECD countries, rates are lower at six weeks, especially among Ma-ori and Pacific women. The national breastfeeding promotion campaign is an important opportunity to contribute to efforts to improve the long-term health of the population and reduce health inequalities between population groups. The Baby Friendly Hospital and Community Initiatives have been established to increase Meanwhile, Kiwi mums took part in the Big World breastfeeding rates by protecting, promoting Wide Latch On, on Wednesday 8 August, as part and supporting breastfeeding. The New Zealand of the celebrations during World Breastfeeding Breastfeeding Authority holds the contract with the Week. Beginning at 10am in New Zealand, 907 Ministry of Health to assess and accredit maternity breastfeeding mums in about 100 different locations facilities for the Baby Friendly Hospital Initiative around the country broke the New Zealand record of (BFHI) and important progress has already been the most women breastfeeding simultaneously. made. At the beginning of this year, 70% of For more information about breastfeeding in the maternity facilities in New Zealand were accredited. workplace, refer to the Department of Labour and By the end of 2007, the New Zealand Breastfeeding Women’s Health Action websites. Authority hopes that will rise to 95%. The Baby Friendly Hospital Initiative is a global campaign of STOP PRESS the World Health Organisation (WHO) and the United New Zealand has become the World Breastfeeding Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF). Champion of the World until another country The goal is to increase breastfeeding initiation achieves a higher national score of sbm/tbb and duration rates by protecting, promoting and (simultaneously breastfeeding mothers per thousand supporting breastfeeding. The Government requires babies born). The Philippines, the winner for 2006, that all maternity facilities are BFHI accredited. graciously passes the torch to New Zealand. ORANGA KAI – ORANGA PUMAU ISSUE: 05 ACTION REPORT SEPT. 2007

FOOD INDUSTRY NEWS... – PAGE 

Food Industry News…

Making healthier bread, pies and chips are just three of many food industry projects on the go at present which have the goal of improving the nutrition intake of New Zealanders.

All projects involve New Zealanders love bread. However a quarter working within the of our sodium intake comes from bread and Healthy Eating – Healthy New Zealanders’ average sodium intake is over a Action parameters and double what it should be on a daily basis. For this the goals of the Food reason, the Heart Foundation is working on a food Industry Group, in reformulation project behind the scenes with two accordance with the major food manufacturers who are committed to Food Industry Accord. reducing salt in their low-cost white breads. The aim is to reduce the sodium content of some of these The projects are examples higher volume and low cost products to a target of of food industry and health 450mg per 100grams for bread. professionals working to- gether to help find solutions Another group, The Chip for healthier New Zealanders. Group, was formed with a major objective of The good old kiwi pie is reducing the national something many New Zealanders have average fat content of enjoyed for decades. So making sure they are hot chips. Their target is good quality and low in fat is vital. Some specific a 20% reduction from a pie manufacturers have spent considerable time national average of 11.5% and effort recently in finding ways of changing to an average of 9.2%. their recipe ingredients along with the making Using Best Practice Frying and baking methods so that the finished product Recommendations and The Crisco has considerably less fat, salt and energy levels Oils Best Chip Shop Competition, the Group is compared with others pies available. Many getting its information through to the large number of these reformulated products now have saturated of operators in the country and achieving great fat levels below 7.5 g per 100 grams with some at results. In the 2006 competition the fat content of the the 5% mark. Some of the pies which have been chips of the 76 finalists averaged 9.05% with all of reformulated are able to be sold in the ‘sometimes’ them selling chips below the national average. This category under the new Food and Beverage is a tremendous effort and outcome for the group. Classification System. A comprehensive survey was undertaken in April to To encourage other pie manufacturers to also gain an accurate picture of the chip industry. reduce the fat and salt in their pies, and increase After industry consultation, Industry standards their quality, The Pie Group has been set up. It is just have been established for independent takeaway completing its terms of reference. Members include operators. A strategy to disseminate these standards not only baking industry representatives, ingredient is being finalised. suppliers, pie manufacturers, BIANZ and the Food All of these projects create wins not only for the food Industry Group, but also the National Heart industry but also for consumers. Foundation of New Zealand, Auckland Regional Public Health Service (ARPHS) and an observer This article was submitted by Vicki Hamilton, on behalf of member from the Ministry of Health. the Food Industry Group. CONTINUED ON PAGE 10 ORANGA KAI – ORANGA PUMAU ISSUE: 05 ACTION REPORT SEPT. 2007

FOOD INDUSTRY NEWS... – PAGE 10

Guidelines for the management of overweight News from the HEHA and obesity Project Team... Guidelines for the management of overweight and Community Obesity Prevention Project obesity are being developed, which will recommend best practice to clinicians and public health Budget 2007 saw the allocation of $5 million to professionals on the management of overweight establish the Community Obesity Prevention Project, and obesity in both children and adults. which will go towards funding community-based projects focused on obesity, nutrition and physical A Guidelines Steering Group has been formed to activity for Ma-ori and Pacific peoples. help inform the development of the guidelines, which are due for completion next year. The project will be included in Crown Funding Agreement variations with District Health Boards The Clinical Trials Research Unit (CTRU) of the (DHBs) for 2007/08 and out-years. University of Auckland has been contracted to undertake a review of the evidence base for Since the budget announcement, the HEHA Project the national guidelines for the management of team has set up a Pacific stakeholder group and overweight and obesity to inform their development. a Ma-ori stakeholder group (made up of providers, funding and planning staff from DHBs and nutrition Members of the Guidelines Steering Group have and physical activity experts) to discuss the been selected and recently met for the first time, components of the Crown Funding Agreement. with a presentation from the CTRU. They include:

Prof Peter Crampton (Chair) Prof Barry Taylor Dr Teuila Percival Dr Ate Moala Hiki Pihema Dr Simon Mayhew Dr Jane Elmslie Kawshi De Silva Dr Jeremy Krebs Mary-Anne Cameron Diana O Neill Phillip Morreau Rob Fris Teresa Wall Dr Debbie Ryan Dr Pat Tuohy Dr Sandy Dawson

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FOOD INDUSTRY NEWS... – PAGE 11

HEHA DHB Evaluation Fund Update on HEHA research and evaluation The Ministry’s DHB Evaluation Fund was established The Ministry contracted SHORE/Whariki at Massey earlier this year to provide funding for evaluating University to undertake five three-day HEHA Easy nutrition and physical activity initiatives. Evaluation Workshops around the country. Initial feedback from the training has been very positive. Evaluating the success of HEHA initiatives will We are considering what further support can be develop an evidence base of what works and what implemented to develop evaluation capacity. doesn’t, to support improved nutrition, increased The workshops were held in Auckland, Hamilton, physical activity and reduced obesity. Wellington and Christchurch. It was unfortunate The fund provides $1.6 million a year to DHBs only. that the Northland Workshop was unable to be The initiatives evaluated don’t have to be DHB-led, held due to flooding. however DHB’s must manage the evaluation process. The Ministry of Health has contracted a consortium The first round of funding was held earlier in of researchers/evaluators to conduct a detailed the year and ten initiatives have been selected scoping of the HEHA Strategy evaluation in through a Request for Proposal (RFP) process collaboration with the Ministry. These include the to receive funding. University of Otago, Victoria University of Wellington, , Auckland University of Technology They are as follows: and Ngati Porou Hauora, led by Professor Jim Title DHB Mann (Centre for Translational Research in Chronic Play Strategy Otago Disease, based at University of Otago) and Jackie Tongan Community Action Project – Cumming (Health Services Research Centre, Phase 2 Canterbury Victoria University of Wellington). This scoping Project Replace – One Step at a time project is scheduled for completion in November. TAMA TU, TAMA ORA It will be followed by the implementation of the (He who stands lives) Bay of Plenty plan. Consortium members will consult a range of Pathway to Health – stakeholders to inform the scoping development. an Active Communities initiative in Meanwhile, scoping is underway to develop a the Eastern Bay of Plenty Bay of Plenty Research and Evaluation Database. SPARC and WAVE (Well-being and Vitality South the Ministry of Health are undertaking this as a in Education) Canterbury joint project. The purpose of this project is to create Grab a Bite That’s Right Whanganui and maintain an up-to-date New Zealand database Active Massey Waitemata of Healthy Eating – Healthy Action (HEHA) related Korikori A Iwi – Whakawhiti Ora Pai, research and evaluation literature (published, Te Hauora o Te Hiku o Te Ika, unpublished (grey) and in-progress). The database Te Runanga o Te Rarawa, Ngati Hine will be accessible and useful to providers, researchers, Health Trust, Kia Ora Ngati Wai Northland and policy makers and will enable the identification Green Prescription Communities Northland of potential gaps in research and evaluation. The Shake it, Beat it, Learn it Capital and database may be expanded by SPARC to include Coast sport and exercise science literature. The database A second round of funding will be carried out this will enable easier access to NZ-related research and financial year with applications due by 12 November, evaluation that may not have been published, and 2007. Contact your DHB HEHA Project Manager for enable contacts and linkages to be made within and further details. with the research and evaluation sector. ORANGA KAI – ORANGA PUMAU ISSUE: 05 ACTION REPORT SEPT. 2007

Sport Canterbury Promotes ‘Fruity Friday’ in Christchurch Schools – PAGE 12

Sport Canterbury Promotes ‘Fruity Friday’ in Christchurch Schools

Sport Canterbury has come up with a fun initiative Gill hopes that the children involved in Sport Canterbury’s ‘Fruity Friday’ will go home and tell to sell the Healthy Eating – Healthy Action message their parents about the day which will educate them to Christchurch Schools – ‘Fruity Friday!’ as well. Gill says the two schools who have held a ‘Fruity Friday’ – Linwood Avenue School and Bromley So far, two schools have held a ‘Fruity Friday’, where School – are part of Sport Canterbury’s Active students come to school dressed in the colour of Schools programme. The aim of Active Schools is their favourite fruit, then take part in a range of to create a positive physical activity culture within activities throughout the day, linking physical activity schools. Sport Canterbury is working with 13 schools to healthy eating. and their communities to make more children, more The brainchild behind the idea is Sport Canterbury’s active, more often. Active Schools facilitator Gill Holland. Gill says her Ideas for a ‘Fruity Friday’ aim was to think of a simple idea which schools could easily work with and repeat throughout the • Fruit games where the teams are named year. More schools are set to hold a ‘Fruity Friday’ after pieces of fruit. The team games can in the coming months. be anything from simple relay races involving hopping/skipping/jumping and running. Linwood Avenue School pupils “Having been a primary school teacher myself, • Fruit card snap – children are given a name celebrate ‘Fruity Friday’. I was able to help schools plan the day and give them of a piece of fruit and have to find their lots of fun ideas for cross-curricular activities which fruity partner. linked physical activity to healthy eating.” • An activity where the children make fresh Gill says at the very first ‘Fruity Friday’ at Linwood fruit salad/smoothies or juices, with help Avenue School, triathlete Rebecca Wardell came from parents. and spoke to the children about the importance of • Fruity acrostic poetry – e.g. APPLE = regular training and eating healthily. A fruity balloon Active People Practice Lots of Events. launch was held at lunchtime where children • Children could design fruity sports shoes/T-Shirts simultaneously let go of balloons with messages – which could then actually be produced. attached to them. The popular children’s television show ‘What Now’ also came in the afternoon and judged a fruity hat competition. Because Linwood Avenue School is also part of the Fruit in Schools Programme, the children used the fruit for that day to create fruity treats such as fruit kebabs. “‘Fruity Friday’ shows children that physical activity and healthy eating can be fun and are both necessary to maintain a healthy lifestyle. Children learn the most when they enjoy what they are doing.” ORANGA KAI – ORANGA PUMAU ISSUE: 05 ACTION REPORT SEPT. 2007

DHB HEHA Project Manager Profile – PAGE 13

DHB HEHA Project Manager Profile Introducing Wendy Donaldson…

Wendy Donaldson says she’s having to prioritise her Profiling Reporoa College... own physical activity into her life for the first time Prime Minister Helen Clark officially opened the school in 22 years, with her new role as Lakes DHB HEHA canteen at Reporoa College on 11 May this year. Project Manager. Reporoa College, located halfway between Rotorua She says sitting for hours on end at the computer and Taupo, has taken a leaf out of celebrity chef and being inactive for long periods of time is difficult Jamie Oliver’s book – providing $5 hot meals for for her as she has always been passionate about students five days a week. exercise. In her last job as Head of Department of Physical Education and Health at Te Puke High Wendy says Reporoa College is the first non- School, Wendy took 18,000 steps in a day, but since boarding school in New Zealand to offer hot meals starting at Lakes DHB in April, this has dwindled to its students. to 5000 steps She says because the focus was on healthy eating, Prior to commencing her DHB HEHA Project Reporoa College doesn’t have fat fryers. Although Manager role, the past few years have been spent fish and chips are still on the menu, they are oven- playing representative netball and basketball, baked instead of deep-fried. teaching PE/Health and coaching many different “It is a successful working example of a whole school sports teams. Wendy now does step aerobics school/community approach to health promotion. classes and resistance training for her own fitness The canteen/healthy food project was not just an and energy. isolated project, it was part of a holistic approach “I have seen many school students discover taken by the school and community. The initiatives ‘exercise’ and have turned their lives around as in place at Reporoa College are sustainable because a result. The force of fitness! In my teaching and they have local community ownership. leading of a department I always followed by the The canteen food served at Reporoa College follows principles of Mason Durie’s Hauora. The subjects the Ministry of Education’s recommended Food and of health and physical education are all dependent Nutrition for Healthy, Confident Kids Guidelines. on the 4 dimensions of hauora – physical, mental, spiritual and social. They are all so interwoven I always tried to teach in that way.” Wendy says after 22 years of teaching in five different schools, raising three children and years of farming, having the chance to work at a community level to spread the HEHA message is exciting. “The key work for me with this project has been in establishing the community involvement by linking with existing networks and forming stakeholder groups. The amount of HEHA activity going on in our Rotorua/ Taupo/Turangi/Mangakino/ Reporoa communities is amazing. There are many dedicated people out there delivering the message of ‘get involved’.” She says the key HEHA stakeholder group will create Prime Minister Helen Clark with Reporoa College Principal a ‘Lakes vision’ for the HEHA Project and a local three Sue Winters, Rotorua MP Steve year action plan. A Ma-ori consultation plan is being Chadwick and students. scoped with the assistance of a Ma-ori stake-holder group. The nutrition and physical activity stocktake of initiatives will enable the stakeholder groups to establish what is happening now and what the gaps are. ORANGA KAI – ORANGA PUMAU ISSUE: 05 ACTION REPORT SEPT. 2007

MISSION-ON NEWS... – PAGE 14

Mission-On News…

Lifestyle Ambassador at work Students at Massey High School in West Auckland were treated to a special visit by Mission-On lifestyle ambassador and former Silver Fern Bernice Mene on July 17, as the Minister of Health Pete Hodgson launched the support resources for the Food and Beverage Classification System. Improving nutrition in the school and early childhood education settings is Initiative One of Mission-On. Bernice Mene chatted to Massey High students and staff and was interviewed by various media about the importance of healthy eating and physical activity. All schools and ECE services now have their own copy of the support resources and many have already Minister of Health Pete Hodgson at St James School, for the launch of Mission-On Initiative Two – begun working towards change to make healthy Student Health Promotion. choices the right choices. Bernice Mene is one of a number of lifestyle Student Health Promotion ambassadors who are working to promote healthy Minister of Health Pete Hodgson kicked off Initiative lifestyles and modelling healthy positive lifestyles. Two of the Mission-On campaign ‘Student Health Other 2007 lifestyle ambassadors include Promotion’ at St James School in Christchurch at John Campbell, Keven Mealamu, Indira Moala, the end of June. Laura Langman, Nathan Rarere, Spacifix, Footnote and Mervyn. St James School was chosen for the launch of the initiative for their achievements in creating a Mission-On lifestyle ambassador healthy food environment and delivering healthy Bernice Mene talks to Massey eating messages to their students, parents, High students at the launch. wha-nau and the whole school community. The student health promotion initiative involves a series of high profile events that promote food options and provide incentive and opportunities for students to get actively involved in learning about healthy nutrition. Since the initial launch event at St James School, other similar events have been held around the country at Waitakere College, Wanganui Girls College, De La Salle College in Auckland and Mountainview High School in Timaru. Schools have been selected to host such events based on their commitment to healthy eating and physical activity and the achievements they have made. A programme of events continues over the next few months. ORANGA KAI – ORANGA PUMAU ISSUE: 05 ACTION REPORT SEPT. 2007

LAST CALL FOR NOMINATIONS – PAGE 15

Last Call for Nominations for SPARC Cycle-Friendly Awards

There’s only about two weeks left to nominate “The prizewinners will be announced at a ceremony your favourite cycling projects or people in the on the 1st of November in Napier, by the Minister SPARC Cycle-Friendly Awards 2007. of Transport . The awards ceremony coincides with the New Zealand Cycling Conference.” The Cycle-Friendly Awards are designed to acknowledge and celebrate some of the most Gaz says last year’s winners included the notable achievements in the country that are Christchurch Little River Trail, the BikeWise national helping to promote cycling and to create a cycle- family fun ride event and a company providing friendly environment. The awards were devised lockable bike sheds, showers, clothes lockers and by the Cycling Advocates’ Network (CAN), the drying racks. The Canterbury University cycle- national organisation promoting everyday cycling, friendly sustainable transport initiative also took out and are sponsored by SPARC. a category in the 2006 awards. Nominations are currently being called for in five Nominations for the 2007 SPARC Cycle-Friendly different categories. They include: Awards are due by Friday 14 September. Nomination forms can be downloaded from 1. Avanti Award for Best Cycle Facility Project www.can.org.nz/awards and should be completed 2. Land Transport NZ Award for Best Cycling and emailed to [email protected] or posted to Promotion CAN, SPARC Cycle-Friendly Awards 2007, 3. Land Transport NZ Award for Cycle-Friendly PO Box 6491, Auckland. Commitment by Business 4. ViaStrada Award for Cycle-Friendly Commitment by Public Organisation 5. Roger Boulter Consulting Award for Cycling Champion of the Year Projects need to have been undertaken or completed between January 2006 and June 2007. The Roger Boulter Consulting Award for Cycling Champion of the Year is a new category for 2007. This award is designed to recognise the contributions made by individual New Zealanders to the promotion of cycling. SPARC Cycle-Friendly Awards coordinator Gaz Sanvicens says, “many Kiwis will know of an organisation, an individual or a project that’s made a real difference for them as a cyclist. It’s really simple to nominate them for a Cycle-Friendly Award.” ORANGA KAI – ORANGA PUMAU ISSUE: 05 ACTION REPORT SEPT. 2007

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The following include the latest publications and articles in the HEHA arena: Articles: Book: The current edition of The Victorian Health Obesity and Public Policy: Thinking clearly and Promotion Foundation (VicHealth) newsletter treading carefully critically examines the evidence examines the relationship between sport and about the causes and consequences of obesity. public health. http://www.scottishcouncilfoundation.org/docs/ Despite sports of all kinds emerging over the last obesity_and_public_policy_thinking_clearly_and_ 50 years, we’ve seen a steep decline in the amount treading_carefully.pdf of time allocated to sport and physical activity. People are less active than they were, and this is playing havoc with our health. So wouldn’t it seem logical that the connection between sport and public health would be as tight as a rugby scrum? That public health strategies would include sports and active recreation as an important element in tackling obesity and other health issues? Unfortunately, it isn’t happening to the degree necessary and although mutual understanding between the sectors is increasing, there remains much work to be done. In this issue of VicHealth Letter we explore some of the challenges of a public health/sport partnership. We also highlight some of the best examples of how sport is attracting more participants and promoting healthy environments – source http://www.vichealth. vic.gov.au/vichealthletter/ Australian academic Dr Michael Gard and the Scottish Council Foundation (SCF) published a report on the 24th of July examining issues in the current obesity epidemic debate. ORANGA KAI – ORANGA PUMAU ISSUE: 05 ACTION REPORT SEPT. 2007

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HEALTHY EATING HEALTHY ACTION TIPS

Healthy Eating is...

Making water or milk the first choice for drinks is the best option. Water is best – it’s cheap and easy to get. Keep a jug of cold water in the fridge or on your desk at work. Milk is a good drink for children because it’s highly nutritious and a good option to serve after or between meals.

Healthy Action is...

Physical activity doesn’t have to involve lycra and trainers, how about dance classes or just going out dancing – hip hop, cultural dance, rock ‘n roll, ballroom, latin, ceroc, line or other forms of dance are great fun, social, and good exercise too. Check out your Yellow Pages for courses in your area.

CONTACT DETAILS We would love to get your feedback on this bi-monthly newsletter and, of course, to hear how HEHA is being implemented in your respective regions. Please send your contributions to Victoria Evans – [email protected]