Gareth West who works at Stokes Valley Koraunui Hub is a community champion. His love of gardening and fresh food led him to set up Awakairangi Garden Blitz, a community initiative where people come together to build a backyard vegetable garden in an afternoon. The goal is to create a network of māra kai around [...]
Quick Kai is a healthy fundraising model born out of the Hutt Real Food Challenge that was initiated by Healthy Families Lower Hutt and run with Hutt City Council and Enspiral in February 2017. Developed by Jocelyn Reddy, Head of Faculty Technology at Wainuiomata High School, Quick Kai is a healthy alternative to traditional school [...]
This season Wainuiomata Hockey Club joined the ‘Go the H2O’ movement that promotes water as the drink choice. By joining they were eligible for player of the day certificates with free pool passes to Council pools in the region. To celebrate their season and prize giving, Wainuiomata Hockey Club chose Naenae Pool as the venue [...]
Local community champions in the suburb of Naenae in Lower Hutt have decided to take action to Turn the Tide so that the youngest members of our whānau grow up in an environment that supports them to thrive and reach their potential. The desire to create a healthier place for our tamariki to grow up [...]
The Naenae Market has been running on Friday nights, from 4-7pm since August. Focusing on healthy kai, the market has brought new life and vibrancy to the town centre in Hillary Court. Fresh produce and healthy kai from food trucks and stalls combine with music and activities for kids to create a festive atmosphere. A [...]
Hutt City Council’s Communications and Marketing Team is the latest to join the Turning the Tide movement, working towards a healthier Lower Hutt. They have started ‘Move it Mondays’ to get out as a team at lunchtime and do some physical activity together. The creative team has come up with some interesting ways to get [...]
Randwick School in Moera, is the latest school to join the Turning the Tide movement to help to make Lower Hutt one of New Zealand’s healthiest cities. The small school is dedicated to the wellbeing of their pupils, teachers and community. They have been a water only school for more than two years now, have [...]
Hutt City Council’s Democratic Services Team have jumped on the activity bandwagon by taking regular lunchtime walks as a team. So far they have walked the Korokoro Loop Track and the Te Whiti Riser and they plan to do a walk a month. “Walking was suggested at a team meeting when we were deciding the [...]
Petone Library is embracing the kaupapa of Turning the Tide by using a Hutt City Council bike to get active while at work. Manager Liz Castle said staff like Ulu Afaese (pictured) use the bike to do visits to local Early Childhood Education centres for storytime, Bob Scott Retirement Village for Homebound deliveries and spins at lunchtime.
Cate and Jason Hall are passionate about smokefree. They run Ripe Coffee Company and have three 100% smokefree cafes in Lower Hutt. Smokefree is important to the Halls because of the effects of smoking on the community. Last year they joined the Turning the Tide movement when they made their Moera cafe, Mo Town, completely [...]
