Wellington Rugby League is leading the way in making their junior sporting fixtures family friendly. They “Go the H2O” and have water only sidelines. Their junior players are rewarded with Player of the Day certificates with free pool passes to Council owned pools in Lower Hutt, Upper Hutt, Porirua and Wellington. They strongly [...]
When Cate and Jason Hall from Ripe Coffee Roasters made their Lower Hutt café Mo Town 100% smokefree the decision was all about looking out for their customers. “As the years have gone by we’ve become more aware of people smoking especially around food and coffee, for us it is not a good [...]
Bronwyn Jahnke from Total Touch Wellington has run touch rugby modules in the Hutt since 2014. Bronwyn is taking action to make their modules a healthier place for young people to get active. Total Touch ‘Go the H2O’ and are pro water, providing easy access to water to their players through the Healthy [...]
Hutt Real Food Challenge kick starts local food initiatives It is amazing what can be achieved when 50 people with a passion for good local food get together over a weekend. This is what happened for the Hutt Real Food Challenge in February. The Hutt Real Food Challenge is a partnership between Heathy Families Lower [...]
Quick Kai is an idea born out of frustration of not having a healthy fundraising option to choose from at school. Led by Jocelyn Reddy, Head of Technology at Wainuiomata High School, Quick Kai has become the faculty and students’ real life product development project. From recipe development, to logo design and [...]
