Healthy Families Rotorua

14/10/2026

💚 Mental Health Awareness Week 2026.

Content warning: This video includes imagery depicting grief, loss and emotional distress, which some viewers may find upsetting. Please take care when watching.

This year's theme, Belonging Matters – Ko au ko koe, ko koe ko au (I am you, and you are me), reminds us how important connection, inclusion and a sense of belonging are to our mental wellbeing.

Whether it's checking in on someone, sharing a kōrero or simply making time for whānau and friends, small gestures can help people feel valued, connected and supported.

17/09/2026

Paraire: Te Reo Auaha | In the Arts
Te Reo Auaha shines a light on the artists, musicians, storytellers, filmmakers, designers, performers, and creatives helping te reo Māori thrive through expression and imagination.

15/09/2026

Wenerei: Te Reo i te Wāhi Mahi | In Work and Businesses
Te Reo i te Wāhi Mahi invites workplaces, schools, businesses, and organisations to explore how te reo Māori can become part of everyday professional life – from greetings and signage to meetings, teaching spaces, and customer interactions.

14/09/2026

Tūrei: Te Reo i te Kāinga | In the Home
Te Reo i te Kāinga shifts the focus inward, encouraging whānau to bring te reo into the rhythms of home life – through pepeha, kōrero at the dinner table, karakia, waiata, and the small everyday moments where language lives and grows 🤎

13/09/2026

Hari Wiki o Te Reo Māori 🥳
Today marks the beginning of Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori 2026 🎉

Here are 3 small but impactful ways we can all contribute to the revitalisation of te reo rangatira and be Toa Rauora for Te Reo Māori.

🗣️ Learn to pronounce Māori words correctly.

📍Learn and use the original Māori words for towns and cities in your everyday conversations - Tama-ki-makau-rau (Auckland), Kirikiriroa (Hamilton), etc.

🙋‍♂️Use Māori greetings daily: Ata mārie (Good morning), Kia ora (Hello), Ka kite anō (See you again), Pō mārie (Good night).

🏅Bonus tip: Use https://maoridictionary.co.nz/ for all your simple Māori-to-English or English-to-Māori translation queries.

Ahakoa he iti, he pounamu - Although small, it is precious like pounamu 💚
Kia kaha te reo Māori, e te iwi 🙌

10/09/2026

We went door-knocking along Ariariterangi Street this morning to start mapping the heritage fruit trees growing around Ōhinemutu as part of our Ngā Rākau Huaora kaupapa, a collab with Maraeroa Mahinga Kai.

We were thrilled to find apple, mandarin, lemon, lemonade, orange, grape, plum and fig trees, with whānau happy for us to take cuttings from these special old trees so they can be propagated and shared with future generations.

Through Ngā Rākau Huaora, we hope to help care for these trees, preserve the stories connected to them, and eventually distribute new trees grown from the OGs back out into the community.

We’ll be making our way around the rest of Ōhinemutu over the coming days, so if you have an old fruit tree at your whare that you’d like to be part of the kaupapa, let us know! 🌳🍎🍋

08/09/2026

Local organisations working with and for rangatahi are reconnecting through Pūtake Nui to explore how they can collaborate more effectively to support rangatahi across Rotorua. The latest hui brought people back around the table to share what they’re seeing, where the gaps are, and where working together could make a difference. Read more below 👇

A collective impact approach to support rangatahi reach their potential is bringing local organisations together to look at where their combined influence

27/08/2026

Ngā mihi to everyone who took part in and contributed to the Hā o te Ora prototype, where we explored how taonga puoro could support smoking and va**ng cessation. In this video, we hear from some of the team behind the kaupapa, as well as one of the participants, who share their experiences of Hā o te Ora.

Hā o te Ora was a prototype exploring a te ao Māori approach to smo...

24/08/2026

We're bringing together organisations working alongside rangatahi to explore how they can better support rangatahi aspirations across Rotorua. Building on what rangatahi have already told us about what helps them thrive and the barriers they face, the group will co-design a collective impact session to look at where stronger connections, shared knowledge, and collective influence could make a difference.

An ecosystem of organisations working with rangatahi across Rotorua is coming together to explore how they can better support rangatahi aspirations across the