TE KOROWAI HAUORA o HAURAKI

Ngahuru 2018

Kōrero o te wā

2

Kōrero o te wā

Hoe

CONTENTS

ContentsKaimahiLike Minds Like MineKaumātuaWhare Aroha Healthy Kai Hauora Poukura Ratonga

4,5 6,7 8 9 10 11-13 14, 15 16

COUNTING in MĀORIWhen counting things (not people), use E before that number, similar to saying “there are”. E whā ngā kuri (there are four dogs)

TOKU is added when counting less than 10 PEOPLE, answering the question - “How many people are there?” e.g Tokohia āu tamariki? (how many children do you have?) Tokotoru (three)

KOTAHI is used when counting both ONE thing or ONE person. Kotahi te whare - there is one house)Numbers higher than NINE do not have a prefix.

Te Reo Māori ia rā ia rā

ia rā

ia rā

ia rā

- ev

eryd

ay

Oh my, the months sure do roll by. Here we are already into April - and with that the end of the longer evenings that have been so pleasant throughout this autumn.

Yes, the end of Daylight Savings at Easter Weekend signals that winter is not too far away. The nights are getting cooler, but we are still being blessed with beautiful calm days, so make the most of it. Remember to step outside at night and look at the stars - if you’re lucky enough to be away from town lights, the sky has been absolutely brilliant. And with the change of seasons, now is the time to look after your health and prepare for the ills and chills of winter ahead.

Ensure you’re eating plenty of good, healthy kai - stay away from greasy takeaways and fizzy drinks and instead focus on wholesome foods, fruits and vegetables which are packed full of vitamins and minerals; get plenty of fresh air and exercise and try and do things that bring you joy. That might be spending time with whānau; relaxing outdoors with a good book; going for a leisurely stroll or even singing in the shower!

The better your health, the more you’ll be able to fight off those germs.

From the EDITOR - Jo Belworthy

1 tahi Kotahi te manu One bird 2 rua E rua ngā kuri Two dogs 3 toru E toru ngā ngeru Three cats 4 whā E whā ngā rakau Four trees 5 rima E rima ngā heihei Five chickens 6 ono Toko ono ngā tangata Six people 7 whitu Toko whitu ngā kōtiro Seven girls 8 waru Toku waru ngā tama Eight boys 9 iwa Toku iwa ngā tamariki Nine children 10 tekau Tekau ngā hipi Ten sheep

HOW MANY?To ask how many (things) say E hia? But this rule is not used when counting people. To ask how many people, you say Tokohia?

Whakataukiī

This refers to the releasing of something that is held captive allowing it to roam and move freely in its natural habitat.

It may also refer to the development of an idea that needs to be released to the

community to gain momentum

Reference: Hauraki Whakataukī - Kīwaha, Words and Phrases of Hauraki (2008) Hauraki Māori Trust Board (P18)

Tukua atu te hiku o te taniwha ki tana wai

e rere nei Release your hold on the tail

of the taniwha that it may roam free in the flowing water

Te Korowai Hauora o Hauraki Freephone: 0508 te korowai

0508 835 676

3

Kōrero o te wā POUKURA

From the MANUKURA HAUORA - Riana Manuel

Tēnā koutou e te whānau,Ngahuru, kura kai, kura tangata

Harvest-time, wealth of food, the wealth of peopleThis whakatauki alerts us to the time of year as we move into the 10th month of the Māori calendar. It was always a time for harvest and a whānau with a good harvest were considered wealthy and more likely to be well as we entered the leaner and harder months of

winter.

As we move toward Autumn and Winter starts to appear on the horizon, it is a time for us to be aware of all that this means for ourselves and our whānau.

No doubt after such an amazing summer we will be expecting a very

wet and cold winter and with that will come all of the winter illnesses.

We are currently awaiting the release of the flu vaccine and this is one really proactive thing you can do to protect

yourself from the seasonal flu.

So please check in with your clinic for further updates as to when these will

arrive.

The summer months have been incredibly busy this year and with the walk-in clinics we have

noted a steady increase in our client numbers.

The walk-in clinics mean that if you are acutely unwell you can access a nurse and a GP every day of the week without

having to make an appointment.

We will welcome Taima Campbell to our whānau as the new Clinical Services Manager as of the 3rd April 2018. Taima will take over the management of the Hauora (clinics and clinical) teams and the Hinengaro (mental health) teams.

Taima has exceptional experience in the health sector both

at regional and national levels. More locally she has been a member of our Board for just under six years and we are really looking forward to the impact she will make in these

areas moving forward.

I would also like to take the chance to welcome our NETP nurse Natasha Clifton who started with our whānau in

February.

Natasha is a new graduate nurse who has taken up the challenge to become

a rural practice nurse and like Dr Martin Mikaere is part of our strategy to grow and develop

more Māori clinicians.

We continue to grow some of our services, notably our Home Assist services, and

this will help to achieve our overall goal of “Hauraki, a

health nation”.

We have also released the first of our newly branded

cars which can be spotted as our Home Assist team move

around the motu.

A huge mihi to Keanu Manuel who designed the car wrap, it

really makes the cars stand out on the road and will hopefully create more

awareness of our services. “Mō tātou o Hauraki”

I want to thank you all for your continued support of our kaupapa and I look forward to future discussions as you

the whānau keep us informed about how we can provider better and more accessible services.

Naku nā,

Riana Manuel

Taima Campbell has been appointed as our new Clinical Services Manager.

Taima will oversee both Ohu Hauora (clinical whānau) and Ohu Hinengaro (mental health whānau).

Taima has been a board member for nearly 6 years and in 2015 was part of a

New Clinical Services Manager appointedjoint leadership role that oversaw the management of Te Korowai Hauora o Hauraki until CEO Riana Manuel took the reins in May 2015.

Many years’ experience

Taima is also a senior nurse leader and private consultant with many years experience in the health

sector at a local, regional and national level.

She has been a huge part of workforce and leadership development for clinicians over the past 20 years.

Taima takes on her new role on April 3.

4

Kōrero o te wā KAIMAHI

Meet our Kaimahi Jodi Waller Healthcare Assistant

Go Jodi!

What does your role involve? Healthcare Assistant- My role varies a lot and is very rewarding in many ways. I’m the ‘behind the scenes’ girl in the running of the Thames Clinic (sometimes float between our outer clinics). I try to make sure stock and supplies are full and up to date, ordering when need be. Cleaning and organisation is a big part in my role also, as well as recalls and allocating patient documents to our clinicians. I also have the pleasure of seeing our new patients for their first appointments as well as assisting the doctors with minor surgeries. Another rewarding part of my job is working with Debs to help and support our clients quit smoking.

How long have you been in this role? I have been in this role for a year now.

Previous positions within Te Korowai o Hauora o Hauraki: I assisted with the Needs Assessment process when that was happening around the Hauraki then moved into the reception role in Thames for a couple of years working with Michelle, now here as the HCA today.

What do you enjoy most about your role? I enjoy working alongside some very knowledgeable and interesting people. I am constantly learning and absorbing information from my peers and patients in this role which I love.

What do you like to do when you’re not working (at TK)? Anyone who knows me knows that I am a lover of food and cooking. Great for the soul! - not so much the waistline. If I’m not at a food show or a market, I’m usually in the kitchen. My love for food is a strong passion of mine and I hope to start my own food blog very soon.

Kia ora Jodi!

This picture is of me at the Auckland Noodle Night Market. Being surrounded by food and culture is one of my many happy places.

Te Korowai Hauora o Hauraki Freephone: 0508 te korowai 0508 835 676

1 year: Angela Reynolds, Jo Coghlan, Duni Murray, Sharon Daly, Marlene Bolton, Nicola Te Moananui, Rangimoana Heta, Gayle Catt, Sharon Saunders, Natalie Laurence, Jewels Raharaha, Lisa Corston, Mere Thorne

2 years: Naomi Gestro, Isaac Yeoman, Tanya Popp,Turaukawa Bartlett, Ngawehe Manuel, EJ Keretene-Tonga, Tania Scarborough, Roy Makiri, Sharnita Okafor, Sumhar Iri,

3 years: Judith Godwin, Gail Lewis, Jess Moulder, Jill Barrett, Cora Pakinga, Marceine Holmes,

AnniversariesSandra McDonald, Jonnie Hudson, Marie Bourke

4 years: Leonie Parata-Twist, Jennifer Lilley, Kate Campbell, Gail Hunter, Donna Boggs, Lauren Grace

5 years: Ripeka Renata, Radha Raikwar, Jim Kingi, Marlene Cousins

7 years: Hone Hawkins, Briar Ward

9 years: Ann Cameron

11 years: Katrina Burrell

12 years: Rita Tuira 17 years: Michelle Peters

Congratulations to Aimee Bartlett as she graduates with her tohu (degree). Koia kei a koe Aimee, he taumata kua ekea e te ihumanea.

5

Kōrero o te wā KAIMAHI

The life and times of Rachel and EJ

Business House Bowls: Te Korowai has entered 2 teams in the Business House Bowls competition in Thames - having heaps of fun and gaining some great bowl you over skills along the way

Isaac, Paula and Jewels decided to walk Jacob's ladder on Tuesdays and Thursdays as a Wellness Hour activity. It certainly got their heart pumping, opened their airways, not to mention the mental wellbeing and self satisfaction for a mission accomplished.

Despite what the photo above suggests, we do actually do some stretches and movement as well, but everyone just loves relaxation!! Great news for TK clients who are now invited to our Thursday yoga sessions for a gold coin koha. Keep in close contact with your calendar because classes run on a Tuesday one week and a Thursday the following. There is a slight hiccup in April as I have to head south for an exam on the 19th (!!) so dates for April are: April 5 (& clients); April 10; 17 (& clients) and 24 and then off alternately after that. Check out my FB page FB:HealthGroove Jo

Bliss ...

Yay!! Yoga is now being held every week for Te Korowai kaimahi and clients (every 2nd class)

Kaimahi let off some steam after working hard on their health promotion papers.

Rachel, Jodi, Bridget, right, and William (see cover page) have brought back invaluable skills after attending Health & Safety training in Auckland.

6

Kōrero o te wā LIKE MINDS LIKE MINE

By Aaron Woolley Like Minds Like Mine

coordinator Haere Ra! The time has come for me to say haere ra and goodbye as I embark on a new journey ahead and close the door to a long time legacy - not only as being involved in the foundation and setup of Like Minds Like Mine back in 1997 but a career covering 18 years working for Te Korowai Hauora o Hauraki.I have seen many changes - good and bad - over this time and I’ve seen many faces come and go, along with the many beautiful people I have had a privilege to share in my working life - some of these whānau who are no longer with us physically - but always with us in wairua.

I have enjoyed many roles over the past 18 years with Te Korowai and have been so blessed to have worked, not only with some amazing people but to serve Hauraki Whānui to the best of my ability. The best role in my whole career has been the Like Minds Like Mine programme.

With my own personal experience, passion, enthusiasm, dedication and drive - the best has been the people. Working at grassroots, out in the communities every day is where my heart has been and will always be. He aha te mea nui o te ao, he tangata, he tangata, he tangata - What is the most important thing in the world? It is the people, it is the people, it is the people

I have walked alongside many people over this time who experienced many mental health challenges, disabilities

Farewell to the Beautiful People of Hauraki

and other health issues and seen many great successes and achievements on the road to recovery.

We stood as Tangata Motuhake, Tangata Whaiora and Leaders in fighting for Equality, Inclusion, In Reducing

Stigma and Discrimination and breaking down many barriers, myths and

perceptions of stigma and discrimination pertaining to

mental illness.

We put Hauraki on the map in 1997 when we

took to the streets of Thames and saying enough was enough, that communities must unite and stand together, that mental health was us all!

We got 300 at the street march and from

that day the kaupapa of Like Minds Like Mine

spread right throughout the Thames Coromandel and

Hauraki regions.

We were honoured to be given a Regional Contract in 2008 and extend

our programme wider - right through the peninsula and Waikato regions as far as Tokoroa, Te Kuiti, and Taumarunui across to Raglan and up to Huntly and Ngaruawahia.

One of the best moments was being able to work within our A Team of myself, my late Nan Jane Poutu and former colleague Marie Reilly.

I would love to see the legacy of Like Minds Like Mine, founded and built on by many pioneers and champions through their own personal stories and experiences of

MORE: P7

7

Kōrero o te wā LIKE MINDS LIKE MINE

mental illness, be a lifetime legacy that will continue - for all whānau to create and make our communities inclusive, where every one of us matters, where we are treated with dignity and respect and have the same equal rights.

We mustn’t ignore, avoid and exclude people, because what you do has the ability to positively or negatively affect someone’s recovery.

We’re proud as New Zealanders to have embraced difference in so many ways, yet people are still discriminated against every day because of prejudice and stereotypes about mental illness.

So it’s up to all of us to make a change for better. Some will ask how? This is how - Be fair, Be open, Be kind and Be inclusive.

As I write this last article it’s filled with mixed emotions. For the past 18 years I have fought, advocated, believed in, stood up for and championed and led the Like Minds Like Mine kaupapa. It has been an amazing journey through recovery, struggles and challenges, facing the stigma, discrimination and bullying.

We led many Mental Health Awareness Week events, workshops, ran our own radio show, did many live media interviews, ran the Mad Hatters Wellness Expo for 10 years, and much more.

There is one person who made this possible - who never gave up when times were dark, low and who believed in

Making a change for the better HOPE! She stood alongside me

at all times, even when decisions I made in my life weren’t the right ones - but she never judged! She was my inspiration and I wouldn’t have had the amazing 18 years in this field if it wasn’t for her - and that’s my Nan Heni Te Awhimate Jane Kipa Nicholls Poutu (PO2).

A teacher, advocate, mentor, leader, our Kaiwhakahere Tohutohu (Cultural Advisor) who stood alongside many people with mental illness over the years throughout our journeys and struggles. She guided and taught us, as Tangata Whaiora, Tangata Motuhake, to be the voice of leaders of our kaupapa “Whakaitia te Whakawhiu i te Tangata”.

Her legacy lives on in many of us will continue to fight

for fairness, equality and inclusion.

We remember all the pioneers and champions of this kaupapa who stood up and fronted our Like Minds Like Mine, Whakaitia te Whakawhiu i te Tangata campaign over the years to reduce stigma and discrimination against mental illness. This unique project lead by people with experience of mental illness not only gave us a voice, but gave us hope.

Lastly I want to finish with a small Whakatauki:

Ehara taku toa, he takitahi, he toa takitini

(My success should not be bestowed onto me alone, as it was not individual success but success of a collective).

Mauri ora - Aaron

FROM: P6

8

Kōrero o te wāQuiz surprise for Kaumātua Festival

KAUMĀTUA

The Kaumātua Summer Festival was hosted by the Moehau Kaumātua Rōpū at the Tapu Community Hall.True to form, Moehau once again had a surprise in store for those who were able to attend - a Quiz Day. A day of laughter, singing, fun and plenty of healthy food. The BBQ I am told was cooked to perfection!!!!!

Like anything there can only be one winner and the inaugural winners this year were a combined team (right). Paris Toimata, Heather Kelly, Hinewai Keefe and Rachael Svenson from the Te Temū Rōpū: the Quiz Master himself James Andrews from the Whangamata Rōpū: and his counterpart who was just as quick to answer the questions Mapuna Turner from the Green T Brigade (Te Aroha). Congratulations to you all. Hariata Adams - Kaumātua Programme Coordinator

Volunteers are needed for our Kaumātua Olympics hosted by the Green T Brigade (Te Aroha) to be held on

Volunteers needed for Kaumātua Olympics 2018Thursday, May 31 at the Silver Ferns Farms Event Centre Stanley Street Te Aroha.

Any questions please contact Hariata Adams – Hariata.adams@korowai.co.nz - mobile 027 705 9733

Kaumātua will be competing for the taonga held since the 2016 Games by:

1st Place Whangamata Orca (far left); 2nd Place Ngāti Maniapoto Marae Pact Trust (left) and 3rd= Te Temū and Moehau Kaumātua Rōpū, right.

Te taonga kaiwhakaaro (designer): Darin Jenkins - Ngāti Tama-te-rā

Kaiwhakairo (Carver): Joseph Ihaia - Rangitihi / Ngai Tuhoe

Competing for taonga

9

Kōrero o te wā

200 Richmond Street, Thames Phone 07 868 0850Find us and like us on FacebookTeKorowaiHauoraoHaurakiWhareArohaOpportunityShop

Email: whare.aroha@korowai.co.nz

WHARE AROHA

MatarikiOPPORTUNITY SHOP

Romi

Last year at Whare Aroha we ran a bag making group, using things like recycled skirts, ties, scarves and belts. We also made bags from donated cloth and the group enjoyed sewing on adornments by hand and learning how to use a sewing machine. We continue to make singlets into bags which we provide free for your shopping. Funding will be available soon for two new sewing machines and we will be getting back into producing more bags that we’ll sell. But we have lots of other ideas too. Things like dispensers for recycled plastic bags, door stops, draught stops, BBQ aprons and oven mitts, cot quilts, sewing machine and mail organisers. We’re also experimenting with rock painting, taking a fresh approach and coming up with

ideas that

SHOP HOURSMonday - Friday9.30am - 3.30pm

Saturday 10am -1pm

may not have been done before, using water colours and sealing them with natural oil. It is definitely a very calming activity; our challenge is to find

time between processing all the incoming donations! Our focus

has always been on the environmental benefits

of Op Shopping, as a community passing our unwanted belongings on to others rather

than taking them to the tip. ‘One person’s trash

is another person’s treasure’ could easily be our byline. So the idea

of not just on-selling all goods but also upcycling some of them creatively is very appealing. We’ve had some interesting results, turning soft toys into door stops. We take out the plastic insides, that once made music or movement, and replace them with a bag of sand. This makes them heavy enough to hold a door open, but they won’t damage the paint work. Look out for more of those when you

visit. See you soon at Whare Aroha!

Recycling and upcycling

Every day is a good day for Op Shopping!

10

Kōrero o te wā HEALTHY KAI

Have you had your flu shot?Makes 18

500g fish fillets

1/2 cup fresh coriander, chopped

1 tbsp fresh ginger, chopped

1 small fresh chilli, finely chopped

1 spring onion, thinly sliced

2 kaffir lime leaves finely chopped (optional)

2 tsp fish sauce

1 tsp sesame oil

1 tbsp oil

Method

• Dice the fish into large chunks.

• Place all ingredients except the oil into a food processor. Pulse until the fish has been finely chopped but is not a smooth paste

• Shape fish mixture into 30g balls and slightly flatten

• Heat oil in a heavy-based frying pan

• Cook the fish cakes for about 2 minutes each side or until golden brown and cooked through.

• Serve with salad and steamed brown rice

Ingredients

1 tbsp oil

1 medium onion, finely chopped

2 tsp curry powder

2 cups cooked rice

1 cup reduced fat milk

1 cup smoked fish, roughly chopped

2 tbsp lemon juice

1/2 cup fresh coriander or parsley, chopped

8 lemon wedges

4 soft-boiled eggs, halved

Smoked fish kedgeree

Recipes from Affordable Eats Cookbook - Heart Foundation

https://www.heartfoundation.org.nz/shop/food-industry/pdfs/affordable-eats-cookbook.pdf

Delicious Thai fish cakes

Heat oil in saucepan over a low heat. Add onion and cook for about 10 minutes or until soft and just beginning to brown.

Add curry powder and cook for a further minute, then stir through the cooked rice.

Pour in the milk and heat gently.

Fold through the smoked fish, lemon juice and corainder.

Season with cracked black pepper.

Serve with lemon wedges and soft boiled eggs, cut in half.

11

Kōrero o te wā HAUORA

It’s that time of the year again when we have to think about winter and all it entails - the sniffles, colds and more serious illnesses such as the flu.

Immunising against the flu helps prepare a person’s immune system to fight the flu and can lessen the chance of someone not only getting it, but of spreading it around family, work colleagues, older relatives, or someone with a medical condition.

While a cold virus will likely last a few days, the flu, if left untreated, can lead to dangerous complications such as pneumonia and can even be fatal.

Te Korowai Hauora o Hauraki Clinical Team Leader Esme Maloney says the flu is a severe respiratory illness which is different to a cold.

“If people think they have a flu they need to seek medical treatment immediately,” she says.

Those most susceptible tend to be the elderly, pregnant women and those with an ongoing medical condition such as diabetes or heart or lung condition, but it can affect anyone, no matter how fit and healthy they are.

Te Korowai Hauora o Hauraki Clinical Team Leader Esme Maloney says it takes two weeks to develop immunity once a person has the vaccine.

“Every day that someone is not immunised is another day it’s possible to catch the flu.”

She says pregnant women are at greater risk of complications from the flu and they can be vaccinated at any time during their pregnancy.

“The vaccine can also pass immunity to the baby which can protect them in their first six weeks when they are too young to be vaccinated.”

The flu is an airborne disease and very contagious, so if someone has the flu they should stay home from work to reduce spreading it around.

Symptoms include a cough, headache, fever or chills, body aches and pains, fatigue and generally feeling miserable.

From April, the seasonal vaccine will be available through family doctors and licensed pharmacies.

The flu vaccine is free for enrolled Te Korowai Hauora o Hauraki clients who

Have you had your flu shot?Protecting yourself against winter ills

Even healthy people get the flu!

FREE* to pregnant women, people aged 65 years and over, those with long-term

health conditions and children four years and under with a

history of significant respiratory illness

* enrolled clients only

Thames: 07 868 0033 ● Te Aroha: 07 884 9208 ● Coromandel: 07 866 8084 ● Paeroa: 07 862 9284

Protect yourself and your loved ones — get the FLU VACCINE now

If you think you have the flu, seek medical help at one of our GP clinics immediately

Make an appointment for your flu vaccine today

• SYMPTOMS come on suddenly and can include: fever, chills, muscle aches, runny nose, cough and

stomach upsets.

• OLDER people, young children, pregnant women, and people with certain medical conditions are at a higher risk of developing serious complications

from influenza, such as pneumonia.

• SEEK medical advice early if you are concerned, especially if there are any danger signs, even if you

have been seen before. Other serious conditions can also look like the flu, including meningococcal

disease.

• IMMUNISATION is your best defence against influenza. Even fit and healthy people should

consider getting the flu jab to protect themselves.

• THE FLU spreads quickly from person to person through touch and through the air. While you’re

unwell, stay away from work or school. Look after yourself and your family – rest and fluids are

especially important.

Ministry of Health - https://www.health.govt.nz/your-health/conditions-and-treatments/diseases-and-illnesses/influenza

are pregnant; 65 years and over; have longterm health conditions such as severe asthma, cancer and diabetes; and for children aged four years and under who have a history of significant respiratory illness.

12

Kōrero o te wā HAUORA

Learn to love your ownHeart disease is the leading cause of death in New Zealand with one person dying every 90 minutes. It is the number one killer of women globally - even though it is often thought of as a male problem.In New Zealand, 172,000 people are living with heart disease – that’s one in 20 people.

Māori adults are more than twice as likely to die from heart disease than European New Zealanders and 1.5 times more likely to die from stroke.

Your heart pumps blood around your body through your arteries and veins. When there’s something wrong with your heart or blood vessels, it’s known as heart (cardiovascular) disease. Heart attacks, angina and strokes are all forms of heart disease.

Heart disease can incorporate a number of conditions, including atherosclerosis (a build-up of fatty plaques in your arteries); angina (when your heart muscle does not get as much blood and oxygen as it needs); high blood pressure or hypertension (where your blood moves through your blood vessels with extra force, leading to damaged arteries and a higher risk of heart attack and stroke) and heart failure, where the heart struggles to pump blood around the body.

Our heart is an amazing organ. It beats between 60 and 100 beats a minute, so if you take an average of 80 beats a minute, that means your heart beats 4800 times an hour,

115,200 times a day, and 42, 048,000 a year.

If you take an 80-year-old and clock up their lifetime – you’d end up with a staggering

total of 3 billion heartbeats (give or take a few thousand!) - you’d be hard-pressed to find a

man-made pump that could do the same job for as long.

So, it makes sense that we need to protect this precious, hardworking organ that so many people take for granted, just because it keeps ticking along without any apparent help from us.

While some heart diseases might be congenital (what you’re born with) or hereditary, others can be prevented or treated by making healthy lifestyle choices.

Major modifiable risk factors include tobacco smoking, high blood pressure, high blood cholesterol, insufficient physical activity, overweight and obesity, diabetes, poor nutrition, and excessive intake of alcohol. Other risk factors that are beyond our control include age, gender, family history and ethnicity.

February was Heart Awareness Month and an opportune

hearttime for people to take stock of their heart

health.

Te Korowai Hauora o Hauraki Nurse Practitioner Esme Maloney says people can

improve their heart health by consuming a healthy diet high in fibre, vegetables and fruit, moderating their alcohol intake, quitting smoking and exercising regularly.

She says it is important to break the bad heart health cycle by educating our tamariki about healthy lifestyle habits from a young age.

“Bring your kids up in an environment where they drink water instead of sugary

drinks and eat fresh food rather than deep-fried takeaways and processed foods, which are often full of trans fats,” she says.

“And make sure everyone gets outside for some fresh air and exercise. Doing just 30 minutes of moderate physical activity a day can help to reduce your risk of heart disease.”

Heart AttackIf blood flow to a section of heart muscles is blocked for some reason, a person will suffer a heart attack. If blood flow is not restored quickly, the section of heart muscle affected dies – and if treatment is not administered urgently, then the patient could also die.

Symptoms of heart attacks vary from person to person and from men to women – some people don’t experience any symptoms and only discover they’ve had a “silent heart attack” when it shows up at a later date.

Some symptoms are: pain in the chest (can be mild to severe), jaw, neck or shoulder, sweating, feeling dizzy or faint, palpitations, vomiting, shortness of breath or just generally feeling unwell.

It is important that if you think someone is having a heart attack

to PHONE 111 straight away.

Hypertension (high BP)Blood pressure is a measure of how hard your heart has to work to pump blood around your body. When you have high blood pressure, it means that your blood is moving through your blood vessels with extra force.

Over time this can lead to damaged arteries and increase your risk of heart attack and stroke and can also damage organs like the eyes, kidneys and brain.

Many people are unaware they have high blood pressure, so make sure you get it checked next time you visit your GP. Ideally your blood pressure should be less than 130/80

13

Kōrero o te wā HAUORA

High CholesterolCholesterol is a type of fat (called a “lipid”) that is found in your blood. Too much of it can build up in the walls of your arteries, narrowing your arteries and increasing your risk of having a heart attack or stroke

AnginaAngina is a sign of heart disease and occurs when the heart muscle does not get as much oxygen and blood as it needs. It normally occurs upon exertion such as when exercising and symptoms include tightness or pain in your chest that may come and go, sudden difficulty breathing, pain between your shoulder blades, chest pain spreading to your jaw, teeth or earlobes, and heaviness, tingling or aching.

Heart FailureA healthy heart can pump blood to all parts of the body. When someone is diagnosed with heart failure, it means that your heart is not pumping blood as well as it should. This occurs when the heart has been damaged in some way – and can be due to many things such as having already suffered a heart attack, angina, high blood pressure, disease of the heart muscle (cardiomyopathy), heavy alcohol and/or drug use, a virus infection or thyroid disease.

While heart failure cannot be cured, unlike the name suggests, it can be controlled effectively by implementing a healthy lifestyle and taking the prescribed medication. The heart still pumps – just not as strongly as it used to.

For more information on heart health, go to www.heartfoundation.org.nz

According to Ministry of Health figures, 65% of New Zealand adults (aged 15 or over) are overweight or obese, with obesity rates among Māori children (19%) and adults (48%) twice the rate of non-Māori children and adults. • Obesity rates among Māori children and adults are twice the rate of non-Māori children and adults.• 19% of Māori children are obese and 48% of Māori adults are obese.• Māori are 1.4 times more likely to have high blood pressure. Māori adults are more than twice as likely to smoke than non-Māori adults• 41% of Māori adults are smokers• Heart disease is the single biggest killer of women in New Zealand. It claims more than 3,000 of our mothers, sisters, daughters and grandmothers every year.

Heart facts

Eat MOSTLY vegetables and fruit

Eat SOME grain foods and starchy vegetables

14

Kōrero o te wā POUKURA

Protect yourselves from winter ills

Debbie Petersen-Pilcher POUKURA ORANGA

Manager Public and Community Health Services

Happy 2018 - summer is officially over with us moving into April, we need to start preparing for winter, especially those ills and chills. Flu vaccines will be available soon so as a preventative measure for all this is a great way to protect ourselves as well as starting to eat those rich in vitamin C foods such as green beans, feijoas, onions, bananas, mangos, pineapple, kiwifruit and citrus. If eating grapefruit please check if you are on statin medication.

Our Oranga o te Tangata team have had a few staff changes this year already. In January/February we had three staff leave to go off and pursue their teaching careers which is very exciting for our Hauraki whānau to have staff who have a health and wellness focus working with our tamariki and rangatahi.

In March we farewelled one of our longest-standing staff members, Aaron Woolley. Aaron has worked for Te Korowai Hauora o Hauraki for 18 years in a few different roles from admin, advocacy and tattoo removal.

However the majority of his work was in the Like Minds Like Mine space. Aaron is well respected locally, regionally and nationally for his work of reducing mental health

Stock up on healthy fruits for Vitamin C boost

stigma and discrimination.

His last large piece of work was the Every Seashell has a Story – Everyone Matters video which addressed stigma and discrimination in an accommodation setting.

The video was launched in December 2017 and is now on youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ir2QygbeR_8.

Aaron is off to start a new role with Pathways in Hamilton; we wish Aaron all the best with his new venture.

Te Korowai Hauora o Hauraki Whānau Ora Employment and Education Coordinator hosted the staff from Maori Women’s Development Inc to facilitate an exciting workshop for Hauraki – Hine Boss.

About 15-20 wahine attended the three-day wananga.

Hine Boss looks at the holistic ways to cover all the fundamentals of starting a business which helps whānau find their own answers and unleash their business potential.

Upcoming Events April 2018 - Te Mata Rangatira Hikoi

May 31, 2018 - Kaumātua Olympics – this year the Olympics are being hosted by the Green T Kaumātua Rōpū in Te Aroha

An invitation to the wha-nau of Hauraki (Thames, Coromandel, Hauraki) tangata whaiora and their wha-nau, including those who have experienced mental health or addiction issues and for those who provide support.

Come along and share with us your experience, views and ideas on helping those who experience mental health issues to get the right support when they want and need it.

Ngatea - Monday 16 April 2018 - 6pmNgatea Town Hall, Orchard Rd

Colville - Tuesday 17 April 2018 - 3pmColville Hall, Colville

Coromandel - Tuesday 17 April 2018 - 6pmSt John’s Hall, Coromandel Street, Coromandel

Te Aroha - Monday 23 April 2018 - 3pmFuture Te Aroha Centre, 13 Boundary St, Te Aroha

Paeroa - Monday 23 April 2018 - 6pmPaeroa Baptist Church, 2 Wood St, Paeroa

For further information contact: Fiona Wasiolek, 07 868 0033 ext170 Email: Fiona.wasiolek@korowai.co.nz or Jennifer Ashman,

Ph:07 839 8899 ext 97409 Email:Jennifer.ashman@waikatodhb.health.nz

Ko- rero

Mental health and addictionsLet’s talk about what

matters to you.Help guide the new direction of mental

health and addiction in the Waikato

He whakarongo ta-tou - we’re here to listen

15

Kōrero o te wā POUKURA

Sharron Kane POUKURA KĀINGA

Manager Home Assist

Our growing serviceDuring the first quarter of 2018 we have continued to see our service go from strength to strength supported by amazing commitment from our hard working Service Coordinators and Support Workers.

We have seen growth in both the number of new clients and an increase in the number of hours we deliver.

To support this growth, we have recruited another nine new Support Workers this quarter in Thames, Paeroa, Waihi, Whitianga and Tokoroa.

We have successfully streamlined our orientation / induction for all new Support Workers in the form of a new manual that provides an Orientation (to the organisation) combined with a role-specific Training Manual that contains all the information required to complete NZ Certificate in Health and Wellbeing Level 2.

For Support Workers with no previous experience or any recognised qualifications, this is a comprehensive introduction to support work with ongoing support from their Service Coordinator and our in-house Trainer.

For Support Workers who come to us with qualifications, it serves as a valuable refresher, an introduction to our model of care Te Whare Tapa Whā and allows them to familiarize themselves with the Te Korowai way.

Changes in our teamWe have also had some changes within our in-house team.

Siobhan Wehipeihana has joined our team for two days per week supporting our Service Coordinators, particularly with client reviews. Many of you will already know Siobhan from her other role with Te Korowai Hauora o

Home Assist goes from strength to strengthHome Assist

Hauraki, working on our reception desk at the Thames clinic.

This month we farewelled Karen Clouston, our Clinical Coordinator and in-house Trainer. Karen has the very best reason for leaving our team – the impending arrival of her baby due at the end of this month.

Karen has been a valued employee of Te Korowai Hauora o Hauraki initially working as a Whānau Ora Community Nurse, then part-time Practice Nurse and most recently as the Clinical Coordinator for the Home Assist team.

Karen has been integral in developing our in-house training for Support Workers to meet legislative requirements for our industry.

We wish Karen, her husband Daniel and daughter Arabella, all the very best as they wait for the arrival of the latest member of their whānau. We cannot wait to meet their beautiful baby!

We welcome Gayle Catt to the Home Assist team later this month. Gayle will be our new Clinical Coordinator and In-house Trainer.

Many of you may already know Gayle from her current role with Te Korowai Hauora o Hauraki, Whānau Ora Community Nurse.

Gayle brings with her a wealth of experience and knowledge and unlimited enthusiasm.

Our mobile billboard

We have received our first vehicle complete with signwriting to advertise and raise the profile of our service around the rohe.

It will be based in Whitianga with Sharon Daly, our Service Coordinator for Coromandel, Whitianga, Tairua and Pauanui.

16

Kōrero o te wā RATONGA

Te Korowai Hauoroa o Hauraki offers a huge range of services, giving access to amazing practitioners, ranging from Social Workers, Counsellors, Psychologists, Health Promoters, Nurses, Doctors, Tohunga Rongoā Māori, Kaimahi Mirimiri, Health Care Assistants, Home Assist Coordinators, Whānau Ora Navigators, Registered Nurses, Tamariki Ora/Wellchild Nurses, Workforce Coordinators, Kaumātua and more.

GP & Nursing Services

• High quality, Cornerstone accredited, accessible and affordable GP & Nursing services

• Immunisation• Cervical Smears• Hearing and Eye Tests• Free Sexual Health Checks (under 25)• Acute clinic (Thames only)• Foot clinic – Coromandel • Podiatry Hinengaro Mental Health & Addiction Services

• Counselling • Drug & Alcohol Counselling• Recovery Group Programmes• Whānau Advocacy• Child & Adolescent Mental Health & Addiction Services• Employment Support• Youth INtact - specialist alcohol and other drug services• Mauri Ora - Gain Responsibility and Belief - life skills for

adults experiencing mental illness• Maternal Mental HealthOranga o te Tangata Public & Community Health

• Kaumātua Support Groups - Paeroa, Coromandel, Thames, Whangamatā, Te Aroha

• Disability Information & Advisory Services - support clients with disabilities

• Oranga Wairua/ Palliative Care – support, enable and empower clients with life-limiting illness and their Whānau

• Tamariki Ora/Well Child - Provide milestone checks for children from 0 to 5; provide education and support for mothers and guardians about the care of their babies

• Whānau Ora Navigators – assist Whānau identify steps to enable them to achieve their goals and aspirations; support Whānau to become self-directing and empower them to lead their Whānau into a positive future

• Whānau Ora Education and Employment Coordinator Support Whānau into employment or education; help them identify their strengths and skills and motivate them to achieve prerequisites for employment or education

• Kaiwhakaora – traditional Māori Healer • Service Coordinator/ Takawenga – support individuals

and families who require assistance to navigate health and disability support services, with the aim of encouraging independence and enhancing their chances of health and wellness; Pepi Pod, a service for babies more vulnerable to accidental suffocation

• Iwi Health Promotion – empower Rangatahi and Whānau to be in control of their own Ora/Wellness

(Holistic Health focus)• Project Energize – work in schools, early childhood centres

and Kohanga Reo promoting healthy eating and activity • Quit 4 Good Stop Smoking - 6-week course - free Nicotine

Replacement Therpay (patches, gum, lozenges) Rewards on completion of course. Ph Jodi or Melena 07 868 0033; quit4good@korowai.co.nz

Providing Personal Care, Home Help and other Support Services to allow clients to remain living in their home.

Home Assist specialises in home-based care and support and employs quality Support Workers who are caring, professional, reliable and empowering with the aim of maintaining independence, dignity and quality of life.

Home Assist service includes:

• Home Help• Personal Care• Shopping Assistance • Medication Oversight - Both short and long-term care

after illness, surgery or accident

Home Assist