Join us for your Community Health Forum
Kia ora, we’re holding a Community Health Forum in your area, and we want to hear from you. At Te Whatu Ora - Health New Zealand we want you to join the conversation on enabling better access to community health and wellbeing services. This month’s forum will include a local health update, discussion of our new health system, localities development, and community feedback.
Come along to our friendly forum and share your knowledge and experience.
Ruapehu
When: Tuesday 28 November, 1 – 2pm (Proceeded by Ngā Kaumatua o te Mauri
Atawhai hui and shared kai (same venue, 10am-12pm)
Where: Senior Citizens Hall, 16 Morero Tce, Taumarunui
If interested please email: norma.taute@waikatodhb.health.nz for more information.
Community Health Forums are a gathering of local people who share in a conversation about what matters to their community and hear what’s happening from Te Whatu Ora, along with other health providers and other local organisations/groups.
We look forward to meeting you. Nei nā mātou e whakarongo ana – we’re here to listen.
Some Choice News!
DOC is rolling out a new tool to help figure out what to tackle first when it comes to protecting our threatened species and the things putting them at risk.
Why does this matter? As Nikki Macdonald from The Post points out, we’re a country with around 4,400 threatened species. With limited time and funding, conservation has always meant making tough calls about what gets attention first.
For the first time, DOC has put real numbers around what it would take to do everything needed to properly safeguard our unique natural environment. The new BioInvest tool shows the scale of the challenge: 310,177 actions across 28,007 sites.
Now that we can see the full picture, it brings the big question into focus: how much do we, as Kiwis, truly value protecting nature — and what are we prepared to invest to make it happen?
We hope this brings a smile!
Flower knowledge
Hi , does anyone know the name of this flower Has a bulb for each flower Only one flower from each bulb flower once a year Love them but dont know what they are Thank you
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