Health and Well-Being

Getting More Active
Resources about a range of options to help you get more active.

Provided by SPARC (Sport and Recreation New Zealand), an organisation dedicated to getting New Zealanders moving, including everything from supporting elite athletes to getting out into local communities and encouraging people to get active.

Tick Nutrition Standards
An outline of nutrition standards for products with the Health Foundation tick – also useful for your own every day nutrition!

Provided by Heart Foundation, a charity fighting against cardiovascular disease (heart, stroke and blood vessel disease).

Healthy Living
An outline of the risk factors for heart disease, and what you can do to reduce some of your own risk factors.

Provided by Heart Foundation, a charity fighting against cardiovascular disease (heart, stroke and blood vessel disease).

Looking After Yourself
Positive steps for looking after your emotional and mental health.

Provided by Out of the Blue, a depression awareness campaign from the Mental Health Foundation of New Zealand, a not-for-profit organisation working in the areas of research, advocacy, resource development and mental health promotion.

What Can I Do if I Think I Have Depression?
A number of suggestions for things you can do if you think you might be depressed, and an overview of how depression is treated.

Provided by the Ministry of Health, a government agency that aims to ensure that the health and disability system works for all New Zealanders.

A to Z of Mental Health Information
A wide range of online information on topics from alcohol-related problems, to anorexia nervosa, to workplace depression, discrimination, and handling stress.

Provided by the Mental Health Foundation of New Zealand, a not-for-profit organisation working in the areas of research, advocacy, resource development and mental health promotion.

Mental Health
A series of links to information to help with mental health – alcohol, depression, eating disorders, gambling, phobias, panic attacks, and more.

Provided by Everybody, a consumer health information resource owned and published by CMPMedica (NZ) Ltd.

Stress Management
Information about stress – what it is, its causes, signs of stress, and what you can do when you know you are stressed.

Provided by Victoria University of Wellington.

Healthy Work: Managing Stress in the Workplace (PDF, 170kb)
How stress affects us, different responses to stress, effects, causes of unnecessary stress, and realistic approaches to dealing with stress.

Provided by Occupational Safety and Health (OSH), part of the Department of Labour, a Government department that helps people achieve high-quality working lives in thriving and inclusive communities through linking their social and economic interests. Workplace Health and Safety is responsible for employment relations, health and safety services, accident compensation policy and monitoring services.

Finding A Balance
Looking after your own needs when you’re a parent.

Provided by Relationship Services, a leading provider of counselling and education services in New Zealand, helping people to build better relationships.

Sexual Health
Information on topics relating to sexual health – including STIs, contraception, pregnancy and relationships.

Provided by Everybody, a consumer health information resource owned and published by CMPMedica (NZ) Ltd.

Sexual and Reproductive Health
Links to information, websites and resources on sexual and reproductive health.

Provided by the Ministry of Health, a government agency that aims to ensure that the health and disability system works for all New Zealanders.

Resources on Sexual Health
Links to a range of New Zealand-based online sexual health resources.

Provided by Te Puna Web Directory, National Library of New Zealand, a subject gateway to selected New Zealand and Pacific Island Internet information resources that help libraries, their users, and all New Zealanders meet their professional, educational, cultural and personal information needs.

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