by ksch009 | Nov 28, 2019 | Contestable, Media release, Resilient Teens, Vision Matauranga
Read the published report for ‘Te Taonga o Taku Ngākau’ Ancestral Knowledge and the Wellbeing of Tamariki Māori project by Leonie Pihama, Naomi Simmonds and Waikaremoana Waitoki. This project investigates ways that mātauranga Māori related to the raising...
by ksch009 | Oct 9, 2019 | Contestable, Healthy Weight, Media release, Successful Literacy and Learning
A new strategic research project with the aim of improving sleep for pepi and their whanau has been awarded $1.7 million over three years by A Better Start National Science Challenge. As well as improving sleep, this project also aims to reduce excessive weight gain...
by ksch009 | Sep 16, 2019 | Contestable, Healthy Weight, Media release, Newsletter, Resilient Teens
As a researcher of exercise science, a father of two teenagers and husband of a teacher, getting young people moving in an achievable way is paramount for Associate Professor Nigel Harris. The Associate Dean for Postgraduate Research at Auckland University of...
by ksch009 | Sep 16, 2019 | Contestable, Media release, Newsletter, Peer reviewed publication, Resilient Teens
Parenting adolescents can be difficult at the best of times, but it is even more difficult when done alone. Often, parents are left searching for more effective and easily accessible ways to support their children. New Zealand has one of the highest youth suicide...
by ksch009 | Jul 7, 2019 | Braided rivers, Contestable, Media release, Successful Literacy and Learning
The Phase One Final Report for A Better Start’s Successful Learning Theme has been published. The report provides a celebration of achievements from the first phase of funding across the theme’s four keystone projects, one contestable funding project...
