Diabetes Foundation Aotearoa

01/09/2026

What amazing mahi at this major international conference IDF/WPR/ADC, by fantastic advocate and our Board member, Ruby McGill.

31/08/2026

Ali and team are putting together another Festival, this one 10 October in Mt Roskill. There will be plenty going on. Follow the Gardens4Health FB page for more information.

🌱 Calling all Community Gardens & Local Businesses! 🌱

We're looking for passionate community gardens, local businesses and organisations to be part of the Gardens4Health Spring Festival 2026.

This is a fantastic opportunity to showcase what you do, connect with hundreds of people who care about healthy communities and sustainable living, and inspire others to get growing.

We're looking for:
🌿 Community gardens to share their stories and projects.
🛍️ Local businesses with products or services that support gardening, sustainability, health and wellbeing.
🎁 Businesses interested in donating spot prizes or supporting the event.
🍴 Food vendors serving delicious local kai.
🎨 Community groups that can offer interactive activities or demonstrations.

The festival will be held:
📅 Saturday 10 October 2026
🕥 10.30 am – 1.30 pm
📍 Communities Feeding Communities, 1207 Dominion Road, Puketāpapa | Mt Roskill

If you'd like to be involved, we'd love to hear from you. Whether you'd like to host a stall, run an activity, provide sponsorship, or contribute in another way, please send us a message or email [email protected]

Together, let's celebrate the amazing people growing healthier, stronger and more connected communities across Tāmaki Makaurau. 🌱

31/08/2026

Our team had a great experience yesterday at the FIZZ Symposium, topic "Should sugary drinks be expelled from schools", everyone coming away newly inspired and with plenty to think about. There were participants from a wide range of backgrounds, all gathered to engage in the important debate around how to mitigate the known harm of excess sugar for young people, something not helped by the current approach of having high sugar drinks available in the school environment. We need these sorts of advocacy efforts to inform and drive change, and a great lineup had been organised by Gerhard Sundborn and the FIZZ team, with local and international speakers, and importantly with an election up ahead, a panel discussion with political representatives from a range of parties.

12/08/2026

A reminder to not miss out on the FIZZ symposium being held 31 August in Ponsonby, now just a couple of weeks away! Check out the details for the important opportunity to make a difference to health of Tamariki before the upcoming election. Excellent speakers, it's free, email [email protected] to express your interest.

https://fizz.org.nz/news.html

22/07/2026

Great work Health Coalition Aotearoa. We're behind you on this campaign!

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05/07/2026

Now this is something to put in your calendar for anyone with an interest in the food environment in schools. We can't WAIT for the FIZZ symposium 31 August in Ponsonby, where the important question of sugary drinks in schools is discussed, with political panel included. More to follow but see the attached flyer, email [email protected] to reserve your place or for more information.

23/06/2026

Wow, the first half of 2026 is nearly gone and GetWize2Health only have two more Auckland secondary school workshops ahead where you get your free GetWize2Health teaching kit and training and tips in how to use it. One on 4 August at Clover park, one at Glenn Innes on 20 October. For more information, or to register/request another date contact [email protected]

10/06/2026

Following up after our post yesterday about the great work started by the NZ Beverage Guidance Panel, DNZ have put together a graphic summarising some key points out of the document, particularly reassuring those with type 1 diabetes that appropriate attention is being given to having sugary drinks available for low blood glucose.

10/06/2026

SEVENTY years in the community, what an incredible achievement! Read more about the amazing mahi by Diabetes Christchurch Inc over that time! https://www.diabetesfoundationaotearoa.nz/blog/post/166238/diabetes-christchurch-70-years/

27/05/2026

Past and present, Richard Main who set up Gardens4Health all those years ago under the Lets Beat Diabetes umbrella, and Ali Crawford Gardens4Health team leader at the wonderful Sanctuary Community Organic Garden, the mahi goes on!

This afternoon Richard Main (one of the Sanctuary founders) and Ali (Gardens4Health) came to the Sanctuary Mahi Whenua. With Trevor they discussed opportunities for propagating some of the plants at the Sanctuary, especially those of special provenance and those in the food forest.