Hapai Hauora Wellness Course is a free fun, interactive, group course, teaching different methods for managing a variety of health conditions and guarantees you giggles and kai.

The sessions are suitable for anyone with an ongoing health condition, or risk of health issues including pre-diabetes, high blood pressure and obesity. It is designed for people with different ongoing health problems (diabetes, arthritis, asthma, depression and much more) to attend together and your family or carers are welcome to join you. They will learn lots too!

Workshops are facilitated by two trained leaders, one or both of whom are peer leaders (non-health professionals) with long-term health conditions themselves. This means they really know what it is like to live with the day to day challenges some health conditions bring.

Hapai Hauora runs for 6 weeks every Monday from 10am to 12:30pm.

The course covers:

• Hauoratanga, healthy eating
• Taha Tinana, weight management
• Hinengaro, dealing with depression
• Ha ki roto, better breathing
• Making informed treatment decisions
• Medication usage
• Communication skills
• Pain and fatigue management
• Making decisions
• Preventing falls
• Dealing with difficult emotions
• Problem solving
• Getting a good nights sleep
• Future plans
• Safe exercise for improving flexibility, endurance & strength
• This course is for people aged 18 or over with a long term health condition such as mental health, diabetes, heart disease, asthma or arthritis.

Transport is available on request.

For more information please contact our course facilitators 
Monday – Friday 8.30am to 4.30pm or leave a message after hours

Sally McPhee – Ph (04) 902 7095 Cell (027) 434 9206
Wendy Smith – Ph (04) 902 7095 Cell (027) 278 3900