News and events

A public lecture to celebrate teh 17th birthday of the Liggins Institute at the University of Auckland and its focus on the healthcare of mothers and babies. This seminar will feature: - Renowned Professor Sir Peter Gluckman looking at the breakthroughs the Institute has made - Liggins Institute director Frank Bloomfield examining how to translate research into clinical practice - Associate Professor Katie Groom demonstrating how a clinical trial works.

Hear from more than a dozen University of Otago researchers who will provide short, easy-to-understand outlines of their work in child health. Fellow researchers will join invited guests including funders, policymakers, clinicians, research institutions, and community and government agencies for a day exploring: - Genetics and health - Healthy pregnancies - Healthy childhoods - Childhood conditions and treatments - Inequalities in child health

This public seminar given by international academic Professor Rick Legro explores obesity and fertility in Women and whether we should treat obesity prior to conception. Professor Legro is the Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Public Health Services at Penn State College of Medicine (U.S.A). He is an internationally recognised expert in fertility and polycystic ovarian syndrome. Professor Legro, whose topic of interests include fertility, obesity and genomics, has had many important national and international roles, but perhaps the most important is his leadership of several large randomised controlled trials for the Cooperative Multicentre Reproductive Medicine Network of the NIH.

The annual FIZZ symposium exploring: - Why sugary drinks are harmful - Efforts to reduce the harm caused by sugary drinks - Examples of taxes on sugary drinks - A political panel discussion on a sugary drinks tax in New Zealand.

A one-day knowledge symposium designed to provide information on current understanding on brain development in the early years specific to vulnerable children. This symposium will provide delegates with a deeper knowledge and understanding of child brain development from multiple areas of research.

A day-long workshop with researchers from two National Science Challenges and international experts who are working to address the diabetes and obesity crisis.

This lecture presented by Dr Liana Machado of the University of Otago's Brain Health Research Centre looks at exercise and nutrition to support a long and healthy life for your brain.

Are you concerned with overweight and obesity in children? Would you like the latest evidence about the obesity-promoting environment children live in from their perspective? This one-day course gives you the opportunity to plan action with leading experts from the community and academia?

This course presents current and international research into ECE related health issues, and provides a forum to discuss national ECE health policy. The course will provide an insight into the health issues in the ECE sector as well as practical strategies for engagement with ECE services and organisations.

A one-day symposia that continues to address nutrition's key messages in the first 1000 days.

Toi Tangata hosts this webinar with senior Ministry of Health advisor, Martin Dutton, who presents information on the MOH Eating and Activity Guidelines for New Zealand adults. This webinar will also include information on the next step for the guidelines: physical activity guidelines for under-fives. Martin will be challenging the way one uses standard messages and how they relate to their audiences.

A celebration of 15 years of the Liggins Institute and its research into how early life events influence our likelihood of developing diseases such as diabetes, obesity and coronary heart disease in adulthood.

A one-day professional development and networking event for people who are working or volunteering with communities to promote healthy eating and physical activity.

The 19th in Massey University's nutrition symposia series explores the new evidence on the journey through the first "1000 Days". This one-day symposium is aimed at health practitioners and researchers interested in maternal and child health. Loaded with research and practical recommendations, experts from New Zealand and Australia will focus on: - Latest evidence on benefits of breastfeeding - The pollutants of breastmilk - The child's relationship with food and feeding: Beyond 500 Days - Weight control and nutritional considerations through pregnancy - Asthma in early life - Dealing with extremely fussy eaters - Prevention of obesity in early life

Toi Tangata offers an accredited Certificate of Indigenous Health, Physical Activity and Nutrition Leadership (Level 4).

Between July - October 2015, Gravida is offering all Well Child Tamariki Ora (WCTO) providers around New Zealand the opportunity to attend a free Healthy Conversation Skills (HCS) Training workshop in your region.