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Welcome to September, the first month of Spring!

This last month with the restrictions of COVID lockdown, things have definitely looked a little different! Your Programme Advisors have been continuing with their support, working from home in their bubbles. We hope you have all been safe and well, and are looking after yourselves.

Over the next few weeks as lockdown levels change, we hope to see you out and about in the community! - Your Regional Programme Team.

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Updates from the Regional Programme Team

Our Programme Advisors are working over all COVID levels, supporting clients via phone, Zoom video call and email. Please reach out if we may be able to support your wellbeing.

As a way to connect with your call, we have been holding Zoom kawhe (coffee) club sessions. These are an opportunity to connect with us, other people and have some fun! We will be meeting 10.30am Wednesday and Friday this week, and then will move to 2x/week Mondays and Thursdays 10.30am for the rest of September. Links are below:

Link for Wed 8^th Sept and Friday 10 Sept
Join Zoom Meeting
Meeting ID: 891 4021 6406
Passcode: 0000

Link Tues and Thurs from Sept 13 until end of month
Join Zoom Meeting
Meeting ID: 886 8625 8210
Passcode: 0000

Home Activities

Keeping active is great for our physical, mental and spritual hauora/health.

Movement may look a little different from how you would normally be active, but it's important that we put our health first. There are many ways we can do this in the comfort of our own home.

Below are a range of options from low intensity right through to high intensity. Doing things with others always helps. Grab a family member or a friend and let's get started!

Lower Intensity (Seniors)
Seated activity for seniors, another seated activity for seniors
Seated Chair yoga dancing

Lower intensity
Live stronger for longer - Exercises at home
Yoga with Adriene - Various yoga videos (lower and higher intensity)

Higher Intensity
Move it Mama - Facebook online videos (some free or sign up $10/month)
Te Awa Living - Facebook online workouts daily- Provided by the Hutt Valley PHO Te Awakairangi Health Network
Boxing class - YouTube 30min (no equipment required)
Cardio workout - YouTube 30mins
Strength full body work out - YouTube 20mins (no equipment required)

Mental Hauora:
Lifeline – 0800 543 354 (0800 LIFELINE) or free text 4357 (HELP).
Suicide Crisis Helpline – 0508 828 865 (0508 TAUTOKO).
Healthline – 0800 611 116
Samaritans – 0800 726 666

Your mental health is key so please make sure to reach out to a family, friends, your Programme Advisor, or contact a number above if you need. For more resources, give our Green Prescription Facebook page a follow, as well as our Wellbeing Hub.

Visit our Health and Wellbeing F.A.Q webpage

It's the perfect time to review your goals

Now is the perfect time to review your goals. We are spending more time at home, with less on the to-do list for most. It is the right time to pull out your diary or goal-setting template below and plan!

When setting your goals, try to add a cue, make it easy, attractive, and satisfying. If you are stuck on ideas, have a look at our Programme Advisor's goals below.

Examples of Programme Advisors Goals

Eat 5 vegetables per day

Cue = have my fridge or freezer full of vegetables.
Easy = on the hard days, get my greens from an easy smoothie.
Attractive = create delicious recipes that are bright, colourful, and nutritious.
Satisfying = create a tick chart so it is visually satisfying.

Easy Homemade Sandwich Bread

Bread-making seems to be the craze during levels four and three. With this in mind, check out the video above to make your own load. The only ingredients you need are seeds, oats, wholemeal flour, white flour, yeast, and salt. View the full recipe here.

Get to know our amazing team

It is our pleasure to introduce
Helen Anderton. Helen is one of our incredible Programme Advisors supporting clients based in Wellington and Porirua. She brings a wealth of knowledge from her nutrition degree and cooks up a storm. The majority of recipes you see in our newsletters and on our Facebook page come from Helen.

Helen is a very insightful team player; she is the first to help out colleagues and many through her creativity. On top of this, she is training for a half marathon and helps organise Nuku Ora's lively activities that add enjoyment to our weeks. It is safe to say, Helen is a treasure; we are so lucky to have her as part of our team.

Fun Facts about Helen:

Favourite food you've been cooking during lockdown?
Nachos! Mince, kidney beans, grated carrot, mushrooms, tomatoes, corn and of course some cheese on top!

What are you most looking forward to coming out of lockdown?
Celebrating my recent engagement (1 week before lockdown) to my fiancé Cam, with our friends and family.

What have you been consuming (book, TV, podcast) lately?
Netflix movies, Suits (TV show)

Favourite thing about working at Nuku Ora?
I love working with my incredible team and getting to support my clients daily with their goals. I love how every day is different.

What do you enjoy doing in your spare time?
Going for runs or walks outside, spending time with my friends and family, and a recent hobby, wedding planning!

Recipe of the Month: Nachos

We have added Helen's Nacho recipe to our Recipes Directory.
Click the photo to follow the link

Are you feeling a bit overwhelmed lately?
It is okay, to not feel okay.
If you feel like you would like to talk to someone or get some support about how you are feeling, click on the below Mental health Foundation picture. There are a range of support services and help lines that can support you.

Would you like to know more?

Head over to the Nuku Ora Active Health and Wellness page to find out more information otherwise contact your Programme Advisor, or email: grx@nukuora.org.nz or 0800 ACTIVE

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