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Pae Ora Waitaha

Pae Ora Waitaha is a free, healthy lifestyle programme that uses culturally based models such as Whānau Ora and Fonofale.

It's for people who want to make lifestyle changes to improve their health and wellbeing, and it can be adapted to your individual needs and whānau/aiga (family) needs.

You can join Pae Ora Waitaha if you're:

• an adult with a lifestyle-related physical health condition, or
• a tamaiti (child) or rangatahi (young person) who has or is at risk of having a lifestyle-related physical health condition, with whānau/aiga willing to make lifestyle changes.

and are part of at least one of the following communities:

• Māori
• Pacific
• Remote rural, which means living in an R2 or R3 area
• Culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD)
• LGBTIQA+.

You'll be put in contact with a Pae Ora Waitaha connector who will work with you and your whānau/aiga to set and achieve your own goals for a healthy lifestyle. This could include activities that help you get and keep fit, be a healthy weight and get better sleep.

Pae Ora Waitaha is provided by the following organisations:

• Purapura Whetu Trust
• Tangata Atumotu Trust
• Waitaha Primary Health
• Whānau Whanake.

You can refer yourself by filling in this form or phoning 0800‑800‑743. A health professional can also refer you, either directly to one of the above organisations or through Waitaha Primary Health.

Written by Te Whatu Ora Waitaha. Adapted by HealthInfo clinical advisers. Page created May 2023.

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