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Liam loses 50kg, wins life As a man who used to weigh 135kg, Liam Butler has first-hand knowledge of how to beat obesity. Here's his inspirational story: It’s about 10.30pm on a Sunday night when a white car pulls alongside Liam Butler as he runs toward Nelson. A stranger sticks his head out the window and yells “Hey – you shouldn’t eat so many pies.” That’s why he used to run in the dark. click here for full story Get back on yer bike Riding a bicycle is like, well, riding a bicycle – you never forget how. But if it’s been a few years since you were last in the saddle, your memory might need some jogging (or is that pedalling?). A new coaching programme, UpCycle, designed to help Nelson/Tasman residents get back on their bikes is now calling for enrolments. click here for full story Free gardening coaching Nelsonians will soon be able to feed their families straight from their own backyard with free help from a new gardening programme. The Home Gardening Coaching programme has trained 15 community garden coaches, with the latest five volunteers to graduate this week, to work with local families to establish their own gardens. click here for full story Janet is on the move Janet Yates has changed her life through the revolutionary Marlborough on the Move programme. She used to watch life from a parking spot. But that was the old Janet – 112kg, inactive, insecure. The new Janet is 15kg lighter and no longer sits in the passenger seat. click her for full story Mum4Mum in Nelson New mums in Nelson can now access one-on-one support with breastfeeding thanks to the new Mum4Mum programme. click here for more information Watch this space for the Marlborough Mum4Mum programme which will be helping Blenheim mums in the very near future. Victory: community of the year? The New Zealander of the Year Awards have confirmed what we've known for a while - Victory is one of the best communities in the country. While categories winners won't be named until next month, Victory and the local media are hailing their finalist status, in the community category, in the iconic awards as a huge honour. read all about it... New
Zealander of the Year Awards The Nelson Marlborough District Health Board surpassed all expectations by winning the plate final at yesterday’s 11th Annual Nelson tug-of-peace. click here for full story 
Office growing competition Since mankind first began to work indoors, we’ve been plagued by the riddle ‘how many potatoes can I grow in the office’ Now the NPA is attempting to bring world peace by solving the eternal mystery with the:
Great Tater Debater
In Brief..... Men's mental health symposium This symposium is an opportunity for men to come together to discuss and develop answers that can inform mental health promotion strategies aimed at men and future service planning especially in primary care settings. click here for more information Free safekids workshop Start planning for the re-vamped new child injury and prevention workshop to be held in Nelson in June. click here for more information Fruit map, now on the map Our on-line fruit map has clocked up
over 10,000 hits, thanks in part to great coverage from the
Nelson Mail and Marlborough Express. Check out the
stories... Breastfeeding photos The New Zealand Breastfeeding photo competition has attracted hundreds of great shots from women around the country and all the photos can be seen at www.breastfeedingnzphotos.org.nz contest celebrates breastfeeding - The Nelson Mail scenic feeding (Front page!) & natural settings - Saturday Express
* Entries close February 12 so there is still time to enter your own photos. Support Works: proving support works Like
the name suggests, Support Works supports people whose
lives are affected by a disability, to achieve their goal, retain their
independence and self reliance, and to enjoy optimum quality of life
wherever they live. click here for more
information
Community fund from Fresh Choice
Community groups in need of funding to get their projects off the ground should take a look at their local shop. Supermarket chain Fresh Choice operates the 'Community Fund' that sees it donate $500 every month to 'community groups and deserving individuals'. click here for more information
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Newsletter #18 Here’s Helen
Welcome back! It's the promise of a fresh start that has prompted us all to make a New Year's resolution at some stage. But as Liam Butler will tell you (see story), it takes more than a few cheap words at midnight to bring about lasting change. Through hard work and dedication to exercise, Liam shed nearly 50kg over two years and now runs marathons for fun. He has more energy, sleeps better and feels better all round. And he is encouraging others to follow his lead. His message is simple: You have to take ownership of your own weight and make the commitment to work at it every day. Or as he puts it: "it’s up to you – just get on and change it!" It's a great way to look at life. Also congratulations to Victory Village for being named a finalist in community category of the New Zealander of the Year Awards. We've worked with Victory on a number of programmes and it is their whole of community approach that sees them achieving such remarkable results. It really is something special and they deserve all the recognition they get. Helen SteenbergenNPA Programme Director. Contact us Nutrition and Physical Activity Team Jenni Gane/Maria Baxter
Richard Butler
Helen
Steenbergen Lee Punt
Don
MacLellan Adam
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