Health & Wellbeing

Health & Wellbeing

Raising Parkinson’s Awareness

A Parkinson’s diagnosis is a life-altering event but not a life-threatening one. It is a chronic and progressive condition with no known…

Sept 2024

Health & Wellbeing

Non-contact boxing for Parkinson’s agility training

Wairarapa Boxing Academy has generously supported Parkinson’s Wairarapa over the past few years by allowing the to hold weekly exercise classes in…

Jun 2024

Health & Wellbeing

Martinborough Nurse Trish is on the line for mums

Martinborough-based PlunketLine nurse Trish Higginson is one of scores of staffers round the country to celebrate 30 years of operation for the…

May 2024

Health & Wellbeing

Living Positively with Parkinson’s

Some Wairarapa people living with Parkinson’s gathered at the Carterton Court House recently to listen to and be motivated by former boxer…

Mar 2024

Health & Wellbeing

Health facts of interest

Ministry of Health nationwide figures show middling and good performances by Wairarapa District Health Board on some key measurements applied to the…

Mar 2024

Health & Wellbeing

Save and keep fit: biking

Mainstream cyclists have been around for over two hundred years. They wear everyday clothing, obey the rules of the road and ride…

Sept 2023

Health & Wellbeing

Tulips for Parkinson’s Awareness

Parkinson’s Wairarapa will be at Longbush Cottage during its annual Tulip Festival over the weekend of 30th September -1st October. The Longbush…

Sept 2023

Health & Wellbeing

Tranzit puts up for ambulance station

Wellington Free Ambulance is delighted to welcome Tranzit as the latest Wairarapa business to support building a Wairarapa ambulance station. This New…

Sept 2023

Health & Wellbeing

Welly Commute stacks on the weight: Part 2

To recap: It crept up on me slowly; a kilo here, a few hundred grams there. Three years after moving to Martinborough…

Sept 2023

Health & Wellbeing

Two Views of ADHD

So, you’ve been diagnosed with ADHD. Or someone you love or work with has been diagnosed…where do you go to find out…

Sept 2023

Health & Wellbeing

Martinborough Health Centre

With all the media releases about struggling General Practices and shortage of GP’s, we are aware of how very important it is…

Jun 2023

Health & Wellbeing

Parkinson’s Awareness

When you are going through a challenging time, family members and friends may sympathise but they don’t always know what to say…

Jun 2023

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