Te Papa Hauora

15/12/2025

From our whānau to yours, have a restful and peaceful holiday break 🎄☃

30/10/2025

We are proudly supporting this upcoming research talk hosted by Research for Children Aotearoa on Child Nutrition. Join us for this free evening of kōrero featuring three researchers discussing critical issues for our tamariki. For more information on the speakers and tickets, visit our website 👉https://www.healthprecinct.org.nz/whats-happening/rfca-child-nutrition-research-talks/

19/10/2025

Congratulations to our HRSC Emerging Researcher winners!

-Angela Forbes - Inflammatory Bowel Disease Mortality – A 20-year Study from Canterbury

-Deirdre Merry - Dystrophin-deficient skeletal muscle is further stiffened by contraction-induced injury but is resilient to isometric fatigue

Prizes were generously awarded to the winners by the Canterbury Medical Research Foundation - they have been long time supporters of this event.

All eight presentations kept the audience engaged the whole evening, the caliber of emerging research here in Ōtautahi Christchurch is exceptional!

For more information, visit https://www.healthprecinct.org.nz/about/working-with-others/

15/10/2025

Since 1987, Medical Research Foundation has hosted an annual public lecture, presented by an esteemed Professor, on their research area of expertise. This year we are delighted to welcome Professor Tony Kettle from the Mātai Hāora - Centre for Redox Biology & Medicine in the Department of Pathology & Biomedical Science at the University of Otago Christchurch.

The title of his presentation will be “Connecting the dots between fundamental research and health in Aotearoa New Zealand”. It will include how our fundamental scientific research has helped us improve health by providing a better understanding of diseases, new clinical tests, targets for new drugs, and drug development expertise.

He will give examples of what his research group has achieved in the past and what they are proposing to do in the near future and will focus around infections and inflammatory diseases.

THE LECTURE IS FREE TO ATTEND HOWEVER REGISTRATIONS ARE ESSENTIAL.
Refreshments will be available to purchase.

Register here 👉https://events.humanitix.com/athol
-mann-lecture-featuring-prof-tony-kettle

16/09/2025

The Health Research Society of Canterbury is hosting their popular Emerging Researchers Evening 16th October at Manawa. For more information on submitting an abstract for this event, click the link below:

https://healthprecinct.org.nz/whats-happening/hrsc-emerging-researchers-evening/

14/09/2025

We held a great research talk in Rangiora last week with Canterbury Medical Research Foundation . Special thanks to our speakers A/Prof Katie Douglass, A/Prof Marg Currie & A/Prof Anna Pilbrow. Read more about the talks here 👉

Health Precinct news: Living well & ageing well - Rangiora 2025

08/09/2025

Together with the Canterbury Medical Research Foundation we bring you ‘Living well & ageing well’, a series of free community research talks.
Meet A/Prof Margaret Currie as she discusses whether exercise should be part of your cancer treatment plan.
Register today! 👉https://events.humanitix.com/living-well-and-ageing-well-research-talks-2025-rangiora

02/09/2025

Together with the Canterbury Medical Research Foundation we bring you ‘Living well & ageing well’, a series of free community research talks.
Meet A/Prof Katie Douglas as she discusses improving mental health by training the brain.

Register today! 👉https://events.humanitix.com/living-well-and-ageing-well-research-talks-2025-rangiora

01/09/2025

Together with the Canterbury Medical Research Foundation we bring you ‘Living well & ageing well’, a series of free community research talks.

Meet A/Prof Anna Pilbrow, discussing whether the information in our DNA predicts risk of heart disease - Don't miss this talk!

Register today! 👉https://events.humanitix.com/living-well-and-ageing-well-research-talks-2025-rangiora

27/08/2025

Together with the Canterbury Medical Research Foundation we bring you ‘Living well & ageing well’, a series of free community research talks.

Our latest event of this series is focused on heart health, brain health with relation to mood disorders, and exercise throughout the journey of cancer treatment. Come and join us to learn more about what you can do to maintain wellness and stay healthy from some of Canterbury’s leading researchers.

Learn more about the event and register today 👉https://events.humanitix.com/living-well-and-ageing-well-research-talks-2025-rangiora

11/08/2025

Join us for a Mayoral Candidate Forum at Manawa in Te Papa Hauora
Christchurch Health Precinct.

Mayoral aspirants Sara Templeton and Phil Mauger will present their
perspectives on the role of the City Council in promoting health and
wellbeing across our community and why it matters.

We will be exploring the City Council's impact on health research,
innovation and education within the city.

Following brief presentations on the topics above, we will be allowing
for plenty of time for questions from the audience.

Scan the QR code now or register here 👉 https://events.humanitix.com/health-and-wellbeing-why-we-care

12/05/2025

was a great night celebrating local Cantabrian research! And what a turnout, the event was packed! A HUGE thank you to our partners supporting research across Canterbury, including University of Otago Christchurch, University of Canterbury, Health New Zealand - Te Whatu Ora Waitaha & Ara Institute of Canterbury. And of course our incredible line up of speakers for their time and mahi. We can't forget our partners on the night Medical Research Foundation & HRSC!

Recordings on the talks are coming soon! Watch this space!