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03/03/2025

Spot light on food quality in residential aged care

Australian chef, food author, restaurateur, and food manufacturer, Maggie Beer has made it her life's mission to raise the bar for food in aged care across Australia.

03/03/2025

Imminent closure of New Zealand Nutrition Foundation is alarming. As a charity it is competing with many others for scarce funds. Funds are needed to enable us to keep running our wonderful JustCook programmes and maintain our website that is accessed by health professionals, teachers etc. NZ wide.

Media Release 3 March 2025

NZ Nutrition Foundation closing after 45 years of helping Kiwis to eat better
The New Zealand Nutrition Foundation will close its doors in April after 45 years of operation due to a lack of funding.
Despite every effort to secure further funds, the board of the NZ Nutrition Foundation has come to the difficult decision to shut down which will also affect its popular Just Cook programme. That will conclude in March unless new funding can be secured, or a new organisation steps up to take over the delivery of the programme.
The NZ Nutrition Foundation has been providing independent evidence-based information, programmes, advocacy, and services to enable New Zealanders to enjoy nutritious foods since 1980.
Board Chair Niki Russell says it is closing at a time when it is needed now more than ever. “It’s particularly gut wrenching to take this action when our work is so vital and in demand. It comes at a time when the most recent NZ Health Survey shows food insecurity is at an all- time high and one in four children live in households where food runs out often or sometimes.
“We are incredibly grateful to our funders and supporters who have helped our programme numbers to grow, but sadly we cannot secure the additional $100,000 per annum that’s needed for the organisation to stay open and moving forward.”
Russell says much of the Foundations’ recent focus has been helping people in vulnerable communities to eat well. That includes delivering a practical Just Cook programme that helps New Zealanders find the motivation and confidence to cook at home. They are hands-on cooking sessions that teach families and older adults how to cook nutritious meals for less. The programme has impacted over 8,000 people since it began in 2017.
The Foundation is now seeking to hand over its online education and programmes to another organisation in the hope they can live on.
“We know the importance and value of our programmes. They genuinely help people to increase their independence around feeding whanau in the long term. It would be wonderful if the programmes could live on even if they can no longer be delivered by the Foundation,” says Russell.
Anyone interested in providing funding or running the Foundation’s Just Cook programme can contact Jane Bollard at CEO@nutritionfoundation.org.nz.
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Released on behalf of the NZ Nutrition Foundation by Goode PR Auckland. For more information or to arrange an interview please contact: Vikki Lee Goode on 021 964 888, vikkilee@goodepr.co.nz or phone Niki Russell, Chair of NZNF Board on 021 02402440

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21/12/2024

Meri Kirihimete have a safe and relaxing Christmas season. Nutrition Care is now closed and we will be back from 8 January. Look forward to working with you in 2025

03/12/2024

Last Friday Rachel attended the NZ Society of Gastroenterology conference, here in Hamilton.
She was able to listen to and speak with leaders in the field of eating disorders and gastroenterology.
The day focused on the role of dietitians in managing disordered eating in those with “disorders of the gut brain interaction”, meaning those who’s bowels are interfering with their mental health and who’s mental health is interfering with their bowels.
Plus how to identify and help those who’s eating behaviours have become more and more restricted because of this.
Rachel was able to take home plenty tips to share with her clients to help them manage their bowels in the least restrictive way.

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03/12/2024

Its been conference week! Niki attended the NZ Nutrition Society conference in Christchurch. Favourite presentation was by Prof. Robin Daly from Deakin University, Melbourne.
- Being active and eating adequate protein conserves and improves muscle mass throughout life. "Exercise sensitizes your muscles to the benefits of protein".
- He outlined the negative impact of rapid weight loss at any age on your muscle mass. "Muscles matter - don't let them go to waste!"

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24/10/2024

We have moved.
Nutrition Care is now located in Gate 2 (Anglesea Clinic), 9 Thackeray Street Hamilton. Look for us inside the Align Health door. We are working on our signage

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19/09/2024

Great advice thanks Carol Wham and Rachel Scrivin

Bowls of Weet-Bix. Loaves of bread. Packs of noodles. It it actually necessary?

29/08/2024

Proudly supporting New Zealand Nutrition Foundation in their good and valuable work

The New Zealand Nutrition Foundation has been helping kiwis make better food choices since 1980. Demand for its cooking programmes is greater than ever, but the organisation is so short on money, it's running at a deficit. For the first time in its history, it's reaching-out to the public for help.....

17/07/2024

Sonya Fraser, dietitian has started with Nutrition Care today. This is fantastic news - Sonya has lots of experience in diabetes having worked previously at Waikato regional diabetes service.
Her bio:
Sonya is a Registered Dietitian with a special interest in diabetes having spent 20 years working across the paediatric, youth and adult diabetes teams at Waikato Hospital. She has particular expertise in the management of type 1 diabetes across the lifespan. Additional areas include healthy eating advice; nutrition for families; disordered eating and improving your relationship with food; heart disease; Coeliac disease. She has provided group nutrition education to health professionals, teachers and others involved in diabetes care.
Sonya is a long-standing member of NZSSD (New Zealand Society for the Study of Diabetes) and recently finished serving on their executive. She currently convenes their annual scientific meeting. She is a member of Dietitians NZ Diabetes special interest group. Sonya is an endorsed dietitian prescriber.

09/07/2024

Making meals more appealing and giving aged care residents more choice, sounds simple enough. But you need the right ingredients to make it work on a wide scale.