Wellness Team -Ruapehu Health

02/04/2026

What a beautiful afternoon of sharing, connection and reflection .
A beautiful beginning to a new group in our community.
A new date will be set soon for those who would like to join us. Watch this space x
Thank you to St John's Ohakune for the gorgeous space, as tranquil and healing as always.

Ruapehu Health Ltd

01/04/2026

TODAY!

End term one with some child free time. Time to reflect, discuss and share struggles and strategies.
No need to book, just come along and stay a short time or the whole time.
This group will be facilitated by Ruapehu Health Ltd and learning/ behavioural support connections in our community.

30/03/2026

This Thursday :-)

End term one with some child free time. Time to reflect, discuss and share struggles and strategies.
No need to book, just come along and stay a short time or the whole time.
This group will be facilitated by Ruapehu Health Ltd and learning/ behavioural support connections in our community.

25/03/2026

WINNER: Congratulations to our local superstar Ginge Ngāti Rangi who took part and won our voucher for the day!

Come and do a breath test and be in to win a $50 voucher!
Here until 12.50 today 😁

Ruapehu Health Ltd

23/03/2026

End term one with some child free time. Time to reflect, discuss and share struggles and strategies.
No need to book, just come along and stay a short time or the whole time.
This group will be facilitated by Ruapehu Health Ltd and learning/ behavioural support connections in our community.

23/03/2026

This Thursday!

Ruapehu Health Ltd

15/03/2026

Neurodiversity Celebration Week is a global movement to recognise, celebrate, and support neurodivergent minds in schools, workplaces, and communities.

We are using this week to start our very own community lead support group for parents with children with diagnosed and un diagnosed neurodiversity.

Ruapehu Health Ltd

13/03/2026

Happy world sleep day!

Why is sleep so important?

Sleep helps support memory and learning
Sleep helps clear waste from the brain and promote brain health
Sleep supports brain health, and brain health supports sleep
Sleep supports immune health, and immune health supports sleep
Sleep helps the immune system to clear bacteria and viruses
Sleep helps to recycle old cells and maintain our bodies and energy levels

Prioritise the sleep and feel the benefits!

09/03/2026

https://soul2soulmeaningfullearning.nz/

Today I had the pleasure of visiting Hedi at soul2soul meaningful learning.
Such an amazing service offered here in Raetihi. Equine therapy provides significant mental, physical, and emotional benefits by utilising horse interactions to reduce cortisol, manage PTSD/anxiety, and improve emotional regulation.
Check out her website.

Meaningful Learning

07/03/2026

International Women's Day (IWD), celebrated annually on March 8, is a global day celebrating the social, economic, cultural, and political achievements of women. The day also marks a call to action for advancing gender equality.

IWD has been around for well over a century, with the first IWD marked in 1911.

In 2026, IWD marks an extraordinary milestone: 115 years of collective action, advocacy, and progress toward gender equality. For more than a century, IWD has helped drive transformative change. Each generation has built on the courage of those before it, pushing boundaries and redefining what is possible.

Dress in purple and celebrate!

Ruapehu Health Ltd

02/03/2026

Globally, school-age children with hearing loss often remain undiagnosed and without access to needed services (World report on hearing, 2021). Hearing loss affects around 90 million children and adolescents aged 5-19 years, across all parts of the world (Global burden of disease study, 2021). However, it commonly remains undetected, especially in low-resource settings.

Common, preventable and treatable causes of hearing loss—such as otitis media with effusion (OME), chronic suppurative otitis media (CSOM), and impacted ear wax—remain widely prevalent in children. At time, hearing loss begins insidiously but progresses and worsens over time.

Left unaddressed, this not only affects a child’s ability to hear but significantly impacts speech, language, cognitive and social development, commonly leading to poorer educational outcomes, reduced employment prospects and long-term economic disadvantages.

If you have concerns about your own hearing or your childs hearing. Call us Ruapehu Health Ltd