Southland

Smokefree Parks and Playgrounds: The team will be working with the local school in Bluff to highlight the cause for smokefree parks and playgrounds. A good relationship has already been formed with the school through working with them on a smokefree homes and cars through schools project. During the week of World Smokefree Day the school students will be making banners and then marching through the town to the local rugby grounds where it is hoped the council manager of parks and recreation will address the community. Lunch will then be enjoyed by the whole school, provided by the local bakery (who also supply the school canteen)- that is, as long as the bakery adopts a healthier catering policy.

Wellington

Media: Whole page spreads will be secured in local newspapers and used to promote World Smokefree Day. The pages will feature human interest stories, ‘Smoking Not Our Future’ images, information on the drive to get rid of tobacco displays, ,a brief on youth participation from the Cancer Society and notices about local activities happening around World Smokefree Day.

Western Bay of Plenty

Schools: Four local high schools will take part in a World Smokefree Day quiz challenge with smokefree prizes. Students are involved in organising and running the quiz. Questions and answers will focus on sending positive messages around smokefree being the norm.

Media releases will encourage people currently smoking to set World Smokefree Day as a day that they give quitting a go.

Turangi and Taupo

Promotions: There will be colourful smokefree auahi kore promotions set-up in each town centre, with people available to talk to locals about World Smokefree Day, and to register them for quitting support. Resources will be displayed and given away.

Tairawhiti

The smokefree auahi kore team are working with the three local WINZ offices (rural and urban) to promote World Smokefree Day to their clients. World Smokefree Day will also be used as a platform for launching smokefree hospital signs and there will be a celebratory ‘one year auahi kore’ breakfast for locals who have achieved this milestone.

Hauraki

Youth Festival: This year sees the return of the successful Youth festival to Hauraki. The event is a coming together and celebration on local youth talent and is proudly promoted in media and around the event through posters, competitions and giveaways as being smokefree auahi kore. It is an event that allows locals to engage with young people in a positive, youth centred environment.

Eastern Bay of Plenty

Smokefree Cars: A bright green decorated smokefree car is taking to the streets of Whakatane to help promote the value of making your car smokefree. There will also be quizzes, competitions for children and information given out in the streets of the town. Banners around Whakatane will also remind people of World Smokefree Day.

Whangarei

Smokefree Parks and Playgrounds: The goal of this year’s World Smokefree Day activities is the raise community awareness of smokefree public places in order to advocate to the council to make a local park and sports stadium smokefree. The team will be working with other organisations that support the cause as well as engaging with local Fruit in Schools and Health Promoting Schools to promote the issue. Local radio will be used – community notices, interviews, advertisements, letters of support will be gathered from local organizations and a petition will run. All of this background work will culminate in a hikoi around the park on May 29 where the Mayor will be present to receive all advocacy materials. Local media will be invited to report on the event and the cause.

AUCKLAND

Buchanan Rehabilitation Centre: This centre supports and challenges those with mental illness to reach their potential and have choices for their future. As part of their healthy lifestyles programme they have worked towards the centre becoming a completely smokefree site. This would help those who are smokefree to remain so and would also help those who have quit to stay quit. Groups at the centre have worked to include smokefree in their healthy lifestyles focus and work to support people to reduce their smoking or to quit. It has taken 18 months of hard work by dedicated people to reach this point. The centre did have specific places on the site where people could smoke – they have over the last 5 months worked towards making the site totally smokefree – the day that this move to a completely smokefree site will occur is World Smokefree Day. To celebrate there will be a day of fun activities, music, kapa haka, food and games for clients, staff and their families.

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