Whānau Pakari

There is something on for everyone at the moment
This is for our South Taranaki Whānau
All the details are in the picture so grab a mate and head along 🏏⚽️🎾

For all our Waitara Whānau keen for Golf, check out this awesome opportunity at Manukorihi Golf Club 🏌️‍♀️🏌️🏌️‍♂️

Check out this FREE family event that is happening on Sunday 12th November.
Who doesn't love swimming ?!! 🏊🏊

Breakfast Of Champions!

Breakfast can get very boring if we have the same thing everyday. Here is a great recipe I have just made yesterday for the first time that is so yummy and warms my bones on a cold Winter morning!

Baked Banana Oatmeal - easy to make in one bowl and tried it on my 3 year old and it was a huge hit! ;)

Want to save money and reduce waste and save the plant all at the same time?? Don't we all!! ;)

The Healthy Food Guide do have some great tips though on saving money and reducing waste from your fridge that are definitely worth a try!

https://www.healthyfood.com/advice/10-tips-to-fight-food-waste/?fbclid=IwAR26mob6elhdlV1A_pWZL_BFK_n1vwlfj-3EZJJLtZGmT_NQgT82j-z2fd8

10 tips to fight food waste - Healthy Food Guide There are easy ways to cut waste and save dollars. Dietitian Melissa Meier shows how. Would you take $644 out of your bank account and just toss it in the bin? That’s how much the average household throws away in unused food every year. It could be the bag of wilted salad leaves at the …

🌼If you are at a loose end and wanting to learn a new skill, check out Zeals program for Term 3. Looks awesome and is open to all young high school students

Zeal We are Zeal, and our mission is to positively impact every young New Zealander through creativity. We

We had an awesome Golf session last week with our group of adolescents. We learnt how to drive and Putt, then played a hole ⛳️

Here are the details for TSSSA golf coming up on Tuesday 1st Aug.
A fun day out with your mates playing Golf 🏌‍♂️🏌‍♀️🏌

TSSSA Rotational & SNAG Golf is coming up on Tuesday 1st August
Sign up with your sports co-ordinator today so you don't miss out!

Looking for something to do with your under 5's in Opunake??
Opunake preschool playgym is back up and running 😁
Get along and check it out 🎉

✨️Need something to do these school holidays?

🎉Check out this exciting program by Sport Taranaki

HAVE A GO DAY!
AGE: YEARS 7-10
COST:$10 per person

Come along for a fun 'have a go' time with heaps of sports and expert coaches on hand. All gear is provided and there will be snacks and spot prizes.

Sports include rugby, golf, hockey, basketball, rugby league, disability sports and cricket.

Monday 10 July 9am - 1pm (New Plymouth: Meet at the New Plymouth Boys' High School gym)

Tuesday 11 July 9am - 1pm (TSB Hub Hāwera)

Register here: https://www.sporty.co.nz/viewform/236694

Brought to you by the Taranaki Good Sports Steering Group. Taranaki Secondary School Sports Association - TSSSA Basketball Taranaki Taranaki Hockey Skate Sport Taranaki Swimming Taranaki Inc ParaFed Taranaki Taranaki Badminton Gymnastics New Zealand Touch Taranaki Taranaki Community Rugby Taranaki Rugby League TET Athletics Taranaki Taranaki Badminton New Plymouth MMA Studio Central Football - Taranaki Taranaki Cricket Association

If you are feeling overwhelmed and don't know where to begin with the healthy changes you want to make for yourself and your whānau - take a look at these simple swaps. Try one or a few and begin that simple first step towards a healthier future for your whānau. :)

Check out this awesome opportunity Waitara Golf Club are putting on ⛳️

JUNIOR GOLF IS BACK! 🎉

Starting Saturday the 1st of July from 9.00am to 10.30am down at the Waitara Golf Club. Ages 5 years old and up! All equipment provided

A huge thank you to our sponsors Sarah Bentley & Sam Masters - Professionals Real Estate, all the volunteers that have committed to help and of course our pro Stevie Heyes

Want some recipes that are easy on your budget 💵and easy on your time⏰? Look no further than your friendly FRITTER! 🫓🌽

Fritters are such a great option that kids love but if you choose your type based on seasonal produce will be cheap and cheerful. :)

Check out some of my fav fritter recipes and start whipping up some yummy family friendly meals!

Do you have a keen junior golfer in your whānau?! ⛳️
Check out the opportunities below to give it a go, all equipment provided 👊

It's coming into Winter 🥶and the snow ❄️ is on our beautiful maunga🗻! Time to get out that slow cooker and start making some yummy dishes to warm up our whanau. Slow cooker recipes are some of my favourites. With work and a busy whanau schedule time is a luxury in our home as it is for most so slow cooker meals give me the option of a home cooked meal that's ready for us to eat when we get home 🏠.

Here is one of my go-to Winter recipes that's full of fibre, iron and so much flavour!!

An amazing opportunity for those Year 10-13 students passionate about sport and wanting to better their performance. Sport Taranaki are offering a FREE Sports Psychology workshop TOMORROW May 18th which can help young sport enthusiasts to get an edge and improve their game and mental focus!

See the flyer below and make sure to register to attend!

We are excited to announce that we have rescheduled our Sports Psychology workshop with Sarah Carruthers to Thursday 18th May (4:30pm-6:00pm)

Scan the QR code to register your interest now!

We get a lot of questions about honey and maple syrup given that they are marketed as "natural" products and contain some nutritional minerals.

This article weighs up the two but stresses the important bottom line - although both are natural if bought from pure sources they are both still classified as "free sugars" which mean they still raise blood sugar levels and we need to produce insulin to help those sugars come back down. Small amounts are key! 🍯🥞

Which is healthier: honey or maple syrup? - Healthy Food Guide Honey and maple syrup can give plain yoghurt and porridge a little oomph… but is one healthier than the other? HFG compares these popular sweeteners to see how they stack up against each other. Honey comes from bees and maple syrup from trees, so that makes them a natural product, right? The thing...

If you are interested in upskilling your cooking and getting some new yummy recipes while being supported by some wonderful people (including childcare for preschoolers which is a huge bonus!) get in touch with the organisers of Whare Kai. It is a FREE community programme with so many benefits running in New Plymouth. Get in touch and bring home some delicious kai ready for dinner for your whanau that night! Win Win!

🙌School holidays are here!
Here are some of my top go to's for keeping the kids entertained these holidays
🚴‍♂️Hit the Bell Block cycle park, help them learn the road rules or race them around pump track
⛳️Frisbee golf at Merrilands domain. This 9 hole course is available to the public for FREE, make sure you take your Frisbee
💪Pukeiti gardens. There are several child friendly walks including a Treehouse trail and a fun fitness trail.
🏊‍♀️Head to the New Plymouth aquatic centre for hours of fun. that is sure to wear the kids out 😉
Happy Easter Whānau

Takeaway Meals, while undoubtedly take the stress out of cooking also come with a host of downfalls:
- Little nourishment for our bodies after all the salt 🧂, sugar 🍦and unhealthy fats 🧈 are taken into account
- Some can get very pricey! 💵
- Takes away the time spent cooking 👩‍🍳with our kids 👧🧑and passing along valuable skills and recipe ideas

Trial having a "Homemade Takeaways" night and make your fav takeaway food yourself 🍕🍔🥙🌯. Here is me and my family making sushi 🍣🍱when we were massively craving some the other night! ;) Our 2 year old was sceptical of the seaweed to begin with but gave it a go and that's all that matters! :) We didn't use expensive sushi rice or sushi vinegar but used arborio rice (you can also use basmati rice) and mixed rice wine vinegar with a little bit of honey to create the sushi vinegar. :)

Good luck to everyone participating in the Weetbix tryathlon today down at Ngamotu Beach 🏊‍♀️🚲🏃
Enjoy the experience

**Community Free Meals**
Kai is becoming more expensive and whanau are struggling to feed their kids. We are very lucky in New Plymouth to have some awesome people putting on a hot cooked meal free of charge to anyone who comes along to St Joseph's Church hall every Tuesday at 5.30pm. No need to ring ahead, just turn up and get some hot kai!

Get involved with Parks Week NZ on this glorious day and get out there in the sunshine! 🫶🌞🌳

Here’s an activity to mix up the week - Parks Week bingo! See how many you, your schoolmates or whānau can tick off.

If you need a little help ticking off your bingo board check out all of the great events happening in your regions. Get along and lap up the green space in your neighborhood 👉 https://fal.cn/3wsSp Recreation Aotearoa - Te Whai Oranga

💥Meet Niamh (pronounced Nee-iv)💥

Niamh is our Irish Dietitian and big lover of all things food-related!
She runs our nutrition weekly sessions which are a great mix of cooking yummy food such as pizza and nachos, veggie gardening, recipe ideas, budgeting tips, label reading and more! Sessions are free and for the whole whanau!

Sessions run in Hawera on Tuesdays from 4-5pm @ TSB Hub and New Plymouth on Thursdays from 4-5pm at different fun locations.

If you are interested you can contact her on 0272044296

💥Meet Lani💥

Lani is our physical Activity Advisor and she runs weekly sessions. These are fun sessions where they play games to work on skill development, building confidence and team work all while moving our bodies to help be a healthier more active you.
Come along to a session to meet her and join in on the fun 🤸
If you are interested you can contact her on 027 220 9750

It's Pancake Tuesday! 🥞🫶😀

Whether you celebrate this day or not everyone loves a pancake day! Pancakes can definitely be a high sugar treat food if bought outside the house or in premixed products but here is an easy one you can make at home with lots of goodness for our bodies but also super tasty!

✨Ingredients:
2 medium ripe bananas (the browner the better) 🍌
2 eggs 🥚
1/2 cup milk/unsweetened almond milk/soy milk 🥛
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 ½ cups rolled oats
2 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
¼ teaspoon salt
Olive oil, for cooking (don't go too nuts, just enough to coat the pan)

✨Recipe:
- Put all ingredients in a blender or food processer and blend until smooth (about 30 seconds)
- Spray oil or pour a small amount of oil in the heated pan and spread batter around to desired thickness.
- Cook each side until golden brown, flipping in between (that's the fun/messy part 😉)
- To add extra goodness to your pancakes serves with fresh fruit, Greek yoghurt and sprinkle of chia seeds or the savoury route of crunchy peanut butter with chia seed sprinkle and rolled up

Muscles strengthen 💪
Bones harden 🦴
Ligaments toughen 🥩
Lungs expand 🫁
Heart pumps 🫀
Nerves fire 🔥
Immunity boosts 😷
Mood raises 😀
Life improves 🥰

All with the power of exercise!

💥 Any movement is good
💥Any exercise is good
✅️ Just keep going

The Whānau Pakari team would like to wish you all a Merry Christmas 🎄 and a Happy New Year!🎉
We are taking a wee break over the festive season to spend some time with our Whānau and will be back on the 9th January.

✨️ Happy Holidays ✨️