Kua takoto te manuka

Kua takoto te manuka

Manawatu-Wanganui
Cessation
Co-ordinator: 
Name: 
Fay Selby-Law
Role: 
Te Ohu Auahi Mutunga (TOAM) Stop Smoking Service
Telephone: 
06 354 3423

Goals and objectives

Provide information and support to smokers via a Māori Radio (Kia Ora FM) and encourage them and their whānau to stop smoking.

Target audience

Kia Ora FM radio station listeners in the Manawatu, Horowhenua and Tararua.

Project fit with 2025 aims

Increasing opportunities for smokers and in particular Māori smokers to stop smoking and to increase their awareness of the availability of help.

What happened

Currently provide a fortnightly half hour radio show that challenges whānau to think about their smoking and informs them where to access help and educates them on the process and provisions of stop smoking support.

Partners

Kia Ora FM radio staff.

Key outcomes

Currently we have had one smoker phone in for support.
We have more hits on our facebook page.

Key learnings

Team’s enthusiasm to get the programme started. Opportunity for whānau to access support in another forum. Currently fortnightly, keen to expand to weekly. 30 minutes goes quickly, an increase to an hour would be good.

Would like to provide a Te Reo quit session.

Page last updated: 23 Mar 2016