Toi Te Ora Public Health 2.73

Our service, Toi Te Ora Public Health (Toi Te Ora), is funded by the Ministry of Health and we are the public health unit for the Bay of Plenty and Lakes District Health Boards.

Our vision is lifelong health and wellbeing for all.

Our purpose is to improve and protect the health of the population in the Lakes and Bay of Plenty districts with a focus on reducing inequalities in health.

As a public health service, we focus on developing and delivering programmes and interventions that benefit the health of the whole population and of specific population groups in our area. We plan and deliver services that promote, protect and improve health, prevent ill health and minimise the risk of disease and injury. We do not provide clinical services for individuals.

We place an emphasis in our work on improving the health of Maori, children (including maternal health), and young people.

Our dedicated team of around 50 staff are located across four offices in Tauranga, Rotorua, Whakatane and Taupo.

Read more about the work that we do - www.toiteora.govt.nz/about_us

Social media policy

We are committed to creating an environment in which users can exchange information and ideas in a respectful, transparent and constructive way.

Comments and other user-generated responses are welcome and encouraged on our social media channels. User-generated content appearing on our social media channels is not edited in any way. However, this is a moderated forum. With this in mind, we expect that users will not post content that falls into the following categories and we reserve the right to remove postings that are:

- off-topic and not appropriate for discussion in this forum;
- in violation of another’s privacy;
- abusive, defamatory, threatening, harassing, discriminatory, use profanity or are otherwise offensive;
- misleading, deceptive or inaccurate;
- illegal or advocate illegal activity;
- spam or include content posted repeatedly;
- of a political nature or promotions for commercial products or services;
- in violation of another’s intellectual property or infringe upon copyrights or trademarks;
- or any other post we deem inappropriate.

Our social media channels are updated and monitored during office hours in the working week. If there is content on the channel that fits the above criteria and requires removing, please email toiteora.communications@bopdhb.govt.nz

The views, opinions, and information expressed in user-generated comments remain with the authors and do not necessarily reflect those of Toi Te Ora Public Health.

Read more about our social media policy here - www.toiteora.govt.nz/socialmediapolicy