Stories

Little Wonders Cromwell - the winners for Central Otago!

The children plant their new garden...

A winning garden!

Rockdale Park Kindergarten in Invercargill won the Little Lungs Pukahukahu Iti Smokefree Environments competition...

Little Wonder's Oamaru winners of the People's Choice Award - 2017 Photo Competition

Their photo celebrating Smokefree environments was the most popular; receiving 231 likes and comments on WellSouth’s Facebook page...

Judge's Choice Winners!

Holmes Kindergarten in Oamaru took out the 2017 Spring Photo competition Judges Award....

Queens Park give Little Lungs a thumbs up!

Staff reported they found the workshop very informative and relevant...

Spring Photo Competition

Great photo's submitted from the early childcare sector on a creative smokefree cars and homes message for their community...

Aoga Amata Preschool - Proud to be Smokefree

After completing the programme staff at Aoga Amata feel more confident to incorporate Smokefree cars and homes messaging into their everyday practice.

Photo Competition for World Smokefree Day 2017

A photo competition promoting Smokefree environments to our whānau....

The first play centre to complete Little Lungs: Pūkahukahu Iti – Weston!

The Little Lungs workshop is a great workshop addressing environmental level changes and suitable for all working in the early childhood sector...

Holmes Kindergarten dives into Smokefree

The workshop sparked a fluffy of ideas from the staff at Holmes Kindergarten, and they are open to sharing their strategies with others in the sector...

Green Street Early Learning Centre normalising Smokefree cars and homes messages

Initially worried about how whānau would react Green Street took away the importance of ENVIRONMENTAL change...

Edna McCulloch Kindergarten taking steps

All the small things can make a difference to reaching a bigger goal...

Dunstan Educare on World Smokefree Day 2016

Normalising and embedding the message in a fun, easy celebration...

Arthur Burns going the extra mile on World Smokefree Day

We love how non-threatening and supportive the approach is - we are always coming from the positive...

Punavai O Le Atamai Preschool

Parents often look to teachers for credible advice and being able to offer it in this area has been really useful....

Head Teacher at Little Wonders in Roslyn a strong Advocate for Smokefree

One person's passion and commitment can make a huge difference in a community...

Rainbow Preschool embraces Smokefree

Teachers at rainbow found Little Lungs a valuable addition to their community-focused centre...

Dunedin Kindergarten Teachers become Quit Card Providers

Teachers participate in training to be able to provide Nicotine Replacement Therapy to their community at a subsidised rate...