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About this website

Smokefree Schools/Kura Auahi Kore is a website run by the Health Sponsorship Council (HSC) to provide:

  • information, ideas and resources to help schools/kura effectively address the issue of smoking
  • guidance on how to strengthen factors that help students remain smokefree.

It has been built in consultation with the National Smokefree/Auahi Kore Schools Working Group.

Members include representatives from:

  • The Smokefree Coalition
  • Action on Smoking and Health (ASH NZ)
  • The Cancer Society
  • The Health Sponsorship Council
  • Te Reo Marama
  • Te Hotu Manawa Māori
  • The Ministry of Health
  • The University of Canterbury College of Education
  • Canterbury District Health Board
  • Health Promoting Schools.

If you have questions or comments about this website, please contact Kath Blair, HSC Schools Project Manager (Phone: 04 472 5777, Email: info@smokefreeschools.org.nz).