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).