National Institute for Health Innovation - NIHI

08/03/2024

Today is International Women's Day! NIHI is proud of all the women who contribute their passion, skills and knowledge to our organisation. With this years theme of Inspire Inclusion, we asked a few of our women their thoughts which you can read below.

14/02/2024

Our team got romantic today with a lovely morning tea. We hope you have a wonderful day with your loved ones. Happy Valentine's Day! 💕 🌹

21/12/2023

Meri Kirihimete! We hope you all have a joyful and restful break over the holidays! Our office will be closed from Friday 23rd December and we will be returning on the 3rd of January.

Reflecting on the past year, we are immensely grateful for the collaboration and support we have received from our partners and stakeholders. Your contributions have been instrumental in driving innovation and progress in the health sector.

20/12/2023

Festive cheers from the NIHI Team!

As we bid goodbye to 2023, we turned chefs for a day, cooking up a storm with some scrumptious pho! Thank you to Social Cooking for the amazing experience. What a delightful way to wrap up the year!

14/12/2023

Part of developing our new website was distilling all of our work we do into a new service offering. We are pleased to release our two key outcome areas: Enabling knowledge creation and Enabling implementation. Through this we can provide a range of useful services to a range of clients and collaborators.

If you are interested in any of these services, you can get in touch with us here: www.nihi.org.nz/contact-us

08/12/2023

The new NIHI website is now live! We're excited to share a vibrant new look and a dynamic website that reflects our dedication to building the future together through .

Check it out now at nihi.org.nz

Share your thoughts and let us know what you think.

01/12/2023

Wow, what a wonderful time we had at the ! Yesterday our team participated in a number of presentations before heading back to Auckland. Thank you to everyone that visited our stall and connected with us and thank you HiNZ for organising this conference.

29/11/2023

Our very own Vanessa Ding gave an excellent presentation on the journey to transforming and upscaling SPARX to the application it is today. Still more kōrero from our academics and staff to catch tomorrow at !

27/11/2023

Our booth is set up for ! Come and have a chat to us while you get your caffeine fix - we are right next to the coffee stall!

24/11/2023

Next week, our team members and associated academics will be presenting at the HiNZ Digital week in Hamilton! If you are also attending, we hope you join us to hear about our mahi and ask us some questions. See you there!

21/11/2023

Big changes are coming for NIHI! We will be unveiling our new website soon, with an updated look and feel. This refresh will help honour our history and help us look to the future.

You can visit nihi.auckland.ac.nz for how to get in touch while our website is in construction mode.

02/11/2023

Plant-based meat alternatives are becoming increasingly popular with animal lovers and health-conscious consumers alike. However, new research indicates that your choice of meat-free protein may not always be a healthy choice.

Dr Leanne Young, who is currently working with NIHI on nutrition research, spoke to RNZ about her findings on how meat alternatives stack up as a healthy choice.

We are often given the advice to eat more plant-based foods for our health and the environment. On the back of this we've seen a huge influx of meat substitutes on the supermarket shelves - but how healthy are they? A study published this week set out to measure the nutritional and cost value of mea...