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Seven Sharp features MHW
Seven Sharp closes MHW with some simple but rock solid expert advice Here’s a great summary of why we need Men’s Health Week each year,

Man WOF in Te reo Māori, Samoan and Mandarin (简体中文)
AA Man WoF now in Te reo Māori, Samoan and Mandarin (简体中文) and English Our mates at the AA adapted Men’s Health Week’s useful What’s

Healthy habits for a longer life
Healthy habits – Why more men need to take charge of their wellbeing As Men’s Health Week shines a spotlight on how men’s wellbeing, the

Men’s Sheds – laughter, sharing, talking
Hammer and chatter among great things coming from this retirement community workshop They say a man’s pride can be measured by his shed—its size,

Sir JK’s ‘AAA battery’ for anxiety
Sir John Kirwan’s ‘AAA battery’ for anxiety Men’s Health Week asked Sir JK to share some of his advice around guys’ health, and here is

Processed foods – convenient but how healthy?
Natural and Processed foods – what’s the difference and why should we know? “Where possible we should be trying to eat whole foods that are

Arnie was asked about men’s mental health
Arnie is a legend. Mr Olympia, mad good actor, married a Kennedy, Governor of America’s largest state and a guy people want to listen to.

10,000 steps: good but certainly not essential
It’s time to call BS on the idea that 10,000 steps is the gold standard of what we should be walking each day for optimal

Don’t let the bills stack up
Don’t let the health bills stack up When he was younger, Oscar Kightley let traffic tickets pile up without paying them. “I’d just ignore the

5 good steps we need to take
Five things men should be doing from MHW Some great advice on five positive steps Kiwi men can take today to help themselves from NZ

Men’s Health policy call
Researchers call for Men’s Health policy Successive New Zealand governments have failed to develop a policy or strategy focused on men’s health, falling behind countries

MHW media
Four grim figures that should worry us The country’s largest newspaper took a look at the four most troubling statistics for Kiwi men to mark

Thanks Oscar
Oscar Kightley joins the team for MHW Playwright, actor and all round good guy Oscar Kightley has joined the MHW team as an ambassador in

AA gets revved up for MHW
AA Health Insurance and Men’s Health Week team up to lift the hood on Men’s Health. AA Health Insurance is revved up to be partnering

Time to talk to a mate?
Talking to a mate might be the best thing you can do We all get stressed out and we all get down. One out of

Go big or go home is bollocks
Go big or go home – not helpful advice guys Inspirational, motivating and macho as hell, but also just the dumbest advice you will ever

It’s a world record we don’t want
New Zealand tops the world in our rates of melanoma and we have the highest melanoma death rates in the world. The findings, published this year

RNZ’s Jim Mora talks Men’s Health Week
Murph and Jim Mora chat things Men’s Health Week on RNZ’s Sunday Morning JIm Mora and Greg Murphy discuss a range of aspects of Men’s

Here’s what the doctor says guys
Long-time Auckland GP Dr John Cameron joined TVNZ’s Haley Holt to talk about how the doctor-patient thing works these days. It’s quick, easy and non-judgemental.

MHW goes where the public are
Men’s Health Week goes where the shoppers are Don’t be surprised to see comedian and MHW ambassador Tom Sainsbury pop up in front