Metabolic Health Success Stories
This work is about supporting real people to make meaningful, lasting changes to their health.
Below are examples of outcomes achieved through practical nutrition, lifestyle change and ongoing support.
Real Client Outcome
57-year-old Māori male, rural Northland
Support Provided
• 1 initial consultation
• 5 follow-up sessions
• Ongoing telehealth support
Outcomes (6 months)
• 8.2kg weight loss
• Improved HbA1c
• Improved blood pressure
• Reduced knee pain
• Medication reviewed with GP
This is one example of what can be achieved with consistent, practical support over time.
Real Client Outcome
Whānau Story - Strength, Confidence, and Next Steps
This quarter marked the final session with one of our youngest clients as she prepares to move to Wellington to begin her university journey. What started as a cautious first step into fitness and wellbeing has grown into a strong foundation of confidence, knowledge, and self-belief.
Focus
Through our time together, she built physical strength alongside a deeper understanding of how movement supports her hauora - not just for performance, but for confidence, resilience, and mental wellbeing. She learned how to train safely, listen to her body, fuel herself well, and approach fitness as something that supports her life rather than pressures it.
Outcomes
Most importantly, she gained confidence in herself. Confidence to walk into new spaces, to ask questions, and to continue her fitness journey independently. As part of supporting her transition, we helped establish a connection with a local CrossFit gym in Wellington, drawing on our experience within the fitness community in Aotearoa to ensure she has a safe, supportive environment to continue training.
Next Steps
This session was not an ending, but a handover - from guided support to self-led strength. She leaves equipped with the tools, mindset, and connections to continue her journey, and with the knowledge that her hauora is something she can carry with her wherever she goes.
We are incredibly proud of her and look forward to seeing her continue to grow.
May 2025
Nutrition Support Report
The Nutrition Support Service continues to deliver personalised, kaupapa Māori-based metabolic health coaching to whānau across Kaikohe and surrounding areas. The service remains responsive, whānau centred, and focused on empowering long-term change through education and practical tools.
Support Provided
72 One-on-One Coaching Sessions
10 Home Visits
2 Home Shop Education Sessions
5 Cooking Coaching Sessions
Focus
Supporting clients with metabolic conditions, nutrition strategies, stress, sleep, and physical activity-all through an integrated and sustainability lens. Delivering care that removes barriers, builds knowledge, and supports practical, everyday change.
Outcomes
Increased access through home visits
Improved food decision-making and label understanding
Strengthened confidence in cooking and meal preparation
Greater engagement through community and whānau-centred delivery
Community Impact
Development of a Diabetes Education Wānanga at Tautoro Marae, focusing on culturally grounded, practical education including kai ora strategies, cooking, movement, and peer-led kōrero.
Client Outcome
A 32-year-old māmā reversed pre-diabetes markers, reduced visceral fat, improved energy and sleep, and is now mentoring her tamariki and supporting others in her community.
September 2025
Nutrition Support Report
Funding support enabled the continuation of the Nutrition Support Specialist initiative, focusing on improving everyday wellbeing through kai education and connection.
Focus
This month centred on two priority groups:
Mums with small pēpi
Retired kaumātua living alone
Support Provided
Growing Kai workshops
Ongoing one-on-one nutrition coaching
Wegovy-supported lifestyle and nutrition programme
Outcomes
Increased confidence in preparing affordable, nourishing meals
Reconnection with local and traditional kai
Strengthened social connection and reduced isolation
Improved health behaviours and long-term wellbeing habits
Programme Impact
The Wegovy initiative combines medical support with tailored nutrition coaching, helping participants achieve weight loss, build self-confidence, and create sustainable lifestyle changes.
Community Impact
Workshops created safe, engaging spaces that support both individual wellbeing and stronger community connection.
This work is not just about weight or clinical markers.
It is about:
Supporting whānau
Building confidence
Creating sustainable change
Improving overall wellbeing
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