SUDI Prevention Aotearoa

02/04/2026

https://sudinationalcoordination.co.nz/

02/04/2026

02/04/2026

"Make every sleep, a safe sleep."

Hāpai Te Hauora is encouraging whānau and communities across Aotearoa to mark Safe Sleep Day 2026 on Friday 5 June.

Preventing avoidable harm starts with safe sleep. Hāpai Te Hauora is encouraging whānau and communities across Aotearoa to mark Safe Sleep Day 2026 on Friday 5 June.

22/02/2026

TW: SUDI

Boston was just two months old. His death is part of a nationwide issue that has not gone away.

Our National SUDI Lead, Fay Selby-Law, spoke with Stuff about why SUDI continues to impact whānau across Aotearoa, and what needs to change.

Our Foundations for Safe Sleep messaging is linked in the comments.

By 2025, New Zealand was meant to have cut sudden infant deaths to nearly zero. Yet 50 babies are still dying every year.

03/02/2026

The Big Latch On is back for 2026! Save the date - Friday 27th - Sunday 29th March. Visit www.blo.org.nz for more information.

10/06/2025

06/06/2025

04/06/2025

“We start laying the papa. The papa is about our intentions and it’s also about the Safe Sleep messages.”

This is Whakapapa - the third phase in Raranga, our video series following the journey of creating a wahakura.

As we close out Safe Sleep Week, we reflect on the kaupapa, mātauranga, and aroha woven into every strand.

Watch the full Raranga series in link in comments.

02/06/2025

“You’re not gardening, you’re gathering taonga. Harakeke is old and harakeke is about surviving.”

This is Hauhake — the first phase in Raranga, our video series following the journey of creating a wahakura.

To mark Safe Sleep Week and lead into Safe Sleep Day this Friday, we’re sharing key moments from this kaupapa with Jenny, as she takes us through the tikanga, stories, and steps behind the weave.

01/06/2025

Safe Sleep Day - Community Event

This Friday 6th June, we’re marking Safe Sleep Day at Hoani Waititi Marae with a morning of kaupapa, kōrero and connection.

9:00am – Pōwhiri
Wahakura hand back
Free interactive workshops including weaving, Hā Habit, Quit Smoking and more
Free coffee cart vouchers for participants
Hāngī to take home for all attendees

Come along, bring the whānau, and be part of the kaupapa!