Training schedules: health improvement practitioner

The following dashboard is for employers of health improvement practitioners (HIPs) to see when training is occurring and the number of places available which may help with recruitment planning. The dashboards are updated once a day, so places are subject to change at short notice.

Please contact IPMHA@tepou.co.nz for any further enquires regarding training cohort schedules.. Registrations need to be received 3 weeks prior to the training commencing, and all the prerequisites must be met.

These dashboards show the delivery method, the start dates for upcoming trainings, registration due date, and the number of places available for each cohort. Training is held either in person over four days or virtually over eight half days. To see an outline of the programme and the trainee prerequisites, please visit our health improvement practitioner webpage.

The ongoing development of a hub and spoke approach for the delivery of the HIP programme continues.

Te Pou has the national role as the hub, which includes oversight and management of the national programme and working with the regional spokes to deliver this programme in a region.

Wellsouth is the host for the Te Waipounamu region's spoke. We are now pleased to announce that Procare Fresh Minds will host the Northern region training spoke. This is the result of the procurement process that Te Pou led to secure an organisation to lead this for the region.

We are working with the Fresh Minds team on the establishment of the regional spoke, which will get underway in the next few months.

More information will be provided for Northern region providers once we have finalised the timelines for the establishment of this region spoke. This will be the second regional spoke to be established, alongside the Te Waipounamu regional spoke team hosted by WellSouth. In the meantime, all arrangements for training, scheduling, and coordination for the Northern region remain with Te Pou.

To support the ongoing development of the hub and spoke, Te Pou summarised the research and evidence about the hub and spoke model. This has been provided to the regional spokes and is now available on our website. We have included information on the role of the national hub and the regional spokes.

As of the end of year 2025, HIP training delivered by Te Pou under the Health Improvement Practitioners – North Island programme includes HIPs from the Northern, Te Manawa Taki, and Central regions.

From February 2026, HIP training for the Te Manawa Taki and Central regions will continue to be co-ordinated by Te Pou. To view the programme, outline and trainee prerequisites, please visit the health improvement practitioner webpage. Te Manawa Taki and Central organisations should register HIPs through the respective regional HIP programme.

Please note, each training cohort will include two separate registration links, one for each region:

• Te Manawa Taki organisations should register HIPs under the Te Manawa Taki programme
• Central organisations should register HIPs under the Central programme

For Te Manawa Taki and Central HIP training enquiries, please contact: IPMHA@tepou.co.nz.

The HIP training for Te Waipounamu South Island is co-ordinated by WellSouth. WellSouth is a spoke in the hub and spoke model, with Te Pou as the hub. To view the programme outline and trainee prerequisites, please visit the health improvement practitioner webpage. Te Waipounamu South Island HIPs should complete training through the Te Waipounamu South Island HIP programme.

For Te Waipounamu South Island HIP training enquiries, please contact: HIPtrainingSI@wellsouth.org.nz.

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