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  • Covid recovery or sustainable transformation?

    … recovery from the Covid lockdown provides an opportunity for a sustainable transformation of our society and economy, … with greater risks, than was generally recognised. Not only do we now better recognise the shape of risks such as … with that intervention preferably based on the best scientific evidence (contrast New Zealand and the USA). …
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  • Regulator failure on nitrate in drinking water dumps escalating costs on those downstream

    … of drinking water sources worsens. Some water supplies in the region have already breached drinking water standards for nitrate pollution and publicly available information … irrigation, current state of drinking water and trends not only demonstrates failure by ECan to protect drinking water …
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  • Strengthening Omicron mitigation strategies in Early Childhood Education settings

    … every few days, what opportunities are there to strengthen the mitigation approaches in early education settings? In … of the Covid-19 outbreak. There remains substantial scope for further risk reduction measures, especially relating to … will mean that children can benefit developmentally from time with unmasked teachers in a low risk setting. A review …
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  • Where do the parties stand? Protecting water sources and drinking water quality

    … Summary The government inquiry into Havelock North’s … regulation, and clear roles and accountability for authorities, we will continue to see degradation of water … tools to manage water quality problems. National only discussed water services, avoiding comment on nitrogen …
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  • Smoking prevalence and trends: key findings in the 2022-23 NZ Health Survey

    … Summary New Zealand Health Survey data for 2022/2023 were released today. Daily and current smoking … and people experiencing higher levels of deprivation. The findings support implementing the key smokefree measures included in the Smokefree Legislation, which the government proposes …
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  • Lessons learned from a remote blood pressure lowering trial in Aotearoa

    … devices, and web-based data management systems offer the opportunity to deliver and assess the impact of clinical … unlike more than 75 other countries in the Organisation for Co-operation and Economic Development (OECD), we don’t … four, build software in separate blocks of code that only connect where necessary; five, include live ‘mock’ …
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  • Removing the nicotine from tobacco: The key component of the current Smokefree Bill

    … Amendment Bill includes three key policy measures from the Smokefree Aotearoa 2025 Action Plan: denicotinisation of … policy. In a previous blog we summarised the evidence for and against denicotinisation. This blog updates the … 6 A qualitative study with people who smoke who could only access denicotinised cigarettes found that most thought …
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  • Seven decades of severe weather events in Aotearoa New Zealand: What are the human health impacts?

    … In this blog, we summarise our recent report that explores the health impacts from severe weather events, such as floods and storms, in Aotearoa New Zealand (NZ) for the past 70 years. Over this timeframe, there were 498 … may also be influenced by changes in media reporting over time (eg, interest in reporting on minor injuries), and also …
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  • What we would like to see on the Ministry of Health’s website to better inform progress on COVID-19 elimination

    … In this blog we analyse data from the Ministry of Health’s COVID-19 website and display a key … infected in NZ. The overseas travel variable is ‘yes’ for 39% of cases, the same percentage that the MoH reports as … that will have a long duration have not been reported yet (only those with a short duration could be reported). The NZ …
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  • Does healthy food really cost more?

    … – but does it really? It all depends on how you measure the cost. This blog post looks at some of the different … us to see if a healthy diet is affordable, and to advocate for fiscal policies that encourage consumption of healthy … highest for fruit and vegetables, lowest for grains, and second lowest for ‘foods and drinks high in fat and/or …
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