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  • Regulatory Standards Bill threatens the public interest, public health and Māori rights

    … regulation”, thereby enhancing governmental accountability and regulatory stewardship. It contains a variety of … instance, exclude any reference to promoting public health or human wellbeing or protecting the environment. If … and Expenditure Committee. Public submissions close at 1.00pm on Monday 23 June. This Briefing summarises the key …
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  • The Havelock North drinking water inquiry: A wake-up call to rebuild public health in New Zealand

    … much broader than the safety of drinking water supplies and represent a serious erosion and fragmentation of NZ’s national public health … hospitalisations, and 3 deaths by the time it was over [ 1 ]. Total economic costs were estimated at $21 million [ 2 …
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  • NZ falling behind on international rules to protect kids from food marketing

    … food marketing. This Briefing outlines how NZ falls short, and how doing so jeopardises the nation’s ability to meet its … Recently WHO released a new set of guidelines on policies 1 needed to protect children from the harmful impacts of food … saturated fatty acids, trans-fatty acids, free sugars and/or salt to which children are exposed, and that such …
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  • Has the time come for a register of AI systems used by government agencies?

    … the citizens' right to know where AI is being used and how well it performs.  Evaluating AI systems is crucial, … which can engage in humanlike dialogues with a user, or systems like MidJourney, which can generate images. … Advisor recently released a report on  AI and healthcare , 1 which makes many specific recommendations and outlines a …
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  • Evidence supports a proposed Parliamentary Bill to reduce harm from alcohol sponsorship of sport

    … on recommendations by three Government-commissioned bodies and the World Health Organization. Viable sponsorship … 2010 Law Commission review of New Zealand’s alcohol laws, 1 the 2014 Ministerial Forum on Alcohol Advertising and … in circumstances where the expected audience is 80% or more adults. In addition, any mention or portrayal (orally …
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  • Red meat & processed meat: Summarising the Public Health isues

    … publicised review on the cancer risk from processed meat and red meat. Here we briefly look at this topic and also … the carcinogenicity of consuming red and processed meat (1). Over 400 different epidemiological studies on cancer in … through salting, curing, fermentation, smoking, or other processes to enhance flavour or improve …
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  • The Island Bay cycleway – Terribly important and nothing new

    … This is a sensible move to make the city safer and more attractive for carbon-sparing, health-promoting … The Parade in Island Bay, Wellington. These run for about 1.6 km on each side of the road and are, mostly, separated … and designated parking spaces. But it isn’t mundane or boring. Construction hasn’t finished, but already “Island …
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  • Tackling housing instability for LGBTIQ+ people in Aotearoa

    … of housing instability. This Briefing reports the findings and implications of a study focused on LGBTIQ+ people’s … despite only comprising 5-10% of the general population. 1 LGBTIQ+ people experience disproportionately high rates of … next door when they, the prospective neighbours, had kids. Or landlords entering people’s houses and rifling through …
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  • Getting through together: ethical values for a pandemic

    … such as COVID-19 require us to draw on our common humanity and be explicit about our values. Recognising this will help … the difficult decisions that are needed.   We are at phase 1 and 2 of the New Zealand (Influenza) Pandemic Plan : ‘plan for it’, and ‘keep it out’ or border management. Soon we might be at phase 3 ‘stamp it …
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  • Why eliminating Covid-19 is critical: Since more waves of infection, hospitalisations and deaths are inevitable for other countries until a vaccine arrives

    … a population can beat Covid-19: (i) eliminate the virus and keep infected people out (the approach NZ is taking); … to be at least half of any population for Covid-19); or (iii) develop an effective vaccine, which is the ideal way … occur among, say 100 infected people. So, if the IFR was 1 in 100, then there would be one death among 100 infected …
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