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  • Market deregulation → ↑ fast food consumption → ↑ obesity. Clever international study that includes NZ data

    … Professor Tony Blakely. A clever study just published in the Bulletin of the World … (Trialing voluntary agreements before regulation is often preferred by Government and the food industry, but it is also often unsuccessful or limited in its impact – remember the …
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  • Updating the role of the state: the case of housing in New Zealand

    … longer. The challenge Healthy, safe, affordable housing is a critical foundation of population health and wellbeing. … have led to increasing homelessness . This is not a new phenomenon. It has been recognised by numerous … suburbs and urban areas. In 2017, the National Government, after a 19-year hiatus, had introduced a borrowing protocol …
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  • Media release: New Zealand urged to boost pandemic preparedness as bird flu spreads in US cattle

    … Public health experts are issuing a call to action for New Zealand to strengthen its pandemic … in response to the evolving threat posed by the Influenza A(H5N1) virus. This strain of what is commonly known as ‘bird … and timely access to testing, vaccines, antivirals, and infection prevention equipment like respirator grade masks …
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  • Treaty Principles Bill threatens public health and equity: It needs your submission

    … redefining the principles of Te Tiriti o Waitangi, a move that would radically alter decades of established law … introduced into Parliament on 7 November 2024. It proposes a radical reinterpretation of Te Tiriti o Waitangi and would … equity in Aotearoa New Zealand (NZ) and why we should make a submission opposing progression of this harmful law. Aside …
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  • Beyond unhelpful dichotomies: a co-regulatory approach to protecting children from junk food marketing

    … children’s poor health due to diet-related diseases. It is a good time to reflect not only on the content of those … frameworks for those approaches. This blog explores a co-regulatory approach that could be applied to the … are different) is exempt from this hazy classification? Often we see black or white policy options — mandatory or …
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  • Rodents running riot in supermarkets – do we need to worry?

    … humans is described as being commensal 2 which comes from a Latin word which means dining at the same table. 4 Four … there is a lack of evidence on the scale of this source of infection in NZ. While finding evidence of rodent activity … financial, and mental health consequences. 15 16 Both mild and severe leptospirosis are highly underdiagnosed. 17 …
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  • Smokefree cars – an important step towards protecting children from the hazards of smoking

    … harm in Aotearoa. Secondhand smoke (SHS) is a health hazard for children and causes serious diseases, … multiple settings that exposure to SHS in cars reduces after the implementation of smokefree car laws. 9 Smokefree … SHS exposure and smoking in their presence. For example, after implementation of the 2004 Smokefree Environments …
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  • Emphasis on indigenous forests in ETS would benefit public health

    … The NZ Government is currently consulting the public on a redesign of the NZ Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS), its key … health and well-being from climate change policy is often obscured or ignored when the problem that policy is … can increase erosion and soil loss (particularly after trees have been harvested). 7 A July 2023 report …
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  • Smokefree outdoor areas: A missing part of Government’s new Smokefree 2025 proposals

    … Great NZ Government Smokefree 2025 proposals, but needing a vital addition The NZ Government is to be congratulated … Māori, Pasifika and low-income New Zealanders suffer. But a major missing part is national law-based smokefree outdoor areas. The Government’s plan needs a fifth specific focus area – smoking denormalisation and …
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  • Budget 2023 goes a long way to improving housing and wellbeing

    … Aotearoa New Zealand. K ā inga Ora – Home and Communities, a Crown agency, has been funded in the Budget to build an … K ā inga Ora has so far built 11,830 public homes with a further 4,500 under way. T here was a welcome reduction of 10 percent in the number of households …
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