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  • Mind the gap: Associate Health Minister’s actions conflict with Ministry advice, align with tobacco industry lobbying

    … (see Appendix ).  However, coalition agreements the  NZ First and  ACT parties negotiated with the National party … from health professionals, researchers, and the public.  NZ First Minister Shane Jones admitted taking “ soundings ” … offered advice on alternative measures signalled in the  NZ First Coalition agreement , including the commitment to …
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  • New Zealanders strongly support policies to curb alcohol harm – will government listen?

    … commissioned a Talbot Mills survey in March 2025 assessing NZ adult opinion on the WHO ‘best buy’ interventions and more … sets standards for sale and supply of alcohol products in NZ and aims to minimise the harms they cause. An overhaul has … in developing alcohol policy  Four public inquiries in NZ have shown strong public and scientific support for …
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  • Local alcohol policies: What’s the opportunity to reduce harm?

    … and perpetuates health inequities in Aotearoa New Zealand (NZ). This Briefing outlines the potential for LAPs to reduce … harms to individuals, whānau and communities, costing NZ an estimated $9.1 billion each year. 1 The harms are not … has similar benefits and also reduces consumption. 9  NZ data shows people buying take-away alcohol after 10pm are …
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  • Phasing out smoking: The Tobacco-Free Generation policy

    … The NZ Government has published a discussion document outlining … purchase or use. What’s the likely impact of TFG? NZ modelling shows that TFG would decrease smoking prevalence … 2021) and denormalization effects, demonstrating that NZ is serious about becoming a smokefree nation. This clear …
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  • Calling for action on suicide prevention in Aotearoa

    … needed to address long-standing high rates of suicide in NZ. This approach requires a policy re-set moving the … almost 600 people die by suicide in Aotearoa New Zealand (NZ), and 75% of them are men 1 (see Figure 1 below and … What is new in this Briefing  Suicide prevention in NZ has focused on mental illness and clinical interventions, …
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  • Where do the parties stand? Taxes to protect health and reduce inequity

    … income tax reductions for low-income citizens of Aotearoa NZ are being proposed by two parties ( Te Pāti Māori and the … So given the upcoming general election in Aotearoa NZ it is timely to look at tax policies of our political … the party’s website section on tax ( https://www.act.org.nz/tax ) does imply introducing a “new Low and Middle Income …
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  • Updating the role of the state: the case of housing in New Zealand

    … – Homes and Communities .  Its main subsidiary is Housing NZ, the government housing provider. Kāinga Ora’s mandate is … stock in 2017, from 4 percent in 2008. In 2018-19, Housing NZ built 1,461 state rental homes, the largest number in 20 … ambition. Former National Deputy PM English called Housing NZ “the biggest slum landlord in the country”. National’s …
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  • Chewing the fat on a saturated fat tax

    … fats as a proportion of energy intake from all fats for NZ adults (NZ Adult Nutrition Survey 2008/09) The debate and media … gases such as methane – but this keeps being delayed by NZ politicians. This need not mean we turn our back on modern …
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  • Kiwi public health doc reporting back from Victoria (Australia): “Do quarantine well!”

    … By pretty good design (we did not lockdown as hard as in NZ) and probably a fair amount of luck, it appears that all … the world. Just not as good as the rest of Australia and NZ. And one we could cope with. C’est la vie. But injury has … as it would have been for – say Western Australia (or NZ…). Second, and declaring I do not have full facts on this, …
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  • The Smokefree Generation: Perspectives from young people

    … addressed this knowledge gap. The Aotearoa New Zealand (NZ) Parliament is currently progressing the Smokefree … the latest (2021) Year 10 Snapshot Survey conducted by ASH NZ found 9.3% of 14-15 year old Māori students reported … least monthly) smoking, compared with only 2.7% of their NZ European peers. 3 Furthermore, evidence that smoking …
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