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  • The need for an expanded national smokefree law – just got more critical

    … while they gambled. The NGOs noted that any member of the public would regard such an area as “substantially enclosed” … new Calculator will have to be designed by the Ministry of Health so that it produces results that are more consistent … effect of other people’s smoking” in indoor workplaces and public places – s.4a. The definition of an “internal area” …
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  • The PHCC featured in University of Otago Magazine

    … a platform to share evidence produced by researchers on public health and social determinants of health that shape our … Michael Baker tells the University of Otago Magazine. The Public Health  Communication Centre featured in the July …
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  • Media release: Councils encouraged to curb alcohol availability in new policy environment

    … availability and the associated harms, according to public health experts. In a Briefing from the Public Health Communication Centre, Health Coalition Aotearoa …
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  • PHCC monthly newsletter: November 2024

    … Read the latest from the Public Health Communication Centre in our November newsletter . This … The Briefings present evidence of the benefits from a public health approach based on improving wider social …
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  • News: Fears NZ on track to fall well short of Smokefree 2025 goal

    … smoking rates continue to flatline as revealed by the NZ Health Survey data.  Prof Edwards was responding questions … trends: Important findings from the 2023-24 New Zealand Health Survey . He also spoke to Newstalk ZB on the smoking … prevalence and trends: Important findings from 2023-24 NZ Health Survey . The data show vaping prevalence is …
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  • PHCC monthly newsletter: December 2024

    … Read the latest from the Public Health Communication Centre in our December newsletter . We … that the report comes at a time of major staff cuts in public health.  Other Briefings look at National Health …
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  • PHCC Newsletter Dec 2024-Feb-2025

    … our two year anniversary edition.   In Communicating public health evidence: Two highly productive years for the PHCC , … and policy formulation with a strong focus on emerging health threats such as epidemics, as well as policy debates …
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  • In the news: Public health experts and the food industry call on govt to fund health survey

    … Public health and food industry experts are calling on the … understand New Zealanders eating habits and to help shape public policy.  Cliona Ni Mhurchu,  a professor of population … by Newstalk ZB and Mediaworks. … In the news: Public health experts and the food industry call on govt to fund …
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  • PHCC Newsletter: March 2025

    … Read the latest from the Public Health Communication Centre in the March edition of our … . Five years on from the arrival of Covid-19 in Aotearoa, public health experts emphasise the continued need for a …
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  • Media release: Call for action to end New Zealand’s severe Campylobacter epidemic from fresh chicken

    … New analysis from public health experts highlights the need for action to reduce the … are from contaminated fresh chicken meat. The latest  Public Health Communication Centre Briefing estimates that …
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