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  • Tax reform pros & cons: A brief look from a Public Health perspective

    … at what potential there is for revising the NZ tax system from a public health perspective. Many factors determine the … perspectives concerning the level of government spending, how important goals such as health, well-being or the state of the environment really are, the extent to which the system should be redistributive (i.e., with the …
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  • More than 147km – the transformative potential of the Wellington bike network plan

    … mean most suburbs in the city have cycleways that connect to the central city and three quarters of people in the city … in. The cycle network will reduce greenhouse gas emissions from transport, improve health through increased physical … at promoting cycling as they don’t make people feel safe or force them into conflicts with pedestrians or cars, …
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  • Urgent measures needed to allow the safe re-opening of Auckland schools

    … we describe the range of urgent measures that are needed to facilitate a safe return to schools in Auckland and other regions of the … people under 20 years old, driven largely by transmission from adults to children within households and families. …
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  • Lessons learned from a remote blood pressure lowering trial in Aotearoa

    … web-based data management systems offer the opportunity to deliver and assess the impact of clinical trials remotely, … to deliver the SaltSwitch intervention and collect data from participants, Wi-Fi enabled BP monitors, and a web-based … reason they volunteered in the first place. We also know how important face-to-face communications (kanohi ki te …
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  • An upgraded Alert Level 2 is urgently needed to address the Delta Variant threat

    … landscape has changed, and the system must be updated to address the threat of the highly transmissible Delta … circulation is elevated.   Photo by  Anna Tarazevich  from  Pexels On 17 August 2021, a community case with Delta … in a  recent paper for the NZ context [5]). Regardless of how the Alert Levels are labelled, the key logic of the …
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  • Water infrastructure failures from Cyclone Gabrielle show low resilience to climate change

    … and closed roads. Here we assess the reported damage to water infrastructure in this disaster and find evidence of … facing structural disadvantage. 14  Inability to access safe drinking water can be another stress on already … Cyclone Gabrielle has provided additional lessons on how the country has neglected building resiliency into its …
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  • The need for long-term thinking – Especially for preventing catastrophic risks

    … NZ. This Briefing highlights the problem and the need to strengthen long-term thinking. Short-term thinking leads … this threat also demands a long-term focus on building in safe locations and having the appropriate infrastructure such … levied on low-income people who don’t own houses – given how capital gains and assets are not taxed (see an upcoming …
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  • Emphasis on indigenous forests in ETS would benefit public health

    … that in its current form, the ETS is not expected to drive gross emissions reductions. Instead, the ETS has … to the review . We touch on the impacts to human health from climate change and then outline the problems for public … or through restoring native vegetation— should address how the changes in composition and configuration of …
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  • Lessons from jurisdictions that are battling their own Delta variant outbreaks

    … outbreak in the community brings a new challenge to Aotearoa New Zealand’s COVID-19 response. A Delta outbreak … border . Queensland’s border restrictions with NSW will stay in place until at least October, with the Queensland … ‘aggressive suppression’ COVID-19 strategy going forward . How are other jurisdictions responding to Delta? Taiwan was …
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  • Risk proportionate regulation of nicotine and tobacco products: More rhetoric than reality

    … Summary The Government, and almost everyone considering how to achieve a Smokefree Aotearoa, agrees that nicotine and … must implement robust policies to protect young people from addiction to alternative nicotine and tobacco products.  …
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