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  • Plugging the gap: Aotearoa’s piped water loss far worse than global leaders

    … infrastructure in Aotearoa New Zealand (NZ) poses risks to public health and wastes precious public funds—estimated … infrastructure.  In a  previous Briefing we detailed how leaking water infrastructure in NZ poses risks to public … elect central and local government politicians who have a long-term perspective and who support building resiliency …
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  • The race to be the first place in Aotearoa to be smokefree

    … and smokefree bus stops in a number of places. The race to become the first place to be smokefree in Aotearoa is on! … Auckland Council adopted one of the most comprehensive and long-term smokefree outdoors plan so far in New Zealand (9). … across New Zealand, we have relatively little idea of how much smoking there is in designated ‘smokefree’ areas. …
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  • Protecting children and young people from unethical junk food marketing: Upgrading the advertising codes

    …   Figure 1: McDonald’s supporting junior football in New Zealand – … Code for Advertising Food could be substantially improved to protect children and young people from obesity and poor … can New Zealand make it work against the odds? And if so how? The following five revisions are probably necessary for …
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  • Note to the Havelock North Inquiry – Think Big

    … cause of the water-borne outbreak caused by Campylobacter in Havelock North. In this blog we consider the background to this issue and argue the Inquiry must not miss the opportunity to think up-stream, on the scale of water catchments, …
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  • Analysis of a new NZ Treasury Report on soft drink tax

    … The Government has an action plan to tackle childhood obesity, but it lacks a tax on sugary … We partially agree. Yes, elasticities capturing exactly how people substitute other products in response to a price … of a mathematical Treasury Report that is a long way from the totality of real world evidence. We also …
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  • Protecting fresh waterways in Aotearoa/NZ: The strong Public Health case

    … in water; (3) avoiding algal blooms that are hazardous to health; (4) protecting mahinga kai uses (cultural … of different pathogens can disperse in the environment and survive in soil or water, and ingestion or recreational … forms of cancer in adults [2, 21, 22]. Specifically, the long-term consumption of nitrate in drinking water has been …
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  • More than 147km – the transformative potential of the Wellington bike network plan

    … vast majority of which is new. This will mean most suburbs in the city have cycleways that connect to the central city and three quarters of people in the city … some of the most innovative cities in the world, WCC plan to roll out a lot of the network using temporary …
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  • Are we ready to eliminate invasive meningococcal disease in Aotearoa New Zealand?

    … experience shows that we may finally have an opportunity to be permanently free of this disease. In this Briefing we … evidence 5 suggests that 10-20% of survivors experience long-term complications that include limb amputation, hearing … disease. The Covid-19 pandemic response has shown how public health and social measures can further reduce IMD …
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  • What does the EY Tobacco Excise Tax Evaluation Report mean for reaching the Smokefree 2025 Goal?

    … This blog comments on the Ernst and Young (EY) report to the Ministry of Health, which evaluated tobacco excise tax … increases (conditional on positive impacts demonstrated in enhanced monitoring) and implementing comprehensive and … including use of community intelligence and research into how effective sustained increases are and what adverse …
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  • Decades old nutrition data leave NZ in the dark – updated nutrition survey needed

    … New Zealanders eat and our overall nutritional status due to a lack of recent national nutrition surveys.  The last adult nutrition survey was conducted in 2008/09 and the most recent children’s survey dates from … essentially flying blind when it comes to knowing what and how people are eating and hence how best to improve …
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