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  • NZ’s Environmental Protection Authority in a muddle over weed killer

    … which found that glyphosate is “unlikely to be genotoxic or carcinogenic”, a significant departure from IARC’s … what happened gives a muddled account of risk assessment, and misrepresents her own Authority’s publication. In this … review of hazardous substances in New Zealand. Figure 1: 3D representation of a glyphosate molecule (Wikipedia) …
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  • How to best describe NZ’s border control problems around COVID-19 with a possible typology

    … Particular words and phrases can frame how issues are considered and the … need for a corrective response to improve system design or delivery. After considering a range of words, we consider … need to improve pandemic terminology in the NZ context. 1 But of particular concern is the need to reach some …
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  • Changes in mobility in response to the COVID-19 pandemic: NZ vs other countries and the stories it suggests

    … we compare recent Google mobility data for New Zealand and a range of other countries in response to the COVID-19 … include some form of mandated physical distancing or even ‘lock-down’ measures, with non-essential activity … pandemic spread with major potential mortality impacts [1], with a goal of eliminating COVID-19 [2]. The Google data …
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  • Progress on reducing retail availability of sugary drinks in NZ

    … in removing the sale of sugary drinks from hospitals and schools. In this blog we look at such successes to date … be improved in recreational areas as per this NZ study (1). Recent successes around reducing access to SSBs in NZ … industry self-regulation). No mention is made of SSB taxes or specific policies to limit SSB availability. It is clear …
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  • Will the Government’s new Smokefree Plan achieve Aotearoa’s smokefree goal?

    … repealed key measures in the Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products Act (SERPA) 2022 1 ; these measures could have ended the tobacco epidemic and … government has ruled out increased funding for mass media or cessation services and the plan was released the in the …
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  • How best to classify and count NZ’s border control failures in the COVID-19 pandemic?

    … at least 10 border control failures (9 via MIQ facilities and one via a port), and at least 5 “internal MIQ facility … in a world ranking by the Lowy Institute in Australia [1]. NZ’s economic indicators also compare favourably to … failure ” where the failure occurs in a MIQ facility or “ non-MIQ border failure” where the failure results from …
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  • Rising congenital syphilis in Aotearoa New Zealand needs a strong response

    … (NZ). It is having inequitable impacts amongst Māori and Pacific wh ā nau and for women in pregnancy and their … early in pregnancy, this can miss early infections or syphilis acquired later in pregnancy. Repeat testing for … can have tragic consequences for pēpē and their whānau. 1 Cases in Aotearoa New Zealand (NZ) are increasing, but with …
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  • Not all upcycled food is created equal: What is sustainable?

    … been promoted as providing an environmentally, socially, and economically sustainable use of food that would otherwise … the food supply chain rather than being disposed of . 1 Upcycling food is one way of repurposing surplus food and … is wasted, 3 but the amount of upcycled surplus food or by-products is unknown. Nevertheless, upcycling food is …
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  • Preventing diabetes: What does the latest modelling evidence tell us about health gains and cost savings?

    … substantially benefit health, reduce health inequalities, and save billions in health sector costs for NZ. In … (those aged 15 years and over) had diagnosed diabetes [1]. However, men are more likely than women to have diabetes, … and Asian New Zealanders are twice as likely as non-Māori or non-Asian New Zealanders (respectively) to be diagnosed …
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  • Cyclone Gabrielle joins list of Aotearoa NZ’s ‘sudden mass fatality events’

    … fatalities are just one aspect of the wider harm to health and wellbeing from Gabrielle – which includes impacts on … be broadly defined as those events leading to death of 10 or more people. ‘Sudden’ in this context means substantially … from 1900 onwards was systematically assessed in 2017. 1 The resulting list was updated in 2019 in the wake of the …
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