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  • New Zealand’s hard-won improvements to our Building Code must be retained: Here’s why

    … were brought in last year after extensive consultation and with almost universal support. Manufacturing has been … the new Code will need 40% less heating than older homes. 1   Insulation does not cause overheating. However poor … would take our insulation standards back to about half or even less of the levels required in Australia 4 , Ireland …
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  • World moving forward on the smokefree generation - Aotearoa NZ goes backwards

    … government repealed measures in the Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products (Smoked Tobacco) Amendment Act (SERPA) … standard, and a smokefree generation policy (SFG). 1 The SFG (also called the tobacco free generation), differs … restrictions may inadvertently suggest tobacco use is safe or acceptable after a certain age, potentially positioning …
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  • COVID-19 and the law in Aotearoa NZ

    … Health and emergency laws have played a critical role in this … as discussed in an early commentary from Dean Knight [1]. Hence, since February 2020, government legal drafters … and will expire at some point between 90 days, or at maximum 2 years, after the Act came into effect on 13 …
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  • Possible strategic approaches to achieve the NZ Government’s Smokefree 2025 goal

    … explored business-as-usual trends in smoking prevalence, and the potential roles of interventions such as higher … support by the public for tobacco endgame strategies (1-5), or at least for increased government action on tobacco …
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  • What public health lessons can NZ still learn from the United States?

    … health problems – including declining life expectancy and an exorbitantly expensive health care system. However, … OECD standards, due partly to high administrative costs [1]. There are even the peculiarities of health agencies being … in US cities typically earmark the tax revenue for health or educational services – which probably increases the public …
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  • Climate Change and Recent Actions of NZ Political Parties

    … highest grade to the Green Party, then the Labour Party, and then The Opportunities Party (TOP). This blog takes a … both opportunities for advancing development and health [1] and also a range of possible disastrous outcomes [2] [3]. … related to climate change (i.e., not media statements or speeches in Parliament but actual actions). It considers …
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  • We need to talk about breast cancer screening (part 2)

    … This is Part 2 of a two-part blog by Dr Caroline Shaw and Associate Professor Diana Sarfati on breast cancer screening. In Part 1 t hey looked at the contested research around breast cancer … on whether you select information from the ‘in favour’ or ‘not in favour’ end of the spectrum breast screening will …
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  • The health impacts of the First World War for NZ: A Review

    … summarises our just published article on the mortality and morbidity impacts of the First World War on the NZ … personnel who left NZ for the war is detailed in Table 1 (a simplified version of the one published in our article … of those who signed up to other militaries (eg, the UK or Australia). Lifespan loss for military personnel Up to 10 …
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  • Staying safe from COVID-19 over summer and beyond: The need for more NZ Government action

    … to the COVID-19 pandemic by achieving elimination and the lowest death rate in the OECD. But there are ongoing … of COVID-19 with the lowest death rate in the OECD [1, 2]. The massive economic rebound at a 14% rise in GDP for … a false sense of reassurance and yet it might be 6 months or more before there is adequate vaccination coverage of New …
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  • What can we learn from Healthy Housing Initiatives? New evidence from the Wellington Well Homes scheme

    … conditions result in ill health for many New Zealanders, and we know which interventions are required to ensure good … temperatures and mould impair children’s lung function (1,2), that almost 28,000 hospitalisations per year are for … and mould-cleaning kits that can help make the home warmer or drier. If relevant they may offer to talk to the landlord …
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