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  • Improving NZ Government communication about COVID-19: Five suggestions

    … with safety, 14 it means that we can more successfully make continuous design and quality control changes to further … has never been involved in a border failure). 4. Rapidly make available reports about investigations and reviews …
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  • The Smokefree legislation is evidence-based, removing it is not

    … making principles, which include their intention to make “ decisions …based on data and evidence ”. Yet one of … reducing smoking rates. It has also noted its intention to make evidence-based decisions. We call on the Prime Minister … coalition Government has outlined their intention to make decisions based on evidence yet has simultaneously …
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  • Why don’t we make rental housing safer?

    … instance, the NZ Housing Improvement Regulations (1947) make requirements for a handrail on stairs that have been … Keall ,  Professor Philippa Howden-Chapman … Why don’t we make rental housing safer? …
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  • Severe domestic squalor in Aotearoa New Zealand: A preliminary survey

    … New Zealand (NZ). Given this background, we aimed to make a preliminary estimate of the scale of severe domestic … agencies (Age Concerns and Territorial Authorities) and make recommendations on best practice service delivery based … authority environmental health departments in England, Wales and Northern Ireland found that 28% of people with …
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  • What the fizz! A week of dealing to sugary drinks in NY and NZ

    … shift consumption to ‘healthier alternatives’, and still make profits that make the world go round.  However, I side with Boyd Swinburn … product, but this seems a difficult misnomer to market to me. Bottom line – there is now an open acknowledgement from …
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  • Media release: Making the consumer care guidelines for electricity retailers mandatory could save lives

    … The Electricity Authority should make the Consumer Care Guidelines for electricity retailers … not be voluntary. We urge the Electricity Authority to make the Consumer Care Guidelines mandatory with minimal …
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  • Treaty Principles Bill threatens public health and equity: It needs your submission

    … and equity in Aotearoa New Zealand (NZ) and why we should make a submission opposing progression of this harmful law. … change . 17   18 The Bill would limit these opportunities. Make a submission It is important that this Bill is rejected. … Bill should be rejected. The public are encouraged to make submissions to select committee considering the Bill …
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  • Why we need an Aotearoa Centre for Disease Control (CDC)

    … workforce. This organisation would be more effective, and make better use of resources, if it functioned as a … costly failures ( see appendix ) . In this Briefing, we make the case for NZ to establish a national CDC with an …
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  • The allure of a Virtual Supermarket for public health nutrition research

    … issue being so-called cross price elasticity effects . Let me explain – if you increase the price of sugary drinks, we … left for broccoli!). The same applies to subsidies. If you make fruit and vegetables cheaper, people might buy more of …
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  • Market deregulation → ↑ fast food consumption → ↑ obesity. Clever international study that includes NZ data

    … Value Meal?)  Interestingly, they find that sugary drinks make a small contribution – small only, but consistent with a … variables that changed over time with countries, and which make this observed association spurious.  And one can always … car design to fire safe children’s pajamas)?  This might make sense – given we know society is generally concerned …
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