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Budget 2023 goes a long way to improving housing and wellbeing
… the Budget to build an extra 3,000 new public homes on top of the 14,050 homes which have already been funded by the … countries like Ireland. Governments have struggled with what to do here. It’s one thing to have a patently good idea … This would be a welcome and far-sighted development. What is new in this Briefing The 2023 Wellbeing Budget …
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Being forced to leave your rental home can harm health
… situation. We argue that reducing the incidence and impact of evictions is an important public health and social welfare … important places. Participants struggled to make sense of what had happened, often emphasising how well they had taken … stressful experience Awhina said, “I was like, oh my gosh, what am I going to do now? How am I going to get …
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Media release: Youth vaping -The implications of addiction
… from the Public Health Communication Centre, University of Otago ASPIRE Network researchers and a psychiatrist … who vape, including anxiety and mood disorders. The number of young people vaping is higher in New Zealand than in … vaping technology mean the vapes are delivering high doses of nicotine very rapidly leading to a higher likelihood of …
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Media release: New report shows how regional plans could transform freshwater quality
… weaknesses in planning that have seen the deterioration of our high-country lakes should be compulsory reading for … Centre Briefing , research fellow with the University of Otago, Marnie Prickett, looks at the hard-hitting report from the Ministry of Environment (MfE) Ōtūwharekai/Ashburton Lakes …
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Media release: The economic argument for our world-leading smokefree legislation – new research
… growth in income for New Zealanders with a total gain of NZ$46 billion by 2050 according to new modelling just … at all the major potential long-term economic impacts of the smokefree measures that the new coalition Government has announced it will repeal. University of Otago Professor Nick Wilson and co-authors summarise their …
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A policy and research agenda for roll-your-own tobacco
… (1). Existing measures have tackled different facets of tobacco marketing, with plain packaging reducing a potent form of tobacco marketing and excise tax increases making smoking … identity young people wish to create and communicate does not align with older, heavily addicted and ostracised …
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Fighting cold, damp housing – a big tick for Warmer Kiwi programme
… in Aotearoa. The programme will also be lowering the risk of respiratory disease caused by our damp, cold houses. … from using a heat pump instead of an inefficient heater. What’s more, some houses had replaced gas heaters, meaning … from Warmer Kiwi Homes (please credit this to EECA). What's new in this Briefing Motu’s study provides powerful …
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Media release: Another Havelock North? Govt undoing protections for drinking water safety
… for our drinking water, the Government is risking a repeat of the Havelock North campylobacteriosis outbreak that left … inquiry into the 2016 outbreak which was the largest of its kind in the world. Briefing co-author, University of Otago research fellow Marnie Prickett says the Inquiry led …
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Media release: Treaty Principles Bill poses major risk to public health and equity
… The controversial Principles of the Treaty of Waitangi Bill threatens public health and equity in … Jones and co-authors examine the critical implications of the Bill and the urgent need for public opposition to …
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Tobacco product innovation in a smokefree world. Oxymoron or commercial cynicism?
… Gendall Major tobacco companies have presented a vision of a smokefree world, where smoking prevalence has fallen to … strategy confirms long-held doubts about the sincerity of tobacco companies’ intentions. We report on our recently … to non-smokers and smokers. Philip Morris’s establishment of the Foundation for a Smokefree World (FSFW) recognises …
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