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  • New report shows how regional plans could transform freshwater quality

    … Summary This briefing highlights valuable and timely lessons for better ways of safeguarding and … the country’s waterways (see Core findings Appendix 1). Though infrequently acknowledged, regional plans are also … policy that came into law in 2020. Changing a plan or planning for change? In the last week, Bay of Plenty …
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  • Urgent measures needed to allow the safe re-opening of Auckland schools

    … needed to facilitate a safe return to schools in Auckland and other regions of the country where there is ongoing … ongoing community transmission of SARS-CoV-2 B.1.617.2 (Delta variant). Since the beginning of the Delta … are at very low risk of transmission to other children or adults, the consequences of transmission are higher for …
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  • Smokefree cars – an important step towards protecting children from the hazards of smoking

    … 28 new legislation to protect children from smoking and vaping in cars will come into force. This blog sets out … including life-long respiratory conditions such as asthma. 1 2 Smoking in the confined space of a car exposes children … have repeatedly reported exceptionally strong (around 90% or more) support for a ban on smoking in cars among children …
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  • Where do the parties stand? Taxes to protect health and reduce inequity

    … NZ are being proposed by two parties ( Te Pāti Māori and the Greens); as well as compensating forms of wealth … poverty and inequities in health and financial wellbeing. 1 2 Taxation of harmful products (eg, tobacco, alcohol and … Labour policy didn’t address income tax reductions or tax bracket adjustments, and so would mean that those on …
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  • The science is certain: masks work. Policy and practice must support their use

    … spread of infectious diseases. We highlight key findings and implications for Aotearoa New Zealand (NZ). We need to … in reducing transmission of respiratory diseases. 1 This robust evidence marks an end to the ‘mask wars’ that … ongoing spread of influenza A(H5N1) influenza (bird flu) or from bioengineered pathogens. 6 All these diseases are …
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  • Not forgetting the benefits to youth and non-smokers – an example from increases in tobacco taxes

    … important. However, we need to do more to protect youth and non-smokers from the burden of tobacco. In this blog we … prevalence often focus on the potential impacts (positive or negative) on smokers. This is understandable as it is … minimal uptake of smoking among mature (>25 years) adults [1], policies which increase or decrease use of these products …
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  • The Government’s transport plans work against our health

    … on Land Transport 2024-34 neither supports the health and wellbeing of the population nor addresses the transport … Zealand (NZ) through a wide range of pathways (see Figure 1 below). 1 Transport can both improve health (e.g. by … and the transport environment is key to facilitating or hindering this.  The health and wellbeing harms of the …
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  • What does art have to do with public health, and how can they work together?

    … (University of Otago, Wellington) has considered art, and its relationship to public health. The Symposium featured artists, arts academics, an architect, and public health practitioners and academics. In this blog … a concerted effort beyond the scope of a single discipline or sector of society. At another level, the traditional …
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  • Tobacco, alcohol and unhealthy food - where the parties stand: Election 2023

    … priority prevention for tobacco, alcohol, unhealthy food and public health infrastructure has found generally the … there was space for parties to respond with any comments or other priority actions they have for these priority … sure tobacco isn’t sold at all to anyone born on or after 1 January 2009. We are proud to lead the world in tobacco …
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  • Treaty Principles Bill threatens public health and equity: It needs your submission

    … move that would radically alter decades of established law and policy recognising Māori rights. The Bill’s definition … protection, options, and equity in the  Hauora  r eport , 1 led to the recommendation to establish an independent Māori … of the Treaty of Waitangi’ in any piece of legislation or anytime the courts were called upon to interpret and apply …
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Public Health Expert Briefing (ISSN 2816-1203)