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In the news: Tracking and evaluating AI in government services
… and Emerging Tech Ethicist, tells Waatea News that we need a stocktake that shows the use of AI in government so the … other communities can see how AI is being used. We need to avoid bias and discrimination. Dr Taiuru was speaking as co-author of our Briefing Has the time come for a register of AI systems used by government agencies? … In …
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Submission: Setting of speed limits
… Read the PHCC submission to the Setting of Speed Limits 2024 consultation. We lay out … Briefing - Increasing speed limits defies the science - more deaths and pollution predicted . Increasing speed … negatively impact community wellbeing and equity. There is a growing evidence base internationally that supports …
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In the news: Concern over changes to insulation standards
… Public health researchers are urging the government not to tamper with existing insulation standards. University of … Otago health research fellow Dr Lucy Telfar-Barnard spoke to Corin Dann on Radio New Zealand's Morning Report . Dr … about the Briefing - New Zealand’s hard-won improvements to our Building Code must be retained: Here’s why . … In the …
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In the news: Free school lunch programme should be expanded
… Professor Boyd Swinburn talked to the Panel on RNZ about the cost-of-healthy- food crisis in … Expanding Ka Ora, Ka Ako is ‘bread and butter’ action to alleviate the cost-of-healthy-food crisis which describes … can help not only children with better nutrition, but whānau facing financial pressures. … In the news: Free …
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In the news: Serious water infrastructure funding needed - researchers say
… interviewed on RNZ’s Morning Report on 26 May in relation to our Briefing - Water infrastructure failures from Cyclone Gabrielle show low resilience to climate change . Marnie also talked about the Briefing … June. … In the news: Serious water infrastructure funding needed - researchers say …
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In the news: Call for cyclone inquiry to better prepare for the next
… Wilson told RNZ's Morning Report on 7 June that we need to look at how much worse Cyclone Gabrielle could have been, … the Briefing Embracing downward counterfactual analysis to navigate future cyclones . … In the news: Call for cyclone inquiry to better prepare for the next …
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In the news: Food poverty for NZ teens creates achievement lag of up to four years
… on well-being show students who are missing meals are two to four years behind their peers in their PISA results. … poverty for NZ teens creating an achievement lag of up to four years . … In the news: Food poverty for NZ teens creates achievement lag of up to four years …
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April PHCC Newsletter
… Click here to read about the latest from the PHCC in our April …
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Submission: Inquiry into climate adaptation
… Read the PHCC submission to the Finance and Expenditure Select Committee on the … ecosystem health and equity as essential principles to achieve this (and other) objectives. Read the full PHCC submission to the Finance and Expenditure Select Committee on the …
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June PHCC newsletter
… In this edition, we feature emerging pandemics, declining youth mental health, greenhouse gas emissions, extreme weather events, and a shrinking budget to address the social determinants of health. The newsletter …
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