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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 … to our Building Code must be retained: Here’s why . … In the news: Concern over changes to insulation standards …
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  • In the news: Canterbury water drowns in repeated ECan failures

    … Regulator failure is dumping escalating costs of nitrate in drinking water on those downstream, writes Marnie Prickett in Newsroom following the publication of our Briefing on the topic. The Press also covered the Briefing in this piece - 20-year wait for better water possible as …
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  • In the news: Youth vaping still high in NZ especially among Māori youth

    … Māori youth. Speaking about the vaping trends outlined in the Briefing Slight drop in youth vaping but stark ethnic disparities remain , Anaru … need for youth-focussed vaping cessation services. … In the news: Youth vaping still high in NZ especially among …
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  • Watch: Introducing the Public Health Communication Centre

    … out more about the new Public Health Communication Centre in this video - boosting  the impact of research to improve health, equity and greater environmental sustainability in Aotearoa New Zealand .  … Watch: Introducing the Public …
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  • In the news: PHCC launch

    … Professor Michael Baker explained the Centre aims to improve health, equity and the environment through better … with New Zealand research. Epidemiologist Michael Baker to head new public health communication project RNZ's Morning … also ran on the New Zealand Herald and 1 News sites.    … In the news: PHCC launch …
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  • In the news: NZ needs to up its game on invasive strep infections

    … Health experts say NZ needs to track invasive strep A as cases surge offshore  was the headline in Stuff on 23 March following the release of our latest … on TodayFM on 23 March. … In the news: NZ needs to up its game on invasive strep infections …
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  • In the news: Serious water infrastructure funding needed - researchers say

    … Prickett was 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 …
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  • Full video: Health Coalition Aotearoa political panel 2023

    … (National Party) and Chloe Swarbrick (Green Party) spoke to over 100 members of the public health sector and media at a political panel on Tuesday, August 8, 2023, in Wellington. The politicians presented their views on … of the political parties, which you can read more about in this Public Health Expert Briefing article:  Tobacco, …
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  • In the news: Free school lunches: Studies show better attendance, improved alertness - researchers

    … Part one in a three-part Briefing series looking at the wider evidence … the benefits of health school lunch programmes featured in news stories on Radio NZ on 19 March. Co authors Dr Kelly Garton and Professor David Tipene-Leach were quoted in the news items. … In the news: Free school lunches: …
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  • In the news: Free school lunch programme exceeding expectations, study finds

    … Evidence for free school lunches: Are they worth investing in? He also spoke with RNZ, Newstalk ZB, 95bfm and Mediaworks … analysis showing that Ka Ora, Ka Ako exceeds expectations in more than half the stakeholder criteria.  … In the news: Free school lunch programme exceeding …
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