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  • Covid recovery or sustainable transformation?

    … by the Covid pandemic. Here we consider how we can shape policies and programmes to ensure that the recovery … from the Covid lockdown provides an opportunity for a sustainable transformation of our society and economy, … would represent a failure of imagination at a time when we can seriously bring into consideration other goals, …
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  • Protecting fresh waterways in Aotearoa/NZ: The strong Public Health case

    … waterways to the Ministry for the Environment, as part of a current consultation process which ends on 31 October.   … microbial contamination Dairy cattle, and other livestock, can have a major adverse impact on water quality [2]. Key … [2]. Antibiotic resistant bacteria and their genes can also act as environmental contaminants [3-5]. These …
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  • The Havelock North drinking water inquiry: A wake-up call to rebuild public health in New Zealand

    … in August 2016 caused by contaminated drinking water was a public health disaster. The second report of the Havelock North Drinking Water Inquiry describes a long list of failings that contributed to the outbreak. In … [ 11 ]. Perhaps the 2016 Havelock North water outbreak can stimulate a similarly profound reassessment of NZ’s …
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  • Improving NZ Government communication about COVID-19: Five suggestions

    … of the Prime Minister, combined with an ability to be a strong leader by “enacting tough policies such as closing … the airline industry does with safety, 14 it means that we can more successfully make continuous design and quality … communication problem of blaming the “tricky” virus which can divert attention from human-designed protections. Yes, …
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  • Why Aotearoa New Zealand needs a Public Health Communication Centre

    … as poverty and environmental degradation. It will play a key role in highlighting and explaining new evidence and … healthy housing and sustainable urban environments Readers can stay up to date on new articles by subscribing to The … challenges. A brief overview of the centre and its aims can be found here .   The need for a Public Health …
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  • The allure of a Virtual Supermarket for public health nutrition research

    … Testing food pricing strategies Maybe the best place to start answering this question is the original reason as why … tax or similar policy. The idea behind these taxes is simple and goes back to one of the fundamentals of economic … from the cheap produce on other (unhealthier) products (I can have chocolate after I eat my broccoli) [3,4]. Now, the …
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  • The UK Government shows leadership with a Soft Drink Tax announcement

    … A Conservative UK Government has announced a new soft drink … programmes and extended school hours for children so they can take part in more sports. As discussed on this blog site … for SSB taxes is more limited, it is substantial enough to start acting in our view. For example, there is now evidence …
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  • COVID-19 and the law in Aotearoa NZ

    … Health and emergency laws have played a critical role in this country’s successful elimination of … discussed by the legal scholar Prof Alexander Gillespie . Can physical force be used if a person refuses testing? … arrives in NZ from overseas and refuses to be tested, they can be held longer in quarantine/isolation than the 14 day …
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  • The cost burden of excess weight in New Zealand: Sizing up a new report

    … The latest New Zealand Health Survey results show a substantial up-tick in both childhood and adult obesity … of a condition by estimating the healthcare costs that can be attributed to the condition (direct costs), the … costs of overweight and obesity included Australia and a simple trans-Tasman calculation on a per capita basis gave a …
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  • Where do the parties stand? A low carbon, healthy transport system

    … the next Government address the challenge of moving to a low carbon healthy transport system? In this Briefing we … While some parties have policies that represent a good start at addressing transport harms and promoting healthy, … experts summarise and analyse the parties’ responses. You can read more about the survey  in our  introductory article …
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