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Luxon Must Stand Costello Down And Reverse Tobacco Tax Cut Decision

Wednesday, 2 October 2024, 1:42 pm | Health Coalition Aotearoa

The Prime Minister cannot have confidence in a health minister implementing so many anti-health measures - he needs to stand down Associate Minister Costello and reverse the HTP decision immediately," Health Coalition Aotearoa Co-Chair Professor Boyd ... More >>

Auckland Alcohol Policy An Important Step In Battle For Safer, Healthier Communities

Friday, 13 September 2024, 10:26 pm | Health Coalition Aotearoa

Health Coalition Aotearoa (HCA) congratulates all those involved in Auckland Council’s long battle against the might of the alcohol lobby and supermarkets for the right to determine its own rules about where and when alcohol can be sold. More >>

NZ First Need To Come Clean On Lobbying By Philip Morris

Thursday, 22 August 2024, 5:27 pm | Health Coalition Aotearoa

The leaked PMNZ document is further proof of the urgent need for an overhaul of New Zealand’s policy making processes to provide transparency about the influence of commercial entities over public health policy. More >>

Growing Perceptions Of Corruption In New Zealand’s Political System Need Urgent Action

Sunday, 18 August 2024, 2:40 pm | Health Coalition Aotearoa

Having balanced public policy-making systems with strong transparency and accountability are fundamental for our democracy. The Government’s lack of progress in making urgent changes needed to bring balance and transparency to public policy making is ... More >>

Government's Smokefree Plan Will Accelerate Youth Nicotine Addiction And Boost Tobacco Industry Profits

Thursday, 18 July 2024, 7:37 am | Health Coalition Aotearoa

Health Coalition Aotearoa (HCA) strongly condemns these measures and calls on the Government to think about the destructive consequences for youth and the generations to come. More >>

The Low Or No-cost Health Prevention Initiatives The Government Ignored In This Budget

Friday, 31 May 2024, 1:09 pm | Health Coalition Aotearoa

Health Coalition Aotearoa is calling on the government to listen to the experts and acknowledge the impacts that can be made to the health and wellbeing of New Zealanders, with very little cost required. More >>

Health Coalition Aotearoa Calls On The Government To Take Action To Address Issues In The Food System

Thursday, 16 May 2024, 4:25 pm | Health Coalition Aotearoa

The detailed and comprehensive Public Health Advisory Committee (PHAC) Balancing Our Food System report released by the Ministry of Health today identifies several issues that Health Coalition Aotearoa food and nutrition experts have been calling ... More >>

Lunches Downgrade Robs Children Of Nutrition, Well-being, Immunity And Fuel To Learn

Wednesday, 8 May 2024, 2:40 pm | Health Coalition Aotearoa

HCA is pleased the programme will continue for primary schools and there are plans for food provision to a small number of pre-schools, but this should not come at the expense of healthy lunches for thousands of intermediate and high school students. More >>

Poor Uptake Makes Mockery Of Health Star Ratings System

Wednesday, 1 May 2024, 3:39 pm | Health Coalition Aotearoa

The failed voluntary Health Star Rating system must urgently be made mandatory to ensure New Zealanders can make easy, healthy choices at the supermarket. In New Zealand, diet and excess body weight are responsible for 18% of premature death and disability. More >>

Time For Associate Minister Of Education To Reveal His School Lunches Magic Trick

Wednesday, 17 April 2024, 1:15 pm | Health Coalition Aotearoa

It’s time for him to explain how he will do this, what the consequences will be and what evidence he has that these changes will achieve the same results. More >>

Minister Using Outdated Information To Justify Cutting School Lunches

Saturday, 6 April 2024, 12:34 pm | Health Coalition Aotearoa

The Associate Education Minister David Seymour is quoting a highly negative Treasury report on the Healthy School Lunches Programme to justify cuts, despite new evaluations that paint a much more positive picture. More >>

70,000 Sign Petition To Keep School Lunches

Thursday, 28 March 2024, 4:45 pm | Health Coalition Aotearoa

Contrary to the Associate Minister of Education’s claims, analysis of Healthy School Lunches Programme - Ka Ora, Ka Ako assessments has revealed it provides excellent value for the taxpayer dollar, as a groundswell of public opposition to Government ... More >>

Government Measures To ‘crackdown’ On Youth Vaping Do Not Go Far Enough Says Health Coalition Aotearoa

Friday, 22 March 2024, 9:54 am | Health Coalition Aotearoa

While the Government’s announcement to cease the sale of disposable vapes and increase penalties for non-compliant retailers is seen as a start to addressing youth vaping issues, members from the Health Coalition Aotearoa (HCA) Smokefree Expert ... More >>

A Third Of Household Beverage Budget Spent On Sugary Drinks - Study

Tuesday, 19 March 2024, 1:22 pm | Health Coalition Aotearoa

A New Zealand study of beverage purchases shows consumption of sugar-sweetened drinks remains high, accounting for one third of the average household drinks budget, prompting renewed calls for a sugary drinks tax. "The findings of this study are a stark ... More >>

Health Coalition Launches Petition To Protect School Lunches

Thursday, 7 March 2024, 5:48 pm | Health Coalition Aotearoa

Health Coalition Aotearoa has today launched a petition calling on the Government to protect free school lunches - Ka Ora, Ka Ako, and not make cuts to the programme. The programme offers 230,000 students in about 1,000 of the least advantaged schools’ ... More >>

New Zealand’s Hungry Teens Four Years Behind In Their Learning - Free School Lunches Provide Solution

Monday, 4 March 2024, 10:15 am | Health Coalition Aotearoa

Food poverty has contributed to New Zealand’s poor performance in an international educational achievement test for 15-year-olds, reigniting calls for broader access to free healthy school lunches. "The 2022 PISA (Program for International Student ... More >>

Shameful Repeal Of Smokefree Law Will Result In More Tobacco Harm, Deaths

Tuesday, 27 February 2024, 6:41 pm | Health Coalition Aotearoa

The Government's shameful repeal of the Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products (Smoked Tobacco) Amendment Act 2022 will condemn thousands of Kiwis to prolonged tobacco addiction, harm and preventable death. "The tobacco industry will be ... More >>

Sacking Of Whistleblower Over Costello’s Advice Shows System Lacks Transparency

Thursday, 22 February 2024, 7:16 pm | Health Coalition Aotearoa

The sacking of a Ministry of Health public servant over a leak to media is the result of a broken public policy system which fails to provide the transparency a democratic country should expect. RNZ today reported a public servant who leaked advice sought ... More >>

Smokefree Repeal Must Get Parliamentary Scrutiny

Tuesday, 13 February 2024, 9:57 am | Health Coalition Aotearoa

Today, Health Coalition Aotearoa (HCA), the Council of Medical Colleges in New Zealand (CMC), and Te Ohu Rata O Aotearoa - Māori Medical Practitioners Association are calling on the Government not to repeal the Smokefree Environments and Regulated ... More >>

Call For Luxon To Replace Costello Over Cigarette Tax Freeze

Thursday, 25 January 2024, 10:45 am | Health Coalition Aotearoa

Health Coalition Aotearoa is calling for Prime Minister Christopher Luxon to replace Associate Minister for Health Casey Costello with someone who can restore credibility to the portfolio following news she is seeking to freeze excise tax on cigarettes ... More >>

 

 
 
 
 
 

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