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Health Coalition Aotearoa Slams Country’s Fall In Global Tobacco Industry Interference Ranking
Wednesday, 12 November 2025, 3:19 pm | Health Coalition Aotearoa
Health Coalition Aotearoa’s Smokefree Expert Advisory Group co-chair Professor Chris Bullen says the report shows the Government’s actions are far too closely aligned with the tobacco industry’s agenda. More >>
Campaign Calls On Government For Permanent Fix To School Lunch Programme
Thursday, 23 October 2025, 7:49 am | Health Coalition Aotearoa
For many students the school lunch is their main meal of the day. Government funding for the current programme is only until the end of 2026. More >>
Health Leaders Call On New Zealand Government: Keep Alcohol Industry Out Of Policymaking
Tuesday, 30 September 2025, 10:51 am | Health Coalition Aotearoa
In the open letter sent today to the Prime Minister and senior Ministers, HCA said alcohol is the most harmful drug in Aotearoa New Zealand. More >>
Clare Foundation & Health Coalition Aotearoa Launch Bold Partnership To Tackle Food System Inequities In South Auckland
Friday, 1 August 2025, 1:57 pm | Health Coalition Aotearoa
The initiative is supported by co-funders Healthy Families South Auckland, University of Auckland School of Population Health Pacific Health, MAS Foundation and JR McKenzie Trust. More >>
Health Experts Urge Inquiry Into Tobacco Industry Influence After Heated Tobacco Tax Cut Extended
Thursday, 31 July 2025, 3:17 pm | Health Coalition Aotearoa
The Government’s approach to evaluating if heated tobacco products help people quit smoking is unclear. It is highly unusual for a Government to run a trial like this which, by cutting a tax on HTPs, helps the sole seller of heated tobacco products More >>
PM Must Act To End Tobacco Industry Interference In His Government
Friday, 25 July 2025, 1:02 pm | Health Coalition Aotearoa
The World Health Organization’s Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, which New Zealand signed in 2005, explicitly warns of the "irreconcilable conflict" between the goals of public health and the interests of the tobacco industry. More >>
Experts Urge Fix As Government Expands Failing Lunch Scheme To Primary Schools
Friday, 18 July 2025, 1:43 pm | Health Coalition Aotearoa
Nutrition experts found the government-funded school lunches are failing nutrition standards. The new lunches now provide only about half the energy recommended for a school lunch. More >>
New Zealanders Back Action On Preventing Alcohol Harm
Tuesday, 13 May 2025, 8:38 am | Health Coalition Aotearoa
A new independent poll shows overwhelming support for tighter safeguards on how alcohol is sold and marketed. Clear majorities support firm limits on key problems such as the price of cheap alcohol, online deliveries, and industry involvement in policy ... More >>
New Bill A Vital Step Towards Tobacco-Free Future In Aotearoa
Friday, 9 May 2025, 7:54 am | Health Coalition Aotearoa
This landmark legislation gives real force to Article 5.3 of the World Health Organisation’s Framework Convention on Tobacco Control-an agreement New Zealand signed over two decades ago but has never been properly embedded into law. More >>
Protecting Our Youngest Citizens: Put People Before Profit In Infant Formula Rules
Tuesday, 29 April 2025, 4:15 pm | Health Coalition Aotearoa
Health Coalition Aotearoa supports a U-turn in the policy and a recommitment to the infant formula standard. We strongly oppose any move to prioritise corporate profits over population wellbeing. More >>
Health Coalition Aotearoa Demands Fairness In Government Decision-making
Monday, 7 April 2025, 11:04 am | Health Coalition Aotearoa
The cost of unchecked influence The New Zealand public will gain many benefits from a fairer, transparent public policy making process - like a greater recognition of what the public values and more trust in government decision makers. More >>
Protest Calls For Answers On Company Chosen To Supply Vape Kits
Thursday, 30 January 2025, 12:44 pm | Health Coalition Aotearoa
The company chosen to supply vaping kits to Government funded stop smoking services is Chinese based vaping giant RELX. Reporting by The Straits Times in Singapore obtained leaked call recordings where employees of RELX can be heard discussing bribing the ... More >>
National Prevention Service Cuts - A Body-Blow To Health
Wednesday, 27 November 2024, 2:01 pm | Health Coalition Aotearoa
"It’s just one body blow after another for the dedicated professionals who have worked tirelessly to keep our population safe and healthy," Health Coalition Aotearoa (HCA) co-chair Professor Boyd Swinburn said. More >>
Smokefree 2025 Plan - A Recipe For Failure
Wednesday, 27 November 2024, 11:47 am | Health Coalition Aotearoa
"To reach Smokefree 2025 for all New Zealanders we need to provide all the tools, like a reduction in retailers, denicotinisation and effective quit smoking support," Professor Chris Bullen said. More >>
Urgent Action Needed To Address Aotearoa’s Shameful Household Food Insecurity
Wednesday, 20 November 2024, 5:41 pm | Health Coalition Aotearoa
The annual NZ Health Survey data for 2023-2024 showed that the proportion of children from homes where food ran out sometimes or often had increased by nearly six percentage points in just one year, from 21.3 per cent to 27 per cent. More >>
Lunches Contract Goes To Companies With Poor Track Record On Food Quality And Service
Tuesday, 22 October 2024, 3:40 pm | Health Coalition Aotearoa
British-based multinational Compass Group, the lead supplier for the new model, lost one third of their school contracts in the current programme due to poor quality in food and service. More >>
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 >>
