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Smokefree Law Repeal ‘immoral’ - 105 Organisations Sign Open Letter To Luxon, Peters, Seymour, Reti And Willis
Wednesday, 6 December 2023, 4:48 pm | Health Coalition Aotearoa
Health Coalition Aotearoa (HCA), with 104 allies in health, education, social services organisations and unions, say the Government’s plan to abolish the Smokefree law is immoral and undemocratic in an open letter published in the New Zealand Herald ... More >>
Government’s Defence Of Smokefree Repeal - Weak, Deceptive And Embarrassing
Saturday, 2 December 2023, 3:54 pm | Health Coalition Aotearoa
The Government’s strategy to justify its roll-back of New Zealand’s world-leading Smokefree law amounts to a campaign of misinformation, Health Coalition Aotearoa co-chair Professor Boyd Swinburn says. The coalition Government agreed to axe the ... More >>
Repeal Of Smoke-free Laws - A Massive Set Back For Health
Friday, 24 November 2023, 3:00 pm | Health Coalition Aotearoa
Health Coalition Aotearoa (HCA) is extremely disappointed the new coalition Government plans to repeal world-leading Smoke-free laws, including de-nicotisation of cigarettes, a reduction in retailers and banning cigarettes for the next generation. HCA calls ... More >>
Scrapping Te Aka Whai Ora - Major Threat To Māori Health
Tuesday, 10 October 2023, 3:09 pm | Health Coalition Aotearoa
The disestablishment of Te Aka Whai Ora - the Māori Health Authority - as proposed by the National, ACT and NZ First parties, poses a grave threat to the health and wellbeing of tangata whenua. Health Coalition Aotearoa (HCA) calls on all parties ... More >>
Free Under-30s Dental Care Fills Gap But More Needed
Saturday, 2 September 2023, 8:24 pm | Health Coalition Aotearoa
Health Coalition Aotearoa (HCA) welcomes Labour’s proposed policy to reduce the burden of dental disease in Aotearoa - but says more preventative action is needed to address the causes of tooth decay. Provision of free dental care for the under-30s, ... More >>
Stronger Youth Vaping Measures Welcomed
Tuesday, 22 August 2023, 11:09 am | Health Coalition Aotearoa
Health Coalition Aotearoa (HCA) welcomes Labour’s stronger proposed measures to address the serious problem of vaping among our tamariki and rangatahi. Labour’s policy announced today included capping all vape stores to 600 nation-wide, a requirement ... More >>
Healthy School Lunches Alleviate Hunger, Poverty, Mana: Study
Friday, 18 August 2023, 4:45 pm | Health Coalition Aotearoa
The latest research into the impact of the Ka Ora, Ka Ako - Aotearoa’s free school lunch programme - provides more important evidence of wide benefits including a reduction in food insecurity for students and whānau. University of Auckland research fellow ... More >>
‘We Have Failed Our Mokopuna’
Wednesday, 16 August 2023, 11:50 am | Health Coalition Aotearoa
Health Coalition Aotearoa (HCA) stands in solidarity with the parents’ movement Vape-Free Kids and their petitions calling on the Government to protect children from vaping addiction. Vape-Free Kids NZ are handing over their petitions to Dr Tracey ... More >>
Removing GST From Fruit And Vegetables Not Best Solution For Health Equity
Monday, 14 August 2023, 10:13 am | Health Coalition Aotearoa
Removing GST from fresh and frozen fruit and vegetables as proposed by NZ Labour Party recognises the crisis in access to healthy food - but is not the most effective solution, Health Coalition Aotearoa says. For low-income whānau, we know that fresh ... More >>
Big Tobacco’s Last Ditch Campaign - Cynical And Dangerous
Monday, 7 August 2023, 1:50 pm | Health Coalition Aotearoa
Health Coalition Aotearoa (HCA) says a dangerous and cynical "save our stores" campaign paid for by tobacco companies is designed to undermine legislation which will save thousands of lives. The campaign by British American Tobacco New Zealand ... More >>
Wero Laid Down On Alcohol, Tobacco And Junk Food
Wednesday, 19 July 2023, 3:06 pm | Health Coalition Aotearoa
Public health experts have laid down a wero to politicians ahead of the upcoming general election - to reduce the devastating harms from tobacco, alcohol and unhealthy food. These three products cause nearly one-third of all preventable loss in healthy ... More >>
National Food Strategy Needed To Fix Poor Health And Obesity Epidemic
Friday, 30 June 2023, 12:34 pm | Health Coalition Aotearoa
Unhealthy diets are responsible for about one fifth of all preventable ill-health and premature deaths but according to a new report, the Government has made virtually no progress on implementing healthy food policies in the last three years. The report ... More >>
HCA To Present Petition To Double Ka Ora, Ka Ako Healthy School Lunches To Camilla Belich MP
Monday, 26 June 2023, 10:25 am | Health Coalition Aotearoa
HCA will present its petition to double Ka Ora, Ka Ako Healthy School Lunches to Camilla Belich MP at Parliament forecourt, 1pm Thursday 29 June. Students from Ngāti Toa School in Porirua will join HCA Co-Chair, Dr Lisa Te Morenga, in presenting the ... More >>
HCA Welcomes First Moves On Alcohol, Says Te Tiriti, Marketing Next Steps
Wednesday, 14 June 2023, 2:44 pm | Health Coalition Aotearoa
Health Coalition Aotearoa (HCA) welcomes the Government acting on Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) as well as the Justice Select Committee’s report on the Community Participation Bill addressing the oversupply of alcohol in under-resourced ... More >>
HCA Welcomes Vape Regulations, But More Needed
Tuesday, 6 June 2023, 6:15 pm | Health Coalition Aotearoa
Health Coalition Aotearoa welcomes the announcement from the government to crack down on disposable vapes, nvape shops near schools or marae, and restricting descriptions of product flavours. It's crucial that our communities aren't saturated with unnecessary ... More >>
World Smokefree Day - HCA Says Stronger Support For By-Māori For-Māori Approach Essential To Reach Smokefree 2025 Goal
Wednesday, 31 May 2023, 2:04 pm | Health Coalition Aotearoa
World Smokefree Day is an international day where we join the rest of the world to raise awareness about our efforts to eliminate the harm caused by tobacco in our communities. Tākiri Mai te Ata Stop Smoking Service Regional Manager and HCA Smokefree ... More >>
Budget 2023: Some Positives Health, But No Commitment To Addressing The Structural Drivers Of Health
Thursday, 18 May 2023, 5:58 pm | Health Coalition Aotearoa
Health Coalition Aotearoa Co-Chair Dr. Lisa Te Morenga says that while there were some positives for health in the Budget, it didn’t address the cost-of-living crisis or our major health inequities. "It’s good to see free prescriptions as well ... More >>
Health Experts Call For Budget Investment In Healthy School Lunches, Public Health System Outside Of Covid
Wednesday, 17 May 2023, 2:10 pm | Health Coalition Aotearoa
Public health and community leaders are calling for a Government Budget tomorrow that invests in the long-term determinants of health for whānau and saves money in the long-term by preventing disease. Health Coalition Aotearoa Public Health Infrastructure ... More >>
Health Coalition Aotearoa Calls For A Full Review Of Alcohol Law To Protect Communities
Tuesday, 9 May 2023, 8:59 pm | Health Coalition Aotearoa
Health Coalition Aotearoa (HCA) is calling on Government to commit to a full review of alcohol law to ensure communities are protected from ongoing corporate interference in alcohol policy making. This comes following the failure of Woolworths and Foodstuffs’ ... More >>
Health Coalition Aotearoa Urges Stronger Vaping Legislation To Protect Young People
Wednesday, 3 May 2023, 8:42 pm | Health Coalition Aotearoa
Health Coalition Aotearoa shares widely reported concerns from health and educational leaders about skyrocketing rates of vaping among school children and youth. New Zealand’s youth vaping rates are much higher than Australia’s, where the sale of vapes containing ... More >>
