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Call to action on climate change and health
Tuesday, 16 September 2014, 11:31 am | OraTaiao
Ten New Zealand health organisations have released a joint ‘Call to Action on Climate Change and Health’ today. More >>
Will your party hand over our right to make laws to the US?
Wednesday, 13 August 2014, 2:22 pm | OraTaiao
“Will your party hand over our right to make laws to the US?” ask doctors More >>
NZers among experts discussing solutions on climate & health
Monday, 28 July 2014, 10:20 am | OraTaiao
“Climate change will affect the livelihoods of New Zealanders,” says Dr Macmillan, the acting co-convenor of the New Zealand Climate and Health Council. She was speaking from the Australian Academy of Science meeting in Brisbane this week, bringing together ... More >>
Prevention of fracking harms would be shackled by trade deal
Monday, 9 June 2014, 1:37 pm | OraTaiao
A new report concludes that fracking practices in NZ pose risks to health and the environment. The Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment has recommended that regulations be overhauled and tightened to protect New Zealanders from harm. But ... More >>
Doctors call for all political parties to act on climate
Monday, 2 June 2014, 11:30 am | OraTaiao
New Zealand doctors have welcomed recent political efforts on climate change, and are calling for real action by all political parties for what is a leading health challenge. More >>
Doctors issue public health warning on Basin Flyover
Tuesday, 27 May 2014, 2:50 pm | OraTaiao
At today’s cross-examination of public health witnesses as the Basin flyover hearings continue, the flyover’s threats to health were exposed. More >>
Doctors back healthy, just transition for coal communities
Thursday, 22 May 2014, 2:24 pm | OraTaiao
The Health group OraTaiao: The New Zealand Climate and Health Council has welcomed today’s launch of the report ‘Jobs After Coal’ by Coal Action Network Aotearoa (CANA). More >>
Doctors call for immediate climate treatment – not denial
Friday, 4 April 2014, 5:10 pm | OraTaiao
With the release of the latest report this week by the world’s leading climate scientists, New Zealand doctors are calling for a real response to climate change, whichrepresents a huge risk to every aspect of society including human health. More >>
Health and climate change time bomb
Monday, 31 March 2014, 3:06 pm | OraTaiao
Government representatives and scientists from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change have released their climate impacts report today. More >>
Doctors Demand Healthy Response to our Changing Climate
Thursday, 13 March 2014, 5:26 pm | OraTaiao
With the general election just months away, New Zealand doctors are demanding real action on our country’s most pressing health challenges, including climate change. More >>
Doctors say Wellington transport study needs a health check
Monday, 2 December 2013, 2:11 pm | OraTaiao
A group representing OraTaiao: The New Zealand Climate and Health Council , which consists of around 200 health professionals, is calling for an urgent revision of Wellington’s public transport plans. They presented their concerns to a panel of ... More >>
Weak law leaves door open for coal-powered climate change
Wednesday, 16 October 2013, 2:50 pm | OraTaiao
Doctors say the decision to grant resource consent for a new coal mine in the North Waikato shows how the law in New Zealand is failing to protect human health from the negative effects of climate change. More >>
Health professionals condemn bailout of Solid Energy
Thursday, 3 October 2013, 4:14 pm | OraTaiao
Health professionals are highly critical of the recent move by the New Zealand government to bail out Solid Energy. The bailout involves a direct cash injection of $25 million of taxpayer money and another $130 million in loans. More >>
Blazing Heat a Billboard for Climate Health Risk Say Doctors
Thursday, 10 January 2013, 10:52 am | OraTaiao
OraTaiao: The New Zealand Climate and Health Council see record temperatures and bushfires in Australia along with blistering temperatures in New Zealand as a wake-up call on climate health risks. More >>
Doctors say Kyoto cop-out further undermines climate action
Saturday, 10 November 2012, 10:29 am | OraTaiao
NZ doctors say Kyoto cop-out further undermines climate action and threatens health OraTaiao: The New Zealand Climate and Health Council is appalled that our government has now refused to join a second Kyoto commitment period. This ends a bleak week ... More >>
Doctors respond ‘NZ can’t wait for everyone else to act’
Monday, 5 November 2012, 9:11 am | OraTaiao
Doctors respond ‘NZ can’t wait for everyone else to act’ Responding to Climate Change Issues Minister Tim Groser, the NZ Climate and Health Council calls on the government to listen to New Zealanders and take real action on climate change. More >>
Doctors call for investment in real cycling facilities
Thursday, 26 July 2012, 2:57 pm | OraTaiao
OraTaiao: The New Zealand Climate and Health Council is calling on Councils to create real cycling facilities on key commuter routes. Yesterday’s coroner’s inquest into the tragic death of British nurse Jane Bishop on Tamaki Drive highlighted the ... More >>
Doctors urge Government to catch up to Australia
Tuesday, 3 July 2012, 3:46 pm | OraTaiao
With the Government announcing a go-slow on the Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS), New Zealand’s Climate and Health Council, OraTaiao, is calling on Minister Tim Groser to explain just how the Government will deliver its promised climate pollution cuts. More >>
Doctors say New Zealand fiddles while the world burns
Friday, 4 November 2011, 1:34 pm | OraTaiao
Senior doctors and other health professionals are backing calls in the New Zealand Medical Journal for the country to do much more to reduce the risks of climate instability to acceptable levels. More >>
Cancun step in right direction, missed opportunity
Monday, 13 December 2010, 4:17 pm | OraTaiao
Although the agreement reached at Cancun has succeeded in keeping global climate talks alive, it has not done so well for the future health of New Zealanders or the planet, say senior doctors. More >>
