Health Coalition Aotearoa
HCA is a coalition of member organisations committed to closing the health prevention gap in Aotearoa by advocating for
Te Tiriti-led, evidence-based, policies that reduce consumption of harmful products and increase access to health-giving food.
Campaigns
Level the Lobbying Playing Field
Health Coalition Aotearoa has developed a comprehensive action plan to bring balance and accountability into public policy-making by regulating lobbying.
Stop the cuts - protect our free school lunches!
Sign the petition to save our school lunches
The root of the problem
Families should be empowered to make decisions about their own wellbeing in environments where healthy kai, good housing and education are easy to access, while harmful products – and their promotion – are restricted.
Preventable premature death and disability in New Zealand
9%
Tobacco
5%
Alcohol
9%
Unhealthy diet
9%
High BMI (Obesity)
We are prevention and equity champions
HCA is creating an Aotearoa that prioritises prevention and health equity through our expert panels on tobacco/smokefree, alcohol, unhealthy food and public health infrastructure – and with our member organisations.
We serve member organisations that are committed to prevention and equity
Determinants of health
How do we prevent disease, prolong life and promote the health of all New Zealanders?
A core part of prevention is to address the underlying economic and societal determinants of health and disease, including historical and contemporary inequities in income and employment, housing, education, urban development and participatory democracy.
“Me tikanga mahi ngātahi.”
Working together as one.
News
Health Coalition Aotearoa launch campaign demanding fairness in Government decision-making
Health Coalition Aotearoa (HCA), in partnership with the Helen Clark Foundation and Transparency International NZ, will on 7 April launch Let’s Level the Playing Field, a campaign to end hidden
Public healthcare must remain in public hands
Health Coalition Aotearoa is deeply concerned by the Government’s push to invite foreign investors into Aotearoa New Zealand’s hospital infrastructure. Public healthcare belongs to the people—when services stay in public
PHCC briefing – Aotearoa’s government-funded school lunches failing nutrition standards
Our experts Boyd Swinburn and Sally Mackay, along with Jamie de Seymour have written this briefing for the Public Health Communication Centre, exploring how the government-funded school lunches are failing nutrition
Health professionals condemn Government attempts to muzzle doctors
Health Coalition Aotearoa and the Association of Salaried Medical Specialists are condemning a directive from Te Whatu Ora / Health NZ — which says any advice doctors want to offer about
Open letter to the Prime Minister: on marmite sandwiches and healthy school lunches
Today we sent this letter to Prime Minister Chris Luxton, Hon David Seymour (Associate Minister of Health) and Hon Erica Stanford (Minister of Education).
Government & school lunch provider need to act urgently to fix programme failures
The government and Compass Group NZ Ltd (providers of Ka Ora, Ka Ako Healthy School Lunches Programme) do not seem to be following their own contract to quickly fix the many issues with the revised school lunches programme.
Protest to smoke the tobacco and vaping industry out of the Beehive
Public Health experts are questioning a decision by the Government to purchase $575,000 worth of vaping products from a company accused of allegedly bribing the New Zealand Government. They will
Health Coalition Aotearoa launch campaign demanding fairness in Government decision-making
Health Coalition Aotearoa (HCA), in partnership with the Helen Clark Foundation and Transparency International NZ, will on 7 April launch Let’s Level the Playing Field, a campaign to end hidden
Public healthcare must remain in public hands
Health Coalition Aotearoa is deeply concerned by the Government’s push to invite foreign investors into Aotearoa New Zealand’s hospital infrastructure. Public healthcare belongs to the people—when services stay in public
PHCC briefing – Aotearoa’s government-funded school lunches failing nutrition standards
Our experts Boyd Swinburn and Sally Mackay, along with Jamie de Seymour have written this briefing for the Public Health Communication Centre, exploring how the government-funded school lunches are failing nutrition
Health professionals condemn Government attempts to muzzle doctors
Health Coalition Aotearoa and the Association of Salaried Medical Specialists are condemning a directive from Te Whatu Ora / Health NZ — which says any advice doctors want to offer about
Open letter to the Prime Minister: on marmite sandwiches and healthy school lunches
Today we sent this letter to Prime Minister Chris Luxton, Hon David Seymour (Associate Minister of Health) and Hon Erica Stanford (Minister of Education).
Government & school lunch provider need to act urgently to fix programme failures
The government and Compass Group NZ Ltd (providers of Ka Ora, Ka Ako Healthy School Lunches Programme) do not seem to be following their own contract to quickly fix the many issues with the revised school lunches programme.
Protest to smoke the tobacco and vaping industry out of the Beehive
Public Health experts are questioning a decision by the Government to purchase $575,000 worth of vaping products from a company accused of allegedly bribing the New Zealand Government. They will
