HCA to present 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 petition which has been signed by over 100 schools, PPTA and NZEI unions and over 60 health and community organisations. The Ka Ora, Ka Ako Healthy School Lunches Programme is in its fourth successful year but sadly […]
HCA welcomes first moves on alcohol, says Te Tiriti, marketing next steps
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 communities. However, they say these moves must be followed with deeper change. HCA strongly supports the newly announced FASD Advisory Rōpū who will […]
World Smokefree Day – HCA says stronger support for by-Māori for-Māori approach essential to reach Smokefree 2025 goal
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 Expert Advisory Group member Catherine Manning celebrates the large number of whānau […]
Budget 2023: some positives for health, but no commitment to addressing the structural drivers of inequity
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 as increased funding to important programmes like immunisation and screening for Māori and Pasifika. “While we’re […]
Health experts call for Budget investment in healthy school lunches, public health system outside of Covid
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 Expert Panel Co-Chair Grant Berghan says recent Budgets haven’t addressed the massive underinvestment in the health system. Now […]
Latest Growing up in NZ Study data shows urgent need to expand Ka Ora Ka Ako – Healthy School Lunches
HCA research shows 63% of people support doubling Ka Ora Ka Ako healthy school lunches
HCA has launched a petition to extend free healthy lunches to more tamariki to support whānau in need Whānau, principals and Māori health leaders are calling for free healthy lunches to be extended to more schools as Health Coalition Aotearoa releases new research from Talbot Mills showing strong support for doubling the Ka Ora Ka […]
