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Media Release: HCA Health Star Rating
Health Coalition Aotearoa welcomes decision to progress its longheld recommendation for mandatory Health Star Ratings on packaged foods Health Coalition Aotearoa has welcomed the decision by food ministers from Aotearoa
‘An indictment on our nation’: Health Coalition Aotearoa slams country’s fall in global tobacco industry interference ranking
Press Release, 12 November 2025 Health Coalition Aotearoa says it is an “indictment on our nation” for New Zealand to fall from second in 2023 to 53rd in a global
The corporatisation of childhood – how unhealthy brands influence New Zealand kids’ lives (The Spinoff Op Ed by Victoria Egli)
Large corporations have the resource to support kids’ sports in New Zealand, but it’s all in service of training unhealthy consumers, writes Victoria Egli (children’s health researcher at Waikato University
ASMS report shows overall decline in the health of adult New Zealanders since 2011
This new ASMS report, which uses the New Zealand Health Survey results for self-reported health since 2011 – shows an overall decline in the health of adult New Zealanders. The
Media release: Health leaders call on New Zealand Government: keep alcohol industry out of policymaking
Health Coalition Aotearoa (HCA) and partner organisations have sent an open letter to the Prime Minister, Ministers and senior health officials – urging them to protect alcohol harm reduction policies
Open letter to New Zealand Government and officials: Keep the alcohol industry out of policy-making for alcohol harm reduction
Tēnā koutou, Right Honorable Prime Minister Christopher Luxon, Honorable Minister of Health Simeon Brown, Honorable Minister of Justice Paul Goldsmith, Honorable Minister for Mental Health Matt Doocey, and Honorable Nicole
Media Release: HCA Health Star Rating
Health Coalition Aotearoa welcomes decision to progress its longheld recommendation for mandatory Health Star Ratings on packaged foods Health Coalition Aotearoa has welcomed the decision by food ministers from Aotearoa
‘An indictment on our nation’: Health Coalition Aotearoa slams country’s fall in global tobacco industry interference ranking
Press Release, 12 November 2025 Health Coalition Aotearoa says it is an “indictment on our nation” for New Zealand to fall from second in 2023 to 53rd in a global
The corporatisation of childhood – how unhealthy brands influence New Zealand kids’ lives (The Spinoff Op Ed by Victoria Egli)
Large corporations have the resource to support kids’ sports in New Zealand, but it’s all in service of training unhealthy consumers, writes Victoria Egli (children’s health researcher at Waikato University
ASMS report shows overall decline in the health of adult New Zealanders since 2011
This new ASMS report, which uses the New Zealand Health Survey results for self-reported health since 2011 – shows an overall decline in the health of adult New Zealanders. The
Media release: Health leaders call on New Zealand Government: keep alcohol industry out of policymaking
Health Coalition Aotearoa (HCA) and partner organisations have sent an open letter to the Prime Minister, Ministers and senior health officials – urging them to protect alcohol harm reduction policies
Open letter to New Zealand Government and officials: Keep the alcohol industry out of policy-making for alcohol harm reduction
Tēnā koutou, Right Honorable Prime Minister Christopher Luxon, Honorable Minister of Health Simeon Brown, Honorable Minister of Justice Paul Goldsmith, Honorable Minister for Mental Health Matt Doocey, and Honorable Nicole
