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The low or no-cost health prevention initiatives the Government ignored in this budget
Health Coalition Aotearoa is calling on the government to listen to the experts and
acknowledge the impacts that can be made to the health and wellbeing of New
Zealanders given low or no-cost health prevention initiatives have been ignored by the Government in this budget

Health Coalition Aotearoa calls on the Government to take action to address issues in the food system
The detailed and comprehensive Public Health Advisory Committee (PHAC) Balancing Our Food System report released by the Ministry of Health today identifies several issues that Health Coalition Aotearoa food and

Lunches downgrade robs children of nutrition, well-being, immunity and fuel to learn
The Government has sunk to a new low with today’s announcement that they will replace high quality nutritious lunches with largely processed snack foods for Intermediate and High School students,

Poor uptake makes mockery of Health Star Ratings system
The failed voluntary Health Star Rating (HSR) system must urgently be made mandatory to ensure New Zealanders can make easy, healthy choices at the supermarket. Just released analysis by University

Time for Associate Minister of Education to reveal his school lunches magic trick
Mr Seymour says he will achieve the same results of Ka Ora, Ka Ako with less funding – and now with fewer staff. It’s time for him to explain how

Minister using outdated advice to justify cutting school lunches
The Associate Education Minister David Seymour is quoting a highly negative Treasury report on the Healthy School Lunches Programme to justify cuts, despite new evaluations that paint a much more

The low or no-cost health prevention initiatives the Government ignored in this budget
Health Coalition Aotearoa is calling on the government to listen to the experts and
acknowledge the impacts that can be made to the health and wellbeing of New
Zealanders given low or no-cost health prevention initiatives have been ignored by the Government in this budget

Health Coalition Aotearoa calls on the Government to take action to address issues in the food system
The detailed and comprehensive Public Health Advisory Committee (PHAC) Balancing Our Food System report released by the Ministry of Health today identifies several issues that Health Coalition Aotearoa food and

Lunches downgrade robs children of nutrition, well-being, immunity and fuel to learn
The Government has sunk to a new low with today’s announcement that they will replace high quality nutritious lunches with largely processed snack foods for Intermediate and High School students,

Poor uptake makes mockery of Health Star Ratings system
The failed voluntary Health Star Rating (HSR) system must urgently be made mandatory to ensure New Zealanders can make easy, healthy choices at the supermarket. Just released analysis by University

Time for Associate Minister of Education to reveal his school lunches magic trick
Mr Seymour says he will achieve the same results of Ka Ora, Ka Ako with less funding – and now with fewer staff. It’s time for him to explain how

Minister using outdated advice to justify cutting school lunches
The Associate Education Minister David Seymour is quoting a highly negative Treasury report on the Healthy School Lunches Programme to justify cuts, despite new evaluations that paint a much more