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A third of household beverage budget spent on sugary drinks – study
A New Zealand study of beverage purchases shows consumption of sugar-sweetened drinks remains high, accounting for one third of the average household drinks budget, prompting renewed calls for a sugary
Health coalition launches petition to protect school lunches
Health Coalition Aotearoa has today launched a petition to stop the Government cutting the free school lunches programme – Ka Ora, Ka Ako. The programme offers 230,000 students in about
New Zealand’s hungry teens four years behind in their learning – free school lunches provide solution
Food poverty has contributed to New Zealand’s poor performance in an international educational achievement test for 15-year-olds, reigniting calls for broader access to free healthy school lunches. “The 2022 PISA
Shameful repeal of Smokefree law will result in more tobacco harm, deaths
The Government’s shameful repeal of the Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products (Smoked Tobacco) Amendment Act 2022 will condemn thousands of Kiwis to prolonged tobacco addiction, harm and preventable death. “The tobacco
Sacking of whistleblower over Costello’s advice shows system lacks transparency
The sacking of a Ministry of Health public servant over a leak to media is the result of a broken public policy system which fails to provide the transparency a
Smokefree repeal must get Parliamentary scrutiny
Today, Health Coalition Aotearoa (HCA), the Council of Medical Colleges in New Zealand (CMC), and Te Ohu Rata O Aotearoa – Māori Medical Practitioners Association are calling on the Government
A third of household beverage budget spent on sugary drinks – study
A New Zealand study of beverage purchases shows consumption of sugar-sweetened drinks remains high, accounting for one third of the average household drinks budget, prompting renewed calls for a sugary
Health coalition launches petition to protect school lunches
Health Coalition Aotearoa has today launched a petition to stop the Government cutting the free school lunches programme – Ka Ora, Ka Ako. The programme offers 230,000 students in about
New Zealand’s hungry teens four years behind in their learning – free school lunches provide solution
Food poverty has contributed to New Zealand’s poor performance in an international educational achievement test for 15-year-olds, reigniting calls for broader access to free healthy school lunches. “The 2022 PISA
Shameful repeal of Smokefree law will result in more tobacco harm, deaths
The Government’s shameful repeal of the Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products (Smoked Tobacco) Amendment Act 2022 will condemn thousands of Kiwis to prolonged tobacco addiction, harm and preventable death. “The tobacco
Sacking of whistleblower over Costello’s advice shows system lacks transparency
The sacking of a Ministry of Health public servant over a leak to media is the result of a broken public policy system which fails to provide the transparency a
Smokefree repeal must get Parliamentary scrutiny
Today, Health Coalition Aotearoa (HCA), the Council of Medical Colleges in New Zealand (CMC), and Te Ohu Rata O Aotearoa – Māori Medical Practitioners Association are calling on the Government
