The Government's proposed move-on orders would worsen outcomes for children and young people experiencing homelessness, criminalising those as young as 14.
Focus should be on permanent housing and support, not criminal sanctions.
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Proposed move-on orders would criminalise homelessness and worsen outcomes for children and young people who have nowhere safe to go.
Most people who smoke regret starting and want to quit. New research suggests supportive messages inside tobacco packs could help build confidence to quit and complement existing warning labels. @janethoek.bsky.social #SmokefreeAotearoa
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The NZ National Climate Change Risk Assessment reinforces that climate and health policy needs stronger resourcing and coordination. Improving and protecting public health should be a priority consideration in all climate policies.
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The Health Select Committee is considering a Good Samaritan law, providing legal protection to people seeking emergency help during an overdose. The law could reduce preventable overdose deaths, which claim about 150 New Zealand lives each year.
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Budget 2026 does little to address years of health underfunding. Rising costs and demand pressures will absorb most new funding, while prevention and primary care continue to miss out. #aotearoa #publichealth
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Budget 2026 does little to address years of health underfunding. Rising costs and demand pressures will absorb most new funding, while prevention and primary care continue to miss out. #aotearoa #publichealth
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Without stronger investment in prevention and primary care, health agencies will continue facing rising demand and growing costs. Budget 2026 does little to change that trajectory. #aotearoa #publichealth
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A new study suggests that low-cost efficacy inserts inside tobacco packs could help more people quit smoking by providing supportive, whānau-focused messages that build confidence and complement exist...
The Climate Change Commission’s latest national risk assessment warns climate-related risks to mental and physical health in Aotearoa New Zealand will be worsened by “uncertain and incomplete” policie...
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Warning labels explain the harms of smoking. New NZ research shows inserts inside tobacco packs effectively provide something different: encouragement, motivation and practical support to quit. #smokefree @janethoek.bsky.social www.phcc.org.nz/briefing/hel...
As the Health Select Committee considers the Drug Overdose (Assistance Protection) Legislation Bill, new analysis reviews the evidence for Good Samaritan overdose laws and their potential to save lives.
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A clock has started ticking – for people who have nowhere else to go. The government’s latest reform risks dismantling the very conditions that make social housing more than just a roof. thespinoff.co.nz/politics/27-...
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With nearly three New Zealanders dying from accidental drug overdose every week, more needs to be done to prevent such deaths. Good Samaritan overdose laws are one intervention that can help save live...
Budget 2026 increases health spending but falls short of what is needed to address years of underfunding, with insufficient investment in prevention and primary care to improve access, equity and long...
Budget 2026 increases health spending but falls short of what is needed to address years of underfunding, with insufficient investment in prevention and primary care to improve access, equity and long...
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Budget 2026 increases health spending but falls short of what is needed to address years of underfunding, with insufficient investment in prevention and primary care to improve access, equity and long...
A new study suggests that low-cost efficacy inserts inside tobacco packs could help more people quit smoking by providing supportive, whānau-focused messages that build confidence and complement exist...
www.phcc.org.nz
With nearly three New Zealanders dying from accidental drug overdose every week, more needs to be done to prevent such deaths. Good Samaritan overdose laws are one intervention that can help save live...
