Health Coalition Aotearoa

Lunches contract goes to companies with poor track record on food quality and service

Health Coalition Aotearoa (HCA) has significant concerns about the quality, nutritional standards and quality controls for the new school lunches programme.

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Luxon must stand Costello down and reverse tobacco tax cut decision

The Prime Minister must take action on his Government’s disastrous tobacco control policy after the latest in a long series of pro-tobacco industry moves by Associate Minister of Health Casey Costello that are likely to cause more harm - at the tax-payer’s expense.

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Government's defence of Smokefree repeal - weak, deceptive and embarrassing

The Government’s strategy to justify its roll-back of New Zealand’s world-leading Smokefree law amounts to a campaign of misinformation, Health Coalition Aotearoa co-chair Professor Boyd Swinburn says.

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Budget 2023: some positives health, but no commitment to addressing the structural drivers of health

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.

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Health Coalition Aotearoa calls for a full review of alcohol law to protect communities

Health Coalition Aotearoa (HCA) is calling on Government to commit to a full review of alcohol law to ensure communities are protected from ongoing corporate interference in alcohol policy making.

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Regulation of lobbyists must put public health before commercial interests

With RNZ revelations today of harmful industries lobbying policymakers and Ministers via commercial firms, health groups are launching a series of urgent recommendations to regulate lobbying in Aotearoa.

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