Commercial products and activities can have major impacts on health and health equity in Aotearoa New Zealand (NZ). Commercial entities and their allies, including those from ultra-processed food, ...

Commercial interests in Aotearoa New Zealand (NZ) are undermining measures designed to protect public health. Urgent, comprehensive reforms are needed to address their undue influence and reduce the ...

Commercial products and activities can have harmful impacts on health and health inequities in Aotearoa New Zealand (NZ). There is good evidence that undue commercial influence can worsen this harm.

Long Covid (LC) remains a risk following any Covid-19 infection or reinfection. It includes a syndrome of long-term symptoms, a substantially increased risk of sudden death, and silent cell and organ ...

New Zealand Health Survey (NZHS) data for 2024/2025 were released on 19 November 2025. Daily vaping prevalence was 11.7% in 2024/25 among adults aged ≥15 years, which is similar to the prevalence in ...

The new coalition Government has controversially proposed repealing Aotearoa’s world-leading smokefree legislation. Ratified by Aotearoa, the World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco ...

Fifteen years after the Pike River mine disaster that killed 29 men, Aotearoa New Zealand’s (NZ) workplace health and safety record remains poor, with little improvement in fatality rates. Compared to ...

Bradbury, K., Egli, V., & Peddie, M. C. The newly published Dietary Guidelines for Americans have received a mostly negative reaction among nutrition experts. Our Aotearoa New Zealand (NZ) dietary ...

Energy costs for households are expected to rise significantly from 2025, due to a combination of factors putting pressure on Aotearoa New Zealand’s electricity system. This is important because our ...

Hoek, J., Ball, J., Waa, A., Graham-DeMello, A., Edwards, R., & Gregan, M. Recently released documents from the Ministry of Health and Associate Health Minister Casey ...

History shows us that the best way to improve Māori health is to support Māori to lead and drive the improvement ourselves. That means more Māori across all aspects of health: not just doctors, nurses ...

Baker, M., Bennett, J., Kerr, J., & Kvalsvig, A. Covid-19 is causing a large fifth pandemic wave in November-December 2023, as indicated by results of wastewater testing and hospitalisations. The net ...