New research shows awareness and use of oral nicotine pouches (ONPs) are increasing rapidly among adults in Aotearoa New ...

A consensus is emerging on the need for lobbying reform as evidenced at a pre-election political panel, organised by Health ...

Neighbours reported less noise and rubbish, and feeling safer to go out at night when a local liquor store closed: research ...

With the election looming, New Zealand voters face a question that once seemed settled: does the country still want a ...

Boyd Swinburn MBChB, MD, FRACP, FNZCPHM is Professor of Population Nutrition and Global Health at the University of Auckland, New Zealand and Honorary Professor, Global Centre (GLOBE), Deakin ...

Health Coalition Aotearoa (HCA) is calling for NZ First to declare its connections with and donations from Philip Morris New Zealand, following a story by RNZ’s Guyon Espiner published today. HCA says ...

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, as ...

Health Coalition Aotearoa’s Professor Janet Hoek explains why the excise tax on legal cigarettes is not to blame for the illicit tobacco trade – and reducing it is not the solution. In arguably her ...

Health Coalition Aotearoa (HCA) is extremely disappointed the new coalition Government plans to repeal world-leading Smoke-free laws, including de-nicotisation of cigarettes, a reduction in retailers ...

Health Coalition Aotearoa (HCA) has significant concerns about the quality, nutritional standards and quality controls for the new school lunches programme. British-based multinational Compass Group, ...