Aotearoa New Zealand’s lack of effective policy action to improve the unhealthy food environment is contributing to ...

We surveyed political parties on their positions on lobbying laws, political donations and other pro-democracy policies.

HCA and a number of partner organisations have sent this open letter to finance and education spokespeople ahead of the general election. Sign up to receive our ...

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 ...

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 ...

The disestablishment of Te Aka Whai Ora – the Māori Health Authority – as proposed by the National, ACT and NZ First parties, poses a grave threat to the health and wellbeing of tangata whenua. Health ...

Kristen is principal consultant at Koru Ngakau, based in Tūranganui-a-Kiwa and a member of HCA’s Rōpū Apaarangi Waipiro – Alcohol Expert Advisory Group. Kristen has a long history of working in the ...

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

Tēnā koutou, Right Honorable Prime Minister Christopher Luxon, Honorable Minister of Health Simeon Brown, Honorable Minister of Justice Paul Goldsmith, Honorable Minister for Mental Health Matt Doocey ...