Webinar "What are the implications of the health review for public health?”

Featuring:
Professor Paparangi Reid
Emeritus Professor Robert Beaglehole
Associate Professor Collin Tukuitonga

Chairperson
Grant Berghan

Public Health Association supports Smokefree Aotearoa 2025 announcements by Associate Minister of Health, Dr Ayesha Verrall

MEDIA RELEASE 19 April 2021

The Public Health Association of New Zealand applauds the proposed raft of changes to tobacco smoking controls by Associate Minister of Health, Dr. Ayesha Verrall. The Smokefree Aotearoa 2025 Action Plan proposals, were released as part of a discussion document last Thursday 15th April, 2021. The proposals include sweeping cuts to tobacco retailers, the banning of tobacco sales to new smokers, limiting tobacco sales to specific R18 stores or pharmacies, the reduction of nicotine in products and a prohibition on filters in cigarettes. These are excellent proposals and are strongly supported by the PHANZ. “Around 4,500 people a year die because of tobaccoin New Zealand. This is carnage on an industrial scale, and affects Maori and Pasifika peoples disproportionately. We need to do everything that we can to protect our whanau and our whakapapa,” said Grant Berghan, Chief Executive Officer of the PHANZ.

Read our full media release here

PHANZ nationwide roadtrip for Public Health

See full details here: PHANZ Announcement and Itinerary 2021

The Public Health Association of New Zealand is pleased to announce the recipients of the PHANZ Public Health Awards 2020 as follows:

Public Health Award 2020: Professor Michael Baker

Tū Rangatira mō te Ora Award 2020: Professor Helen Moewaka Barnes

New Pasifika award 2020: Dr El-Shadan (Dan)Taulolo

PHANZ Policy Position on Institutional Racism for Ratification at AGM 2020

Cannabis Position and Policy Position 2020

2020 Public Health Champion Awards

The Public Health Association is pleased to invite nominations for this year's Public Health Champion Awards.

Public Health Champion Award

The purpose of the PHA's Public Health Champion Award is to recognise and profile the outstanding contribution by an individual to public health.

Tū Rangatira mō te Ora award

The Award is presented annually to a person or roōpu who demonstrate leadership in hauora Māori.

Pacific Public Health Champion award

The purpose of the PHA's Pasifika Public Health Champion Award is to recognise and profile the outstanding contribution by an individual or group to improve the health of Pasifika peoples.

Important dates for the three awards:

Nominations open Tuesday 10th November, 2020.

Nominations close Friday 20th November, 2020 at 5pm.

Recipients notified by Friday 27th November, 2020.

Awards announced at the PHANZ AGM 2nd December, 2020

For more information on the criteria and nomimation form please click here

We are pleased to announce that the following nominations received for the vacancies on the PHANZ board are now declared elected as per 11.1 of the PHANZ Election bylaw, and will commence their tenure at the PHANZ AGM Dec 2nd 2020. 

11. WHERE VACANCIES EXCEED NUMBER OF CANDIDATES
11.1 If the number of candidates nominated does not exceed the number of vacancies to be filled, the Returning Officer shall declare the candidate or candidates nominated elected.

Maxine Shortland (President)**Should  proposed remit 1  be ratified at the PHANZ AGM Dec 2nd 2020 then this position will become entrenched in our constitution as a Co-President in Te Tiriti based partnership with the Co-President Māori.  The change would occur at the 2021 AGM with interim arrangements made toward that end by the incoming council.
Toni Paterson (General Executive)  
Jalal Mohammed (General Executive) 
Gail Duncan (General Executive) 

We welcome our new executives to the team, for bios click here

PHANZ nominations for the executive elections are now open. For more information about how you can nominate for the current vacant positions and elections deadlines click here. Please note nominations must come from branches and not individuals

PHANZ AGM 2020 will take place on Wednesday 2nd 2020. Find out more details here