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06 Apr

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ANA has had several people asking about the evidence behind the need to wash fresh fruit and vegetables in soapy water. Alison Pask, Executive Director at ANA speaks to the experts at the Ministry of Primary industries for the best advice available at this point...

30 Jan

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Thank you to Barbara Lusk Barb retired from the Ministry of Health in February 2020 and ANA wishes to acknowledge the contribution she has made to the nutrition and physical activity sector in Aotearoa since she started working at the Ministry of Health in 2001. In her role...

21 Oct

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Healthy Active Learning is a new Wellbeing Budget initiative that will promote and improve healthy eating and physical activity in schools, kura, ngā kōhanga reo and early learning services across Aotearoa. The Ministry of Health (the Ministry) is currently drafting the Healthy Food and Drink Guidance (the Guidance) for these settings...

11 Sep

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Curriculum-based health programmes can result in consistent improvements to physical activity levels in primary school-aged children, with significant but limited effects on body size and fruit consumption. Read the research here...

29 Aug

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The Prime Minister has announced that Year 1-8 students in up to 30 schools will be offered a free school lunch from Term 1, 2020. Up to 21,000 students in around 120 schools will eventually benefit from this prototype by the beginning of 2021. A...

01 Aug

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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. The criteria for the award are: for an individual working in public health who has focused on the PHA’s priorities...

30 Jul

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Andrea Thompson was a keynote speaker at the ANA conference. Her presentation explored approaches for navigating challenges and working across boundaries. Watch her presentation here...

24 Jun

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The Walking Access Act 2008 (the Act) is about providing free access to the outdoors for walking and for types of access that may be associated with walking, such as access with firearms, dogs, bicycles, or motor vehicles. Listen to more about the walking access act...