Smokefree 2025: An opportunity for big scores by the Government

A group of tobacco control experts today published an open letter in the New Zealand Medical Journal calling for bold new actions from the New Zealand Government to achieve the Smokefree 2025 goal.

Annual Māori public health hui to focus on whakapapa at Matariki

Tomorrow is the regional Hāpai Te Hauora hui-a-tau where kaimahi and invited guests share knowledge and insights about the health of whānau, hapū and iwi in Tāmaki Makaurau.

'Matariki, te tātai tiaki whakapapa'

Aggravated robbery in Christchurch

Christchurch Police are investigating the aggravated robbery of a petrol station on Blenheim Road.

At around 4.40am four men entered the store armed with hammers and a crow bar.

They threatened the store attendant and stole cigarettes and tobacco products.

Police looking for witnesses to Christchurch robberies

Police are investigating several robberies in Christchurch over the last few days and are appealing for help from the public to identify the people responsible.

Someone will know the people involved in these crimes and we urge them to come forward.

Aggravated robbery of Dunedin dairy

Police are investigating the aggravated robbery of a dairy in the Dunedin suburb of Musselburgh.

Police were called just before 8pm and were told two people had entered the store on Musselburgh Rise.

Three aggravated robberies in Christchurch overnight

Christchurch has experienced three aggravated robberies of three different dairies in less than 24 hours. The first robbery, at the Templeton Dairy took place at 5.15pm last night where two offenders entered the dairy, presented a pistol and have taken a quantity of cigarettes and cash.

Plain package cigarettes critiqued 'for lack of industry targeting'

From today, it is illegal for tobacco companies in New Zealand to sell cigarettes in branded packaging but the implementation has had a mixed response. This is the final week of the 3 month ‘wash out’ period in cleansing the market of existing stock and introducing plain packaging.

Hapai Te Hauora warns of American interference in NZ public health

Hāpai Te Hauora, New Zealand’s largest Māori public health collective, is disappointed at the recent media coverage of a lab-based scientist flown to our shores which created unnecessary confusion among communities around the use of vaping devices.

ESR visitor warns of vaping concerns

A visiting US scientist, Michelle Peace, is warning of the potential hazards of vaping.

NZ's crime-busting forensics triumph in US murder trial - ESR

Forensic software developed by New Zealand scientists at the Institute of Environmental Science and Research (ESR) has been used in a trial in Brooklyn, New York, for the first time, leading to a murder conviction.