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WEBHealthNew Zealand’s healthcare system is facing critical issues of equity, accessibility and financial sustainability.<br /> <br /> Health funding often focuses on short-term cost …

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The Health of the State The New Zealand Initiative

WEBThe Health of the State. 21 April, 2016. Lifestyle regulations assume people do not always act in their best interests. The Health of the State warns against policies designed to protect people from …

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Public Health Priorities The New Zealand Initiative

WEBPerhaps Medical Officers of Health are too busy with other priorities to worry about tallying hospital staff vaccination rates. They have important work to do preventing …

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Healthy changes without government The New Zealand Initiative

WEBIn this election year, the crisis in New Zealand’s health system stands as one of the nation’s primary concerns. So, on Wednesday, we held our first Health …

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Public health warnings for public health advice The New Zealand

WEBPublic health warnings for public health advice. We all have our strange little hobbies. I keep an eye out for mentions of a shonky old estimate on the social cost …

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Lifting the Lid: A Critical Analysis of the Covid-19 Pandemic

WEBThese costs reach beyond the disruption to almost every aspect of life during the protracted “zero- COVID-19” phase and the subsequent impact on inflation, on …

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Media release: New report urges immediate action to tackle GP …

WEBWellington (Wednesday, 9 August 2023) – The New Zealand Initiative has released a report, "Lifeline for Health: Meeting New Zealand’s need for General Practitioners," …

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Public health returns to form The New Zealand Initiative

WEBPublic health has form. Saying infectious disease had taken a back seat to lifestyle regulation in the decade leading up to the pandemic would be too charitable. Policy …

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Pharmac: The right prescription

WEBPharmac’s current 100% subsidy policy and the Ministry of Health’s policy of limiting the standard prescription charge to $5 heightens the concern. The system …

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Every life is worth the same – The case for equal treatment

WEBAverage health outcomes for Māori are poor. No one disputes that troubling fact. The critical first thing is diagnosis. As documented in this report, the dominant …

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HEALTH POLICY EVERY LIFE IS WORTH THE SAME

WEBpharmaceuticals, the best health outcomes that are reasonably achievable from pharmaceutical treatment and from within the amount of funding provided.4 This …

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Research The New Zealand Initiative

WEBThe New Zealand Initiative is New Zealand’s leading think tank. Since being founded in 2012, we have been producing leading research into a number of areas of interest to …

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Podcast: Prof Des Gorman on New Zealand’s response to Covid-19

WEBPodcast. 12 August, 2021. Oliver Hartwich and Eric Crampton talk to University of Auckland’s Professor Des Gorman (Ngāpuhi), from the University’s Faculty of Medical …

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Safe to follow: Faster access to medicines for Kiwis

WEBRequiring Medsafe approval for pharmaceuticals already approved by at least two trustworthy overseas regulators makes little sense.<br /> <br /> Foreign …

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Smoke and Vapour: the changing world of tobacco harm reduction

WEBThe most damaging message public health experts can give potential quitters is that they ‘might as well smoke’. Over-regulation is counterproductive Though …

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Sugar tax: documents released under the OIA

WEBInformation to Minister of Health’s Office re sugar tax study. November 2016. The Minister requested information about Sanchez-Romero et al, 2016, in …

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Members' event: Health Innovators’ Summit

WEBThe Health Innovators’ Summit: Inspiring Action for Better Care is a half-day event bringing together politicians, members of The New Zealand Initiative, professional …

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Media Release: The New Zealand Initiative Calls for Immediate …

WEBThe New Zealand Initiative Calls for Immediate Action to Retain and Expand the GP Workforce Following Recent Study Wellington (Monday, 11 March 2024) - …

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Home The New Zealand Initiative

WEBThe New Zealand Initiative is a public policy think tank based in Wellington. It is supported by chief executives and chairs of New Zealand companies. The Initiative is …

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Social Policy The New Zealand Initiative

WEBSocial PolicyOur work on social policies includes a three-part series on poverty, inequality and welfare. We investigated the states of poverty and inequality in New Zealand, and …

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Welfare, Work and Wellbeing: From Benefits to Better Lives

WEBEducation, health, labour market and housing policies should be helping rather than hindering the opportunities of those who are being most left behind currently. …

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Poorly Understood: The State of Poverty in New Zealand

WEBPoorly Understood recognises that poverty is a complex and multi-faceted issue. It presents an overview of poverty-related issues: its definitions; its measures; its …

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