E aku rangatira, tēnā tātou katoa!
What’s in a leader and what does leadership mean for you?
“May I stress the need for courageous intelligent, and dedicated leadership…Leaders with sound integrity. Leaders not in love with publicity, but in love with justice. Leaders not in love with money, but in love with humanity. Leaders who can subject their particular egos to the greatness of the cause” Dr Martin Luther King Jr, 1956.
A big congratulations goes to Dr. Prudence Stone, the newly appointed CEO for the Public Health Association. We look forward to seeing a new vision with strong leadership, intelligence, humility, integrity, energy, passion, strength and commitment to a kaupapa that requires progressive change. As the Co-chair of the Wellington branch, we (the members) will continue to do our best to be ‘alert and vigilant’ and address significant Public Health issues in Wellington and across the country. We will continue to strive towards positive change and improve outcomes for a better quality of life, and better health and wellbeing for everyone living in Aotearoa. He waka eke noa! We are all together in this waka! Let’s do it!
Now that Prudence has moved on as CEO and no longer Co-chair for Wellington branch, we have an acting Co-chair in the interim until the next AGM. A big welcome to Ramil Adhikari.
Further from editorial, click here.
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Dr. Prudence Stone and whānau at her pōwhiri, Brentwood Hotel, Kilbirnie.
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Wellington Monthly Branch Hui- (2019).
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The Wellington Branch welcomes all members and friends of the Public Health Association to its first Monthly Meeting of the year.
 Please join us!
When: Tue, 12th March, 1730 pm
Where: PHANZ Boardroom, 49 Boulcott St,
5th Floor, Wellington.
Please RSVP to our Secretary Tal Sharrock talleigh@gmail.com or wellington@pha.org.nz
The agenda for meeting, click here.
The minutes of previous meeting, click here.
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Wellington council targets vaping as it considers more smokefree rules.
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The Wellington City Council is looking at banning smoking and vaping on many of the city's beaches. Also, is proposing to extend its smoking ban to include vaping, the Grey St pedestrian area and beaches – though the latter would only be during daylight savings.
The beaches and Grey St bans will be in addition to already-smokefree areas in Wellington's playgrounds, skate parks, sports fields, bus stops, Waitangi, Midland and Truby King parks, Botanic Garden, Otari-Wilton's Bush, Bolton Street Cemetery, Civic Square, the zoo, Zealandia, several laneways, and entrances to all council buildings.
Further details, click here.
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Gender Dashboard Health workshop nominations.
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NCWNZ- National council of Women of New Zealand seeking a nomination of data experts in issues to do with the key area of Health, so with these experts, they will hold to a one day workshop in April to determine the best data indicators to measure:
- Sexual and reproductive health, including abortion
- Access to primary healthcare
- Mental health
- Differences between women (eg disability, ethnicity, trans and other women etc) and other areas of health we may want to explore.
NCWNZ needs nomination by March 18. Nominations for experts can be of any gender, do not need to be NCWNZ members and can nominate many. Further Details, click here.
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Ministry of Health urges those travelling into New Zealand to ensure they have been vaccinated.
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Measles is back in New Zealand and travellers coming into the country are urged to make sure they have been immunised against the disease.
Every case of the highly contagious virus originated from people travelling into the country from overseas since 2012, the Ministry of Health said.
Nevertheless, a fourth case of measles has been recently confirmed in Canterbury around the same time one case has been confirmed in Auckland.
Further details, click here.
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Have your say on the Draft Outer Green Belt Management Plan 2019.
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The Outer Green Belt is a series of reserves along the ridges immediately west of the city and suburbs which is managed by Wellington City Council. It creates a belt of public open space, from the city's northern boundary to the south coast. These reserves help define the character of the city and provide places for nature to thrive and people to enjoy.
The Reserves Act requires that the Council has a management plan for these reserves. They are now reviewing that plan and have prepared a draft for public consultation.
Status: Open
Start date:23 January 2019
Closing date: 5.00p.m., 25 March 2019
Further details, click here.
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New Zealand Health and Disability System Review.
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The Minister of Health, Dr David Clark announced a wide-ranging review designed to future-proof the health and disability services and has appointed Ms. Heather Simpson as Chair of the review.
The panel will seek independent advice and analysis and engage with DHBs, primary care, health professionals and the public in developing its recommendations.
The review panel will then provide an interim report by July 2019 and a final report by 31 March 2020.
Open Consultations
Date closes – 31st May 2019
For further information, click here.
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[Smokefree2025] SRNT-Oceania Conference 2019 - Call for Abstracts.
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The SRNT-O Conference Committee is delighted to invite researchers from academic, community and advocacy groups to submit abstracts for the inaugural SRNT-O conference, to be held 24-25 October 2019, following the Oceania Tobacco Control Conference.
They are very pleased to advise that they will be presenting awards for the best oral presentation and best poster presented by early career researchers.
Abstract submission will close Friday the 31st of May 2019. They are looking forward for receiving a range of innovative, high quality abstracts.
Further details for Abstract Submission, click here.
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PLANNING UNDERWAY FOR THE POST BUDGET BREAKFAST.
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PHA Welly teams up every year with CPAG Welly, to host together the Post-Budget Breakfast. Two meetings have already been held with a skeletal committee of representatives of both branches.
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Already we have:
- assured the Boatshed is booked for May 31st - save the date!
- spoken with Finance Minister Grant robertson, who assures us our branch will always have someone delegated to present the budget from among his associate ministers
- confirmed our National President, Lee Tuki, will be a keynote speaker
We will be needing volunteers on the morning of the event and hope to also find a regular planning committee member to represent us during these weeks before the big day. Please be in touch if you are interested.
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Dr Prudence Stone, PHA CEO with Associate Minister of Finance David Parker, taken last year at our Post-Budget Breakfast.
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Why NZ shouldn't be waiting to tackle methane.
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A major new study shows the amount of methane in the atmosphere has been rising since 2007 – and it's not slowing down. While methane emissions dropped at the start of the century, new air sampling data shows they've been ramping up, particularly in recent years, and at rates not seen since the 1980s. This increase in methane was unexpected, they say, so it wasn't included in the climate change projections used in Paris Agreement targets.
Accurate measurements of farm emissions is probably of more concern to New Zealand climate scientists than it is to our farmers, Professor Martin Manning says.
Further details, click here.
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15th March 2019
Elizabeth Kerekere
History of takatāpui activism
19th March 2019
Les Toop
Direct To Consumer Advertising of prescription medicines: for health or for profit?
22 March 2019
Liz Craig
From Child Health Advocacy to Politics: Reflections on Working for Social Change
29 March 2019
Tony Blakely
HIRP > BODE3 > EEPI-Centre; past > present > future
Venue: small Lecture Theatre, Level D, University of Otago
Wellington Time: 12.30 pm – 1.15 pm
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Best wishes for the month ahead. I hope to see you at our monthly meeting.
Nga mihi,
Nita & Ramil
Co-Chair, Wellington Branch
[Note: If you have feedback, suggestions or items to contribute on our newsletter. please email - 'Ramil Adhikari' dr_ramils@icloud.com . The deadline for contributions is the first Friday of the month.]
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