Answering the call for social justice and equity
March 30, 2021Dr Kate Morgaine has worked professionally in health promotion for about 15 or so years and is an academic (teaching and research) in Te Tari Hauora T...
Health promotion ‘most optimistic of health professions’
March 30, 2021Dr Grace Wong has been an avid health promoter for many years and is a leading advocate for tobacco control in Aotearoa. A part-time senior lecturer i...
Webishop to feature world leader in health promotion
February 10, 2021Dr Trevor Hancock has been a mover and shaker in public health for more than 30 years.The guest speaker at HPF’s webishop ‘No health without a h...
Social vaccine vital to rebuild post-Covid, says Prof Fran Baum
December 10, 2020Professor Fran Baum, one of Australia’s leading researchers on the social and economic determinants of health has been quite vocal recently abou...
Governments must not return to business as usual after Covid, says Sir Michael Marmot
October 15, 2020HPF caught up with leading global advocate for action on the social determinants of health and health inequalities, Sir Michael Marmot recently to get...
A few moments with Colin Tukuitonga
May 23, 2017Without a doubt, a stand out figure from the global health, health promotion and public health sectors is Colin Tukuitonga. Speaking from Noumea, Col...
Gerhard Sundborn: Fighting Sugar in Soft Drinks
May 16, 2017If you look at recent news on sugary drinks and obesity in New Zealand, chances are you will come across the name Dr Gerhard Sundborn, or the advocacy...
Smokefree Coalition; victim of its own success
October 15, 2016As the Smokefree Coalition prepared to wind down its operations – a victim of its own success – Hauora’s Jo Lawrence-King talked to its outgoing Execu...
Leaders pledge support for World Conference
June 29, 2016Leaders pledge support for World Conference The leaders of two highly regarded international bodies have signalled their support of the next World Hea...
Prof John Raeburn: health promotion advocate
March 20, 2016Health Promotion Forum was fortunate to get some time with Emeritus Professor John Raeburn recently, to ask him about his more than 40 years as a heal...
Health Promotion in Aotearoa today. Three questions for three experts
October 6, 2015We asked three health promotion professionals three questions for the spring/summer 2015 issue of Hauora, focusing on health promotion in Aotearoa New...
First New Zealand Health Promotion book
October 6, 2015First New Zealand Health Promotion book Promoting Health in Aotearoa New Zealand Promoting Health in Aotearoa New Zealand was conceptualised as a text...