Farm to fork - Can changing your eating habits save the planet?
An article with quotes by Dr Alexandra Macmillan. Consumer magazine, 17 October 2019. Read here.
Healthy Food and Drink Guidance survey
OraTaiao submission to Ministry of Health, 8 November 2019
"Healthy eating, including increased intake of plant-based foods and less consumption of red meat and animal fat (particularly highly processed animal products), would both help reduce greenhouse gas emissions and lead to significant improvements in health. This also aligns with the targets for New Zealand to have net zero carbon emissions and reduced methane emissions by 2050."
Read full submission here (PDF).
Health professionals celebrate passing of the Zero Carbon Act
MEDIA STATEMENT, 7 November 2019
Health professionals are celebrating the historic passing of the Zero Carbon Act. They applaud its purpose to prevent global warming of more than 1.5 degrees and the inclusion of methane targets.
“This Act is a crucial piece of legislation for health and wellbeing. It lays the foundations for realising the exciting opportunities that climate action can bring for health and fairness,” says Dr Rhys Jones, Co-convenor of OraTaiao: The NZ Climate and Health Council.
Read moreRadio Waatea: Rangatahi link arms over climate change
Interview here with Dr Rhys Jones on the school strikes for climate.
Health professionals urge collective action to avert climate crisis
MEDIA STATEMENT, 26 September 2019
Members of OraTaiao: NZ Climate and Health Council will join climate events around the country this Friday, 27 September, and are issuing a symbolic medical certificate, as part of the global strikes for climate movement.
“We are taking to the streets tomorrow to show our solidarity with striking students, because to avert the climate crisis requires collective action. As health workers we see it as our professional duty to urge leaders to rapidly reduce greenhouse gas emissions,” said Dr Rhys Jones, Co-convenor of OraTaiao.
Read moreReview of KiwiSaver default provider arrangements
OraTaiao submission to Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment, 17 September 2019
"We would like the government to take steps to ensure all default KiwiSaver providers are divested from the fossil fuel industry (companies involved in the exploration, extraction, refining, processing and burning of fossil fuels)."
Read full submission here (PDF).
Health for #CLIMATESTRIKE NZ
Friday 27 September 2019, NZ and globally
OraTaiao is supporting the student led global climate strike calling for bold action on climate change. See our media statement 'Health professionals urge collective action to avert climate crisis'.
Read moreClimate change and health - OraTaiao
Feature article by Bruce Tsai, Kendall Robertson and Susanna Lees Watts. NZMJ Digest Issue 91. Read here.
Stuff.co.nz: 'Plant based' diet could cut disease, hospital costs and emissions, NZ health sector says
Article on the benefits of a sustainable diet and why we need a strong Zero Carbon Bill with quotes from Dr Alexandra Macmillan, OraTaiao Co-convenor. Read here.
Radio Waatea: Māori health expertise needed for climate action plan
Interview here with Co-convenor, Dr Alexandra Macmillan, on the need for well designed climate policy.