Children's nutrition is highly influenced by community-level deprivation and socioeconomic
inequalities and the health outcomes associated, such as childhood obesity, continue to …

Objectives We investigate some of the strengths and challenges associated with Covid-19
responses in urban Indigenous communities in Brisbane, Australia. Our research reflects on …

Our current food system is failing to deliver on equitable health outcomes, wellbeing and
food security and the Hawke's Bay region of New Zealand has high inequities and one the …

As part of the COVID-19 economic recovery package, the Aotearoa New Zealand
Government rolled out a universal free and healthy lunch programme to the 25% least …

The school food environment plays an important role in shaping students' dietary choices,
which often influence future dietary behaviours. We surveyed primary and secondary …

Māori (Indigenous people of New Zealand (NZ)) suffer food insecurity disproportionately in
New Zealand. Some research suggests that Māori value mātauranga Māori (traditional …

The identification and analysis of mythical images and ancestral practices that make up the
ethnos of a community allow us to know its ways of existing in the cosmos. The objective of …

Healthy food environments in early childhood play an important role in establishing health-
promoting nutritional behaviours for later life. We surveyed Early Learning Services (ELS) in …

Systems Thinking is increasingly applied to address complex societal and public health
issues in Aotearoa, New Zealand and has been proposed as a good fit with traditional …

This article describes findings from the evaluation of Healthy Families NZ (HFNZ), an equity-
driven, place-based community health initiative. Implemented in nine diverse communities …