A new charitable organisation is calling for a fundamental shift in the way New Zealand approaches health, with the launch of Make New Zealand Healthy, a non-partisan movement advocating for policies that prioritise prevention over the treatment of chronic disease.
The organisation has been established by a group of health advocates, researchers and professionals who believe New Zealand’s rising rates of obesity, diabetes and other chronic illnesses require a fresh approach focused on creating better health outcomes before disease develops.
Founder John Appleton says the goal is simple: to build a healthier future by addressing the root causes of poor health.
“For decades, we’ve invested heavily in treating illness after it occurs, yet rates of chronic disease continue to rise. We believe New Zealand can do better by focusing on prevention, nutrition, environmental health and evidence-based policy that supports long-term wellbeing.”
Rather than aligning with any political party, Make New Zealand Healthy aims to work constructively across the political spectrum and has invited all parties to engage with its policy platform ahead of the general election.
Over the coming months, Make New Zealand Healthy will release a series of evidence-informed policy papers designed to stimulate public discussion and encourage all political parties to place prevention at the centre of New Zealand’s healthcare system. The organisation hopes to foster constructive debate around practical solutions that improve long-term health outcomes for all New Zealanders.
The organisation’s first suite of policies covers areas including chronic disease prevention, nutrition, environmental health, medical transparency and public health governance. Appleton says improving the nation’s health requires broad community involvement.
“This isn’t about left or right politics. It’s about creating the conditions for healthier lives and ensuring future generations inherit a system that promotes wellbeing rather than simply managing illness.”
The movement is also encouraging New Zealanders to become involved by learning about its policy platform, participating in community discussions and supporting efforts to place prevention at the centre of future health policy.
Make New Zealand Healthy says its recommendations are grounded in scientific literature and practical public health measures, with an emphasis on encouraging informed debate and long-term solutions.
The organisation’s policies and further information are available at makenewzealandhealthy.co.nz.
Well, well, well I never.
Bhahahahah hahaha
Oh stop it
What is your point?
Great bunch of people. Great message! New Zealand needs this! 🙌
We can start by —
1. Eliminating the useless Old Boy / Old Girl Networking ‘Service Managers’ from the DHB’s’…
2. Identify and dismiss Doctors, Specialist, & Surgeons who refused health care and services to DHB ‘Whistleblowers’ and ‘those NOT ‘in the know’…
3. Break-up the MoE, MoH and the CYFS paedophile networks that work hand-in-hand with each other to target families that the PTB don’t like for the removal of their children…
4. Get the ‘non-Kosher’ & ‘non-Halal’ foods OFF THE MARKET, as such foods have ingredients that are essentially poison with their additives…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HFWa0N-TPCM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5D0TXaOBtA
5. Activate the NZDF Doctors, Specialists, Nurses & Medics twice a year for 2 weeks to clear the backlogs via triage at DHB Hospitals & Clinics, since the NZDF are already funded, and such a scenario can provide continuation training & job proficiency.
As Kiwi internet sensation Vinny Eastwood once remarked; “Everything in your refrigerator is a bio-weapon!”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C2vVcuVR-uQ
Healthy choices for better health?
We stopped going to the Mondolez brand names, and when we heard that McDonalds was handing out burgers to the IDF, THAT is when we stopped going to Maccas.
Unilever, Mondolez, anything made in Israel that you can boycott and that is non-J3wi$h and non-Zionist won’t have the massive amount of intermixed ingredients that slowly poison you!
We need to get off of our lazy asses, stop the ‘meals in a box’ bullshit, and learn to cook without having to consume non-Kosher & non-Halal foodstuffs, as these have been deliberately engineered to cause early onset diabetes, obesity, HBP, heart, kidney & liver problems, ALL BY DEVIOUS DESIGN stemming from Zionist / J3wi$h food manufacturers.
Oh goody, another ‘charitable’ collective organisation looking out for our ‘collective’ good. No mention of Individual responsible then!
Good initiative and seemingly good ppl with proper background, until I read “MNZH… has invited all parties to engage with its policy platform ahead of the general election.”
Oh yeah, so that the lot, that has poisoned and sold-out Godzone for DECADES, can now crawl under the MNZH unbrella and can use this platform to gather votes?
For decades the lot in Wellington has willingly and actively supported Big Parma, food giants, Supermarket imperiums and plastic food importers to displace small healthy-food producers, from the cheese factory around the corner to garden/farm direct produce and charity stalls. The corporate lobbied “Health&Safey” tyranny did the rest!
Anna McLoughlin, part of MNZH, a communications specialist with nearly two decades of experience in campaign management and crisis communications, ought to know better than throwing the Welli-pollies a bone. If the “invitation” ought to be a Litmus test for party-policy YOU ought to know better too. You are inviting pigs with thejr snout in global/corporate troughs, squealing “We are working with MNZH !”
Since DECADES election health policies were completely flipped between election cycles. Joogle it!
By association you will be judged.
We were sheeple long enough and now WE HAD ENOUGH!
Good idea, but the medical industry will lose a lot of money if there are more healthy people. Prepare for pushback from those sections who benefit from a sick and Big Pharma dependent population.
Japan takes this approach and it works but, of course, they have a focus on non GMO food, not the crap they are trying to foist on us, here.
An other organization who doesn’t see the elephant in the room. It is the toxins, sprays, pester-sides and herbicides what are all over our food and makes as sick. Go to the roots “makenewzealandhaelthy”
Taking the Covid vaccines off the market would be a Good starting point 💉👀
Why do we have such a ridiculous amount of charities and such organizations in nz? For a country with a low population we seem to be drowned in them. I suspect the majority do not actually give back anything real to kiwis. The reality is most people simply self medicate with gang weed & alcohol/meth in nz because the system is pay to play and you will never get the top shelf drs or medications if you do not pay the cost.
“Make New Zealand Healthy says its recommendations are grounded in scientific literature………”
As soon as I read the above it reminded of the convid slogan they kept firing at everyone “Trust the science.”
We all know the convid science was BS so I wish these people well but I’m skeptical
Go get yourselves a magnifying glass and check out the loooog tiny-fine-print list of CHEMICALS in your shampoo, conditioner, toothpaste, soap… Then go thru your kitchen cupboards and fridge and do the same with all your wonderful little tins and sachets and boxes and plastic bags and jars of all your wonderfully-convenient processed food…. Even your teabags are spewing out BILLIONS of nano-plastic fibres…
But hey, the giant corporate-food industry ain’t sayin’ anything about it… Must be all-good then huh?
Surely it really doesn’t need an organisation who, like all the others, wants us to fund them? It’s just a matter of commonsense and choosing, for ourselves, a healthy life style. 70% of the people who turn up at hospital for treatment, wouldn’t have to be there if they had a healthy life style. Choosing to eat moderate portions of healthy unprocessed foods, keeping off the drugs/tobacco/alcohol, and doing a moderate amount of exercise, would make an enormous difference to the health statistics. Maybe banning the ads for all the unhealthy, processed foods would help and some nutrition education for families, and schoolchildren would be a good idea but, ultimately, it’s up to the individual to make the right choices. Removing GST from fruit and vegetables and maybe some food vouchers for poor families would probably help. Worth a try?