Latest news

• Newsletter 15 - December 2018
• 13/12/2018

• We have released our 15th newsletter. To find out more about our recent work, please read here.

• New 'Population vulnerability' domain
• 15/08/2018

• The 'Population Information' domain has been renamed to 'Population Vulnerability'. It now includes information on what makes particular individuals and groups within the population susceptible to environmental hazards. Visit the Population Vulnerability webpage for more information.

• 14th newsletter released
• 25/07/2018

• We have released our 14th newsletter. To find out more about our recent work, please read here  or download here.

• Factsheets updated with new DHB data from the New Zealand Health Survey
• 14/06/2018

• Data by District Health Board (DHB) for 2014–17 are now available in the following factsheets:
  - asthma prevalence in children, 2016/17
  - unmet need for GP services due to a lack of transport, 2016/17
  - active transport to and from school, 2016/17

• New meningococcal disease indicator released
• 14/06/2018

• We have recently released a new indicator on meningococcal disease in children.  Meningococcal disease is a serious bacterial infection, which can cause meningitis, blood poisoning, and even death. Household crowding increases the risk of meningococcal disease in children. 

• PAWS launched
• 05/04/2018

• Our EHI team has collaborated with the EpiCentre to create PAWS (people • animals • wellbeing • surveillance). The PAWS programme is aimed to help protect both animals and humans from natural hazards such as floods, earthquakes, droughts and rising sea-levels. For more information, see the PAWS webpage.

• Oral Health Statistics Updated
• 14/03/2018

• This latest factsheet on children's oral health in New Zealand has been released and can be found here

• Updated factsheets for transport
• 24/01/2018

• In 2016/17, 2.6% of children and 3.2% of adults had an unmet GP need due to a lack of transport (about 148,000 New Zealanders). About 45% of children used active transport (walking, cycling etc) to get to school in 2016/17.   For more information, see the transport indicators webpage. 

• HSSS 2017 report released
• 12/01/2018

• This latest report (2017) on the adverse health effects of exposure to hazardous substances in New Zealand has been released and can be found here 

• Christmas Newsletter (13th) released
• 07/12/2017

• We have released our 13th EHI newsletter. To find out more about our recent work, click here.

• Health effects relating to the indoor environment
• 06/12/2017

• We have released new factsheets about the indoor environment:  asthma, lower respiratory tract infections, SUDI, and maternal smoking at two weeks after birth. These show that household crowding, second-hand smoke exposure, and poor quality housing continue to affect New Zealanders' health. Visit the Indoor Environment indicators for more information.

• Latest stats on melanoma and non-melanoma skin cancer
• 06/12/2017

• In 2014, 376 people died from melanoma, and 145 people died from non-melanoma skin cancer, in New Zealand.  New Zealand has one of the highest rates of melanoma incidence and mortality in the world. Visit the UV exposure indicators to download the factsheets.

• Energy consumption increased in 2016
• 15/11/2017

• Our latest factsheets show energy consumption increased one percent in 2016. The increase was a result of gains in gas, oil and coal consumption. The industrial and domestic transport sectors led energy consumption growth.

• Data visualisation site healthspace now Live
• 10/11/2017

• CPHR Online has officially been rebranded to healthspace.

• Healthspace
• 18/10/2017

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• National Hazardous Substances and Lead Notifications report 2016
• 26/09/2017

• We have recently released the National Hazardous Substances and Lead Notifications January - December 2016 report. 

• Hazardous substances and lead notifications factsheets
• 01/09/2017

• We have recently released factsheets on hazardous substances and lead absorption notifications in 2014-2015. 

• Dairy cattle numbers increasing
• 08/08/2017

• Dairy cattle numbers increased by over 2% to 6.6 million from 2015 to 2016. In contrast, beef cattle, sheep and deer numbers were decreasing.

• New traffic injury indicators lauched
• 07/08/2017

• We have recently released new indicators on traffic injury hospitalisations and deaths. These cover the number/rate of traffic injury hospitalisations/deaths by mode of transport, gender, age group, ethnicity, NZDep and DHB. These also cover the number of hospitalisations/deaths per time spent travelling by mode of transport.   

• Special Issue Announcement "Environmental Health Indicators for Policy Support"
• 28/07/2017

• Special Issue of International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health:

• New transport indicators launched
• 21/06/2017

• We have recently released new indicators on transport and health. These cover how transport affects health, types of transport used by New Zealanders, and how a lack of transport affects people's access to healthcare.  Visit the transport indicators

• Oral Health of children improved between 2000 and 2015
• 26/04/2017

• In 2015, 60% of 5-year-olds and 62% of children in Year 8, who lived in fluoridated communities, were caries-free.

• Updated safe drinking-water and fluoridated drinking-water factsheets
• 26/04/2017

• In 2015/2016, more New Zealanders had access to safe drinking-water and fluoridated drinking-water than in the previous year.

• District Health Board Health Profiles released
• 21/04/2017

• We have recently released the Health Profiles spreadsheets for each District Health Board. Click here for more information.

• Using social media to help fight flu
• 11/04/2017

• The Ministry of Health is teaming up with Massey University and Environmental Science and Research Limited to look at whether social media can help see flu epidemics and outbreaks of other infectious diseases coming. Find out more here.

• The New Zealand vehicle fleet is getting increasingly older
• 31/01/2017

• In 2015, the average age of the light private fleet was 14.3 years. Buses and trucks were the oldest types of vehicles, with an average age of over 17 years.

• Number of motor vehicles is steadily increasing
• 31/01/2017

• In 2015, there were almost 3.9 million motor vehicles in New Zealand - the highest number ever.

• New Zealand's total energy consumption increased slightly in 2015
• 04/01/2017

• Our latest factsheets show that energy consumption only increased by 0.7 percent in New Zealand in 2015. Oil continues to be our most common type of energy consumed. Download the following factsheets to find out more:

• 11th EHI newsltter released
• 14/12/2016

• We have released our 11th EHI newsletter. To find out more about our recent work, visit the 11th EHI newsletter.

• Children in fluoridated areas generally have better oral health
• 12/12/2016

• In 2014, 61 percent of 5-year olds and 60 percent of children in Year 8, who lived in fluoridated communities, were caries-free.

• New 'Border Health' Domain
• 07/12/2016

• A new Border Health domain has been created on the EHINZ website to host new and updated border health indicators. These are now reporting on exotic diseases of priority concern to New Zealand, as well as national mosquito monitoring information. 

• One in two New Zealanders has access to fluoridated drinking-water.
• 14/09/2016

• One in two New Zealanders had access to fluoridated drinking-water in 2014-2015. This amounts to about 2.3 million people.

• Over 190 people were notified with water-borne diseases with recreational water contact as a risk factor in 2014
• 25/08/2016

• Over 190 people were notified with campylobacteriosis, cryptosporidiosis or giardiasis with recreational water contact as a risk factor in 2014. 

• Over 8600 people were notified with campylobacteriosis, cryptosporidiosis or giardiasis in 2014
• 25/08/2016

• Over 8600 people were notified with campylobacteriosis, cryptosporidiosis or giardiasis in 2014. Young children were most affected. 

• Over 800 people were notified with water-borne diseases with untreated drinking-water as a risk factor in 2014
• 25/08/2016

• Over 800 people were notified with campylobacteriosis, cryptosporidiosis or giardiasis with untreated drinking-water as a risk factor in 2014. Young children were most affected. 

• Daily sulphur dioxide guidelines were exceeded at three sites in 2013
• 13/07/2016

• Three out of eight sulphur dioxide monitoring sites exceeded the WHO daily guideline in 2013. Read more about sulphur dioxide concentrations, or download the factsheet. 

• New report on the burden of disease from second-hand smoke in New Zeland
• 04/07/2016

• We have released a report on the burden of disease from second-hand smoke exposure in New Zealand. It showed that an estimated 104 people died in 2010 from second-hand smoke and that children and Māori are more affected. Read the report here.

• There were no breaches of carbon monoxide in 2013
• 10/06/2016

• Our latest factsheet on the annual average carbon monoxide concentrations in New Zealand is now available. It showed that all 21 monitored sites met the carbon monoxide national standard in 2013. Find out more here or download the facsheet. 

• People in the North Island were more likely to be supplied with microbiologically compliant drinking-water
• 10/06/2016

• We have released a new factsheet on the estimated number of people with access to safe drinking-water supplies. It showed that four in five New Zealanders received drinking-water that met all the requirements for the drinking-water standard. Read more or download the factsheet.

• Most monitoring sites met nitrogen dioxide guidelines in 2013
• 21/03/2016

• We have released a new factsheet on the annual average nitrogen dioxide concentration in air in New Zealand. It showed that the most  monitoring sites met nitrogen dioxide guidelines in 2013. Read more or download the factsheet. 

• Most monitoring sites met the WHO annual PM10 guideline in 2013
• 21/03/2016

• We have released a new factsheet on the annual average PM10 concentration in air in New Zealand. It showed that the most of New Zealand's monitoring sites met the WHO long-term (annual) guideline in 2013.  Read more or download the factsheet. 

• Many urban areas exceeded daily limits of PM10 in 2013
• 21/03/2016

• We have released a new factsheet on the airsheds exceeded the daily PM10 standard on two or more days. It showed that many urban areas exceeded daily limits of PM10 in 2013. Read more or download the factsheet. 

• Public Health Emergency of International Concern announced relating to Zika virus
• 05/02/2016

• This vector-borne disease has potential links to birth defects in French Polynesia and Brazil.

• Latest Hazardous Substances and Lead report
• 02/02/2016

• We have released the latest National Hazardous substances and Lead notifications report for 2014. Read the report here.

• Hazardous substances injury statistics
• 02/02/2016

• The 2015 Hazardous Substances Injury report includes statistics on the adverse health effects of hazardous substances exposure in New Zealand. Read the key findings of this report.

• Energy consumption in New Zealand has increased in 2014
• 02/02/2016

• Our latest factsheets show that energy consumption has increased by four percent in New Zealand with oil being our most common type of energy consumed. Download the following factsheets to find out more:

• 9th EHI newsletter released
• 03/12/2015

• We have released our 9th EHI newsletter. To find out more about our recent work, visit the 9th EHI newsletter.

• Nearly twice the number of vector-borne diseases notifications were made
• 14/10/2015

• Nearly twice the number of vector-borne diseases notifications were made in 2014 (320 cases) compared to 2013 (167 cases). Read more about vector-borne diseases notifications or download the factsheet.

• Increase in the number of dengue fever notifications
• 14/10/2015

• In 2014, the number of dengue fever notifications increased by over two thirds compared to 2013. Malaria notifications was almost one third fewer. Read more about dengue fever and malaria notifications or download the factsheet. 
  

• Short course on Applied Environmental Epidemiology - 15th Oct 2015
• 01/09/2015

• Professor Allan Smith will present a one-day course on Applied Environmental Epidemiology on Thursday 15 October 2015, at CPHR, Massey University, Wellington.  

• New factsheet shows large drop in second-hand smoke exposure
• 28/08/2015

• Over 150,000 New Zealanders were exposed to second-hand smoke in their home in 2012/13 - a large drop since 2006/07. Read our latest statistics on second-hand smoke exposure.

• Dairy cattle numbers continue to rise
• 18/08/2015

• Our new factsheet on livestock shows an increase in dairy cattle numbers over the last few years, especially in Waikato, Canterbury and Southland. Read more about livestock numbers.

• Drop in meningococcal disease cases in 2014
• 10/08/2015

• We have released a new factsheet on meningococcal disease, which shows a drop to 46 cases of meningococcal disease in 2014. Read more about meningococcal disease statistics, or download the factsheet. 

• 8th EHI newsletter released
• 19/03/2015

• We have recently released our 8th EHI newsletter. To find out about our recent work on 1080, emergency water supplies and more visit our newsletter page.

• New hazardous substances and lead report
• 24/02/2015

• We have released a National Hazardous Substances and Lead Notification report for 2013. Read the report here.

• Emergency water sources report
• 29/01/2015

• We co-authored a GNS science report regarding the potential for water bores in Lower Hutt for emergency water supplies. Read the report here.

• New access to safe drinking water factsheet
• 27/01/2015

• New access to safe drinking water factsheet released. Shows that 77% of New Zealanders have access to safe drinking water and people in the North Island more likely to have access. Read more here.

• Occupational disease surveillance report
• 22/01/2015

• • We have released our occupational disease surveillance report about the prevalence of occupationally related diseases and conditions in New Zealand between 2000-2013.  Read the report here.

• EHI newsletter #7 released
• 19/11/2014

• We have recently released our #7 EHI newsletter. To find out our latest update and interesting environmental health programmes, please visit the newsletter page.

• Indicators updated
• 10/11/2014

• We have recently updated information about population, air pollution, recreational water quality, indoor environment and resource use.

• Welcome to our new-look website!
• 30/09/2014

• We have recently improved our EHINZ website. We'd love to hear your comments or suggestions - fill in our feedback form.

• Climate change indicators released
• 29/09/2014

• We have recently released new indicators for climate change and health.  Explore the climate change indicators. 

• New hazardous substances statistics
• 22/05/2014

• The Hazardous Substances Injuries 2013 report includes statistics on the adverse health effects of hazardous substances exposure in New Zealand. Read the key findings of this report.

• Dairy cattle numbers decrease

• We have released a new factsheet on the number of livestock by type in New Zealand. It showed that livestock numbers dropped between 2014 and 2015. Read more or download the factsheet.

• 2015-2016 Hazardous substance and Lead notifications factsheets

• We have recently released factsheets on hazardous substances and lead absorption notifications in 2015-2016