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Anaru_Waa_profileResearch Associate Professor

Contact details

Tel + 64 4 918 5418
Fax +64 4 389 5319
Email andrew.waa@otago.ac.nz

Research interests and activities

My work includes teaching Hauora Māori, conducting Māori Health research and conducting research with Māori communities.

I am involved with tobacco research, health promotion, evaluation and interventional design and urban Māori wellbeing.

Publications

Hoek, J., Waa, A., Ball, J., Edwards, R., & Graham-DeMello, A. (2024). Government struggling with evidence: HTPs, addiction levels, and Smokefree 2025. The Briefing, (10 October). Retrieved from https://www.phcc.org.nz/briefing/government-struggling-evidence-htps-addiction-levels-and-smokefree-2025 Journal - Research Other

Edwards, R., Hoek, J., Waa, A., & Wilson, N. (2024). Risk proportionate regulation of nicotine and tobacco products: More rhetoric than reality\n. The Briefing, (2 October). Retrieved from https://www.phcc.org.nz/briefing/risk-proportionate-regulation-nicotine-and-tobacco-products-more-rhetoric-reality Journal - Research Other

Maddox, R., Waa, A., Henderson, P. N., Calma, T., & Kennedy, M. (2024). Commercial tobacco and cancer. In G. Garvey (Ed.), Indigenous and tribal peoples and cancer. (pp. 171-175). Cham, Switzerland: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-56806-0_36 Chapter in Book - Research

Hoek, J., Graham-DeMello, A., Gregan, M. J., Waa, A., & Edwards, R. (2024). Contradictions surround Government's move to slash tax on heated tobacco products. The Briefing, (24 July). Retrieved from https://www.phcc.org.nz/briefing/contradictions-surround-governments-move-slash-tax-heated-tobacco-products Journal - Research Other

Hoek, J., Ball, J., Waa, A., Graham-DeMello, A., Edwards, R., & Gregan, M.-J. (2024). Mind the gap: Associate Health Minister's actions conflict with Ministry advice, align with tobacco industry lobbying. The Briefing, (18 July). Retrieved from https://www.phcc.org.nz/briefing/mind-gap-associate-health-ministers-actions-conflict-ministry-advice-align-tobacco Journal - Research Other

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