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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

Ball, J., Hoek, J., & Waa, A. (2025). Slight drop in youth vaping but stark ethnic disparities remain. The Briefing, (27 February). Retrieved from https://www.phcc.org.nz/briefing/slight-drop-youth-vaping-stark-ethnic-disparities-remain Journal - Research Other

Nip, J., Stanley, J., Zhang, J., Waa, A., Ball, J., Tautolo, E.-S., Johnson, E., … Edwards, R. (2025). Support for and likely impacts of endgame measures in the Smokefree Aotearoa Action Plan: Findings from the 2020-2021 International Tobacco Control New Zealand (EASE) surveys. New Zealand Medical Journal/Te ara tika o te hauora hapori, 138(1608), 40-83. Retrieved from https://www.nzmj.org.nz/ Journal - Research Article

Waa, A., & Calma, T. (2025). Stories, sovereignty, and smoking cessation: Indigenous perspectives. Nicotine & Tobacco Research. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1093/ntr/ntae282 Journal - Research Other

Maddox, R., Telford, R. M., Waa, A., Diaz, A., Bradbrook, S. K., Calma, T., & Whop, L. J. (2024). Eradication of commercial tobacco related disease and death. Tobacco Control. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1136/tc-2023-058547 Journal - Research Article

Waa, A., Ball, J., Edwards, R., & Hoek, J. (2024). Will the Government's new Smokefree Plan achieve Aotearoa's smokefree goal? The Briefing, (17 December). Retrieved from https://www.phcc.org.nz/briefing/will-governments-new-smokefree-plan-achieve-aotearoas-smokefree-goal Journal - Research Other

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