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SMC Briefing: GST and healthy food The price of fruit and veggies was in the media spotlight this week on the back of a Green Party survey that suggests produce prices are being marked up several hundred percent by the country’s supermarkets. Researchers have been studying the best ways of tackling obesity and weight-related health [...]

ONLINE MEDIA BRIEFING: Tues 13 July 9 am (NZT) As part of its focus on improving public health, the Maori Party is preparing to introduce a bill calling for GST on healthy foods to be scrapped. The bill is provisionally scheduled to receive its first reading in parliament on July 21. Click below to play [...]