With the possibility a medicinal cannabis scheme could be up and running next year, researchers say there is still time to learn from similar schemes overseas.
Read MoreMassey University is hosting a series of public lectures on cannabis policy reform in the lead-up to the national referendum cannabis law planned for next year’s general election.
Read MoreAssociate Professor Chris Wilkins has been invited by the Prime Minister’s Scientific Advisor to join the panel of experts considering cannabis law reform. See the bios of the rest of the panel and the terms of reference here: https://www.pmcsa.ac.nz/our-projects/cannabis/
Read MoreThis Health Research Council funded study, undertaken with 35 disabled children and young people and their whanau, has concluded that social attitudes can undermine inclusion and participation as much if not more than inaccessible built environments.
Read MoreProfessor Helen Moewaka Barnes, Te Kapotai, Ngapuhi-nui-tonu, from Massey University’s SHORE & Whāriki Research Centre, has been awarded nearly $5 million to investigate environmental and kaupapa Māori initiatives aimed at providing much needed gains in Māori health outcomes.
Read MoreProfessor Sally Casswell was a speaker at the Global Health Forum of the Boao Forum in Qingdao, China, June 2019, in the session on risk factors for NCDs. Professor Casswell directs SHORE, which is a WHO Collaborating Centre in alcohol and drug research and is chair of the global NGO, the Global Alcohol Policy Alliance.
Read MoreNew Zealand should look at Uruguay as a good example for how to handle cannabis legalisation, drug researcher Chris Wilkins says.
Dr Wilkins told The AM Show Uruguay has taken a not for profit approach to cannabis, which has allowed for a much lower impact introduction of the drug.
Read MoreProfessor Jane Mills, the PVC for the College of Health, visited SHORE & Whariki for a lunch-time catch up on Friday. After lunch, Teah Carlson, Taisia Huckle, Octavia Calder-Dawe and Angela Moewaka Barnes (pictured) gave brief presentations about the studies they are currently working on.
Read MoreDr Marta Rychert from Massey University’s SHORE & Whāriki Research Centre has been awarded almost $250,000 from the Health Research Council of New Zealand (HRC) to explore medicinal cannabis use in New Zealand.
Read MoreBelinda (Ngati Ranginui, Ngai Te Rangi, Whakatohea) recently graduated with her PhD and participated in the celebration to honour Maori graduates at the Victoria Convention Centre in Auckland.
Read MoreResearch shows continued use of cannabis can have a harmful mental and physical impact on people under 25. Yet, an apparently leaked Cabinet paper reveals the Government is considering setting the legal age at 20.
Read MoreHe uri mokopuna tēnei no Te Whānau a Apanui, Ngāti Porou me Waikato- Tainui hoki.
Teah completed her PhD in Public Health at Massey University, titled “Kaupapa Māori Evaluation: Transforming health literacy”.
Read MoreWe have a PhD scholarship available for darknet research in New Zealand (attached).
Read MoreSHORE & Whariki hosted Associate Professor Treena Delmorier, McGill University, who presented a seminar on ‘Food Sovereignty and Indigenous Health Promotion: Approaches for improving nutrition, food systems and well-being’.
Read MoreDr Taisia Huckle of SHORE & Whariki Research Centre was awarded the College of Health Golden Apple Award for Research 2019 and received the award from the PVC Jane Mills at the Albany campus PVC Forum.
Read MoreA massive haul of methamphetamine hidden in golf carts has been intercepted by customs.
The drugs were sent from the US in shipping containers but are believed to have come from a Mexican drug cartel.
Read MoreA meeting co-hosted with Cath Edmonson of the Health Promotion Agency included stakeholders from government ministries and agencies, Maori stakeholders and community sector.
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