Health

Event

21st International Conference on Urban Health

Conference

The NZ Centre for Sustainable Cities has won a bid to host the 21st International Conference on Urban Health (ICUH 2025) in November 2025 at Tākina in Wellington.

The New Zealand Private Rental Sector

Seminar
We held a seminar on New Zealand's Private Rental Sector with speakers Karen Witten and Penelope Carroll. Watch the video.

Housing and Health for Whānau Māori

Seminar
We held a seminar with speakers Amber Logan, Cheryl Davies and Guy Penny on the crucial link between Māori housing and Māori health. Watch the video.

Publication or Resource

Howden-Chapman, P.
Grant, L.
New Zealand: Aotearoa New Zealand Cities Under Covid-19 - A Systems Perspective
In P Howden-Chapman, F Gatzweiler, R Cooper & I Luginaah (Eds.), Cities Under COVID-19: A Systems Perspective.
(pp.179-190). Springer Nature & Zhejiang University Press.
Randal, E.
Shaw, C. McLeod, M.
Keall, M.
Woodward, A.
Mizdrak, A.
The Impact of Transport on Population Health and Health Equity for Māori in Aotearoa New Zealand: A Prospective Burden of Disease Study.
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health,
19(4), 2032.
Download document
Research Summary - transport health impacts final.pdf
Chisholm, E.
Olin, C.
Randal, E.
Witten, K.
Howden-Chapman, P.
Placemaking and public housing: the state of knowledge and research priorities.
Housing Studies,
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Research summary - literature review on placemaking.pdf
O’Sullivan, K.
Olin, C.
Pierse, N.
Howden-Chapman, P.
Housing: the key infrastructure to achieving health and wellbeing in urban environments.
Oxford Open Infrastructure and Health,
ouad001.
Gatzweiler, F.
Howden-Chapman, P.
A New Interdisciplinary Science Plan for Urban Health and Wellbeing in an Age of Increasing Complexity.
Bulletin of the Chinese Academy of Sciences,
36(2), 21—26.
Chisholm, E.
Robertson, O.
Howden-Chapman, P.
Pierse, N.
Does the proportion of public housing tenants in a community affect their wellbeing? Results from New Zealand: A retrospective cohort study using linked administrative data
Cities,
131, 103916.
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Research Summary - public housing proportion and health.pdf
Situmorang, M. L. Coppell, K. J. Smith, M.
Keall, M.
Mandic, S.
Adolescents’ School Travel and Unhealthy Snacking: Associations with School Transport Modes, Neighbourhood Deprivation, and Body Weight
Sustainability,
14(12), 7038.
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