PHA NZ Conference 2012
 
Conference Programme

Please click here for a full Conference Programme.  Please click here for full details on the Parallel Sessions.
 
SUNDAY 2 SEPTEMBER

10.30am – 3pm

Associated event: Revisiting and revitalizing the debates around institutional racism within the public sector  (includes lunch)

Tararua Tramping Club Hall, Mount Victoria-

 
MONDAY 3 SEPTEMBER
During the day there will be a series of Gateway events at various locations.
 

10.00am - 12.30pm

 

PHA Maori Caucus (includes lunch)

Venue: RHMZ05

10.00am - 11.30am

 

 

Gateway event: Improving the health and wellbeing of all New Zealanders

Rutherford House

11.00am - 3.30pm

Gateway event: Tobacco free Aotearoa – creating equity for our kids: Maori and Pacific views on getting to the tobacco endgame (includes lunch)

Pataka Art + Museum, Cnr Norrie and Parumoana Streets, Porirua City, New Zealand

12.30pm – 3.00pm

Gateway event: Building Voices (afternoon tea provided)

Mayoral Chambers, Wellington Town Hall

1.30pm – 4.30pm

Gateway event: Human Rights: a framework and tool for valuing our children (afternoon tea provided)

Rutherford House

4.30pm onwards

Registration

By 5pm

 
5.30pm

 

 

 

 

 

7.30pm

Opening session at Parliament (hosted by Kevin Hague MP)

-       Conference attendees and guests arrive

-       Mihi Whakatau

-       Welcome for Hon Dr Leao Talalelei Tuitama, Minister of Health, Samoa and his delegation to Parliament

-       Dr Russell Wills, New Zealand Children’s Commissioner - Children in Aotearoa New Zealand

-       Cindy Blackstock, First Nations Child and Family Caring Society of Canada – Equity from the start: a global perspective

-       Light refreshments, mix and mingle

-       Finish


TUESDAY 4 SEPTEMBER
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07.30

Registration opens at Rutherford House

08.15

All delegates to be registered and ready to be seated in RHLT1 for Mihi Whakatau.  Please click here for information about the Mihi Whakatau.

08:30

Mihi Whakatau
Welcome to Pacific delegation
Welcome to conference participants from Monica Briggs, President PHANZ

09:30

Keynote presentations: Setting the scene: Children in Aotearoa and the Pacific

  • Associate Professor Cindy Kiro, Massey University
  • Hon Dr Tuitama Leao Talalelei Tuitama, Minister of Health, Samoa
Including questions for keynote speaker
Chair: Richard Edwards

10:30

Morning Tea

11.00

Parallel session A
Stream 1: Data to support equity - GBLT3
Stream 2: Equity and disadvantage - GBLT4
Stream 3: Outdoor environments - RHLT1
Stream 4: Refocusing services: pregnancy and infants - RHLT2
Stream 5: Engaging youth - RHLT3

12:15

Lunch
  • Focus on poster presentations
  • PHA Asian caucus
  • PHA Pacific caucus

13.00

Recorded presentation and panel: Equity from the start – globally and in Aotearoa New Zealand

  • pre-recorded presentation by Sir Michael Marmot
  • panel giving perspectives from Aotearoa New Zealand
    • Hilda Fa’asalele
    • Norman Sharpe
    • Michael Chen-Xu
    • Paula King
  • Questions and comments from the floor
Chair: Warren Lindberg

14.30

Keynote presentation:Emerging practices in philanthropy, international good practice and implications for public health - Alison Taylor. Including questions from the floor.

Chair: Warren Lindberg

15:00

Afternoon Tea

15.30

Parallel session B:
Stream 1: Equity-focused community action - GBLT3
Stream 2: Equity: addressing racism - GBLT4
Stream 3: Children's environments - RHLT1
Stream 4: Refocusing services: health protection and promotion - RHLT2
Stream 5: Children and youth - RHLT3

16.30

Children’s voices presentation

Hear Our Voices – Save the Children project, Veronica Ng Lam, Alex Smith and Amarind Eng. Including questions from the floor.
Chair: Whetu Campbell

17:00

Finish

17.00

Annual General Meeting of the Public Health Association of New Zealand
Venue: Lecture Theatre 3, Rutherford House
Please click here for important documents relating to the AGM

19:00

Conference Dinner at Te Wharewaka O Poneke

WEDNESDAY 5 SEPTEMBER
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08.00

Registration opens

08:30

Hon Jo Goodhew, Associate Minister of Health
Including questions from the floor
Chair: Waitangi Wood

09:00

Keynote presentation: Solutions to child poverty issues and options
  • Nikki Turner, Expert Working Group on Solutions to Child Poverty - advisory group to Children's Commissioner
Including questions from the floor
Chair: Cindy Kiro

09:30

Keynote presentation: Taking action to achieve equity from the start
  • Cindy Blackstock, Indigenous rights activist, Canada
Including questions from the floor
Chair: Cindy Kiro

10:30

Morning Tea

11:00

Parallel session C:
Stream 1: Achieving equity through children’s voices - GBLT3
Stream 2: Equity, citizenship and rights - GBLT4
Stream 3: Educational settings - RHLT1
Stream 4: Refocusing health services - RHLT2
Stream 5: Youth and alcohol - RHLT3

12:30

Lunch (1 hour, 15 mins)

12:45

Lunch forum with politicians chaired by Monica Briggs, President, PHANZ - RHLT1

13:45

Keynote presentations: Children’s rights and citizenship

  • Anne Smith, College of Education, University of Otago (the importance of early experience for implementing children's rights)
  • Judge Peter Boshier – Principal Family Court Judge
Including questions from the floor
Chair: Max Harris

14:30

Where to from here? Including feedback from throughout the gateways and conference and draft conference statement. 
 
Session facilitator: Carolyn Watts

16.00

Poroporoaki 

16:30

Finish

Note: all plenary sessions will be held in RHLT1 (Lecture Theatre 1 in Rutherford House)

The final programme may vary from that advertised.