Anaru Waa, Department of Public Health, Our people, University of Otago, Wellington

Anaru_Waa_profile Research 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

Hoek, J., Edwards, R., & Waa, A. (2024). Smokefree laws: Reducing tobacco outlets will decrease crime. The Briefing, (26 February). Retrieved from https://www.phcc.org.nz/briefing/smokefree-laws-reducing-tobacco-outlets-will-decrease-crime

Hoek, J., Edwards, R., Waa, A., & Ozarka, E. (2024). High regret among people who smoke reinforces strong support for smokefree legislation. The Briefing, (20 February). Retrieved from https://www.phcc.org.nz/briefing/high-regret-among-people-who-smoke-reinforces-strong-support-smokefree-legislation

Bullen, C., Hoek, J., Gregan, M.-J., Phyo, P. P., Waa, A., & Edwards, R. (2024). False zombie arguments about illicit tobacco shouldn't be given any more oxygen. The Briefing, (12 February). Retrieved from https://www.phcc.org.nz/briefing/false-zombie-arguments-about-illicit-tobacco-shouldnt-be-given-any-more-oxygen

Hoek, J., Edwards, R., & Waa, A. (2024). Tobacco industry interference: Is the new Government meeting its international obligations? The Briefing, (1 February). Retrieved from https://www.phcc.org.nz/briefing/tobacco-industry-interference-new-government-meeting-its-international-obligations

Ball, J., Christie, G., Hoek, J., Waa, A., & Edwards, R. (2024). Youth vaping addiction: How it happens and why it matters. The Briefing, (23 January). Retrieved from https://www.phcc.org.nz/briefing/youth-vaping-addiction-how-it-happens-and-why-it-matters

Harris, R., Cormack, D., Waa, A., Edwards, R., & Stanley, J. (2024). The impact of racism on subsequent healthcare use and experiences for adult New Zealanders: A prospective cohort study. BMC Public Health, 24, 136. doi: 10.1186/s12889-023-17603-6

Ball, J., Zhang, J., Stanley, J., Waa, A., Crengle, S., & Edwards, R. (2024). Addressing intergenerational inequity in tobacco-harm: What helps children of smokers to remain nonsmokers? Nicotine & Tobacco Research, 26, 102-110. doi: 10.1093/ntr/ntad148

Edwards, R., Nip, J., Hoek, J., & Waa, A. (2023). Vaping prevalence and trends: Key findings in the 2022/23 NZ Health Survey. The Briefing, (19 December). Retrieved from https://www.phcc.org.nz/briefing/vaping-prevalence-and-trends-key-findings-202223-nz-health-survey

Edwards, R., Bullen, C., Hoek, J., Tukuitonga, C., Waa, A., & Walker, N. (2023). Public health vandalism: New Government scraps world-leading smokefree legislation. New Zealand Medical Journal/Te ara tika o te hauora hapori, 136(1587), 9-11. Retrieved from https://journal.nzma.org.nz/

Edwards, R., Waa, A., & Hoek, J. (2023). Stubbing out democracy: No Government mandate for smokefree repeal. The Briefing, (11 December). Retrieved from https://www.phcc.org.nz/briefing/stubbing-out-democracy-no-government-mandate-smokefree-repeal

Nip, J., Edwards, R., Ball, J., Hoek, J., & Waa, A. (2023). Smoking prevalence and trends: Key findings in the 2022/23 NZ Health Survey. The Briefing, (14 December). Retrieved from https://www.phcc.org.nz/briefing/smoking-prevalence-and-trends-key-findings-202223-nz-health-survey

Ball, J., Hoek, J., Waa, A., Nip, J., Stanley, J., & Edwards, R. (2023). Young New Zealanders want a tobacco-free future: New research. The Briefing, (6 December). Retrieved from https://www.phcc.org.nz/briefing/young-new-zealanders-want-tobacco-free-future-new-research

Hoek, J., Edwards, R., Ball, J., Wilson, N., Kerr, J., Graham-DeMello, A., Ozarka, E., … Baker, M., McCool, J., & Waa, A. (2023). The smokefree legislation is evidence-based, removing it is not. The Briefing, (30 November). Retrieved from https://www.phcc.org.nz/briefing/smokefree-legislation-evidence-based-removing-it-not

Hoek, J., Edwards, R., Graham-DeMello, A., Waa, A., & Teddy, L. (2023). New proposals to limit youth vaping from Labour: Do they go far enough? The Briefing, (23 August). Retrieved from https://www.phcc.org.nz/briefing/new-proposals-limit-youth-vaping-labour-do-they-go-far-enough

Hoek, J., Rowse, B., Witt, M., Waa, A., & Edwards, R. (2023). The rise and rise of specialist vape stores: Time for the Government to act. The Briefing, (25 July). Retrieved from https://www.phcc.org.nz/briefing/rise-and-rise-specialist-vape-stores-time-government-act

Waa, A., Johnson, E., Stanley, J., Robson, B., Kerehoma Cook, A., Peita, E., … Edwards, R. (2023). Support for and potential impacts of key Smokefree 2025 strategies on Māori who smoke. New Zealand Medical Journal/Te ara tika o te hauora hapori, 136(1579), 49-61. Retrieved from https://journal.nzma.org.nz/

Hoek, J., Ball, J., Edwards, R., & Waa, A. (2023). Do Aotearoa's new vaping regulations go far enough? The Briefing, (7 June). Retrieved from https://www.phcc.org.nz/briefing/do-aotearoas-new-vaping-regulations-go-far-enough?utm_source=mc_alert&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=vape_regulations

Edwards, R., Hoek, J., Waa, A., & Ball, J. (2023). What is happening with vaping among adolescents and young adults in Aotearoa? The Briefing, (17 May). Retrieved from https://www.phcc.org.nz/briefing/what-happening-vaping-among-adolescents-and-young-adults-aotearoa?utm_source=mc_alert&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=vaping_stats

Hoek, J., Ball, J., Waa, A., & Edwards, R. (2023). What can Aotearoa NZ learn from Australia's new vaping policies? The Briefing, (5 May). Retrieved from https://www.phcc.org.nz/briefing/what-can-aotearoa-nz-learn-australias-new-vaping-policies?utm_source=mc_alert&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=aussie_vaping_rules

Edwards, R., Hoek, J., & Waa, A. (2023). Smokefree Aotearoa: World-leading developments with profound public health implications. The Briefing, (2 March). Retrieved from https://www.phcc.org.nz/briefing/smokefree-aotearoa-world-leading-developments-profound-public-health-implications

Maddox, R., Drummond, A., Kennedy, M., Martinez, S. A., Waa, A., Nez Henderson, P., … Whop, L. J. (2023). Ethical publishing in 'Indigenous' contexts. Tobacco Control. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1136/tc-2022-057702

Waa, A. M. (2023). Wise practices in commercial tobacco research to promote racial equity. Nicotine & Tobacco Research, ntad019. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1093/ntr/ntad019

Ball, J., Zhang, J., Stanley, J., Boden, J., Waa, A., Hammond, D., & Edwards, R. (2023). Early-onset smoking and vaping of cannabis: Prevalence, correlates and trends in New Zealand 14–15-year-olds. Drug & Alcohol Review. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1111/dar.13597

Ouakrim, D. A., Wilson, T., Waa, A., Maddox, R., Andrabi, H., Mishra, S. R., Summers, J. A., … Edwards, R., Wilson, N., & Blakely, T. (2023). Tobacco endgame intervention impacts on health gains and Māori/non-Māori health inequity: A simulation study of the Aotearoa/New Zealand Tobacco Action Plan. Tobacco Control. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1136/tc-2022-057655

Robertson, L., Sanford, K.-R., Waa, A., & Hoek, J. (2023). A qualitative analysis of the experiences of people who resumed smoking following exclusive electronic nicotine delivery systems use. Nicotine & Tobacco Research, 25, 470-477. doi: 10.1093/ntr/ntac157

Blakely, T., Waa, A., & Ouakrim, D. A. (2022). New Zealand's 'tobacco endgame' law will be a world first for health: Here's what the modelling shows us. The Conversation. Retrieved from https://theconversation.com/new-zealands-tobacco-endgame-law-will-be-a-world-first-for-health-heres-what-the-modelling-shows-us-187075

Edwards, R., Ouakrim, D. A., Wilson, T., Waa, A., Maddox, R., Summers, J., ..., Wison, N., Blakely, T. (2022, October). The case for denicotinising tobacco in Aotearoa NZ remains strong: Response to online critique. Public Health Expert blog. Retrieved from https://blogs.otago.ac.nz/pubhealthexpert/the-case-for-denicotinising-tobacco-in-aotearoa-nz-remains-strong-response-to-online-critique/

Maddox, R., Kennedy, M., Drummond, A., Waa, A., Bradbrook, S., Tautolo, E.-S., … Whop, L. J. (2022). ‘Dispelling the smoke to reflect the mirror’: The time is now to eliminate tobacco related harms. Australian & New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 46(6), 727-729. doi: 10.1111/1753-6405.13313

Hoek, J., Edwards, R., Waa, A. (2022, March). Smoking denormalization and tobacco endgames. Public Health Expert blog. Retrieved from https://blogs.otago.ac.nz/pubhealthexpert/smoking-denormalization-and-tobacco-endgames

Hoek, J., Waa, A., & Edwards, R. (2022). Does the smokefree generation proposal go far enough? New Zealand Medical Journal, 135(1561), 8-11. Retrieved from https://journal.nzma.org.nz

Hoek, J., Ball, J., Edwards, R., Waa, A., Teddy, L., Graham DeMello, A., Robertson, L. (2022, June). The Smokefree Generation: A core measure in New Zealand’s endgame strategy. Public Health Expert blog. Retrieved from https://blogs.otago.ac.nz/pubhealthexpert/the-smokefree-generation-a-core-measure-in-new-zealands-endgame-strategy/

Edwards, R., Hoek, J., Waa, A. (2022, August). Public Health Solutions Series: Achieving a Smokefree Aotearoa. Public Health Expert blog. Retrieved from https://blogs.otago.ac.nz/pubhealthexpert/the-covid-19-experience-in-aotearoa-new-zealand-and-other-comparable-high-income-jurisdictions-and-implications-for-managing-the-next-pandemic-phase/

Waa, A. M., & Edwards, R. (2022). From evidence to action: Building the case for commercial tobacco endgames. Nicotine & Tobacco Research, 24, 1693-1694. doi: 10.1093/ntr/ntac198

Clark, T. C., Ball, J., Fenaughty, J., Drayton, B., Fleming, T., Rivera-Rodriguez, C., … Waa, A., … Crengle, S. (2022). Indigenous adolescent health in Aotearoa New Zealand: Trends, policy and advancing equity for rangatahi Māori, 2001–2019. Lancet Regional Health: Western Pacific, 28, 100554. doi: 10.1016/j.lanwpc.2022.100554

Edwards, R., Stanley, J., Johnson, E., Waa, A., Ball, J., Kaai, S., … Fong, G. (2022). The New Zealand Smokefree 2025 Action Plan: Support for and anticipated behavioural responses to key measures among smokers in the ITC New Zealand (EASE) 2018 and 2020 surveys. Proceedings of the Society for Research on Nicotine & Tobacco (SRNT) 28th Annual Meeting. (pp. 15). Retrieved from https://www.srnt.org

Robertson, L., Sanford, K.-R., Waa, A., & Hoek, J. (2022). A qualitative analysis of smoking resumption among former end users. Proceedings of the Society for Research on Nicotine & Tobacco (SRNT) 28th Annual Meeting. (pp. 65). Retrieved from https://www.srnt.org

Waa, A. M. (2022). The Smokefree Aotearoa 2021 action plan: A Māori perspective. Proceedings of the Society for Research on Nicotine & Tobacco (SRNT) 28th Annual Meeting. (pp. 2-3). Retrieved from https://www.srnt.org

Maddox, R., Bovill, M., Waa, A., Gifford, H., Tautolo, E.-S., Nez Henderson, P., … Calma, T. (2022). Reflections on Indigenous commercial tobacco control: 'The dolphins will always take us home'. Tobacco Control, 31(2), 348-351. doi: 10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2021-056571

Hoek, J., Edwards, R., & Waa, A. (2022). From social accessory to societal disapproval: Smoking, social norms and tobacco endgames [Special communication]. Tobacco Control, 31, 358-364. doi: 10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2021-056574

Maddox, R., Bovill, M., Waa, A., Drummond, A., Hardy, B.-J., Soto, C., … Calma, T. (2022). Clearing the air: Conflicts of interest and the tobacco industry's impact on Indigenous peoples. Nicotine & Tobacco Research, 24, 933-936. doi: 10.1093/ntr/ntab267

Nez Henderson, P., Lee, J. P., Soto, C., O'Leary, R., Rutan, E., D'Silva, J., Waa, A., … Maddox, R. (2022). Decolonization of tobacco in Indigenous communities of Turtle Island (North America). Nicotine & Tobacco Research, 289-291. doi: 10.1093/ntr/ntab180

Ball, J., Zhang, J., Stanley, J., Waa, A., Gurram, N., & Edwards, R. (2022). Has increasing internet use due to smartphone uptake contributed to the decline in adolescent smoking? Drug & Alcohol Review, 41, 365-376. doi: 10.1111/dar.13378

Wilson, N., Hoek, J., Summers, J., Ouakrim, D. A., Waa, A., Edwards, R., Blakely, T. (2021, November). Vaping needs much tighter regulation as we approach Smokefree Aotearoa 2025: Two new studies. Public Health Expert blog. Retrieved from https://blogs.otago.ac.nz/pubhealthexpert/vaping-needs-much-tighter-regulation-as-we-approach-smokefree-aotearoa-2025-two-new-studies/

Ball, J., Zhang, J., Boden, J., Waa, A., Stanley, J., Hammond, D., & Edwards, R. (2021). Prevalence and correlates of early-onset cannabis use in Aotearoa New Zealand. Drug & Alcohol Review, 40(Suppl. 1), (pp. S45). doi: 10.1111/dar.13384

Webb-Hooper, M., Yerger, V., Baezconde-Garbanati, L., Waa, A., Piper, M., & Nez Henderson, P. (2021, February). Celebrating interventions that reduce tobacco-related inequalities: Where do we go from here? [Presidential Symposium]. Panel discussion at the Society for Research on Nicotine & Tobacco (SRNT) 27th Annual Meeting, [Online].

Stanley, J., Harris, R., Cormack, D., Waa, A., & Edwards, R. (2021). Effective prospective study sampling from an existing large-scale national survey using propensity score methods. International Journal of Epidemiology, 50(Suppl. 1), (pp. i224-i225). doi: 10.1093/ije/dyab168.634

Edwards, R., Hoek, J., & Waa, A. (2021). New Zealand: Government proposes world-leading action plan to achieve smokefree 2025 goal [News analysis]. Tobacco Control, 30(5), 482-483. doi: 10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2021-056941

Darrah, T., Waa, A., Mizdrak, A., & Jones, A. C. (2021). Māori perspectives on alcohol: A narrative review. International Journal of Critical Indigenous Studies, 14(1), 51-64. doi: 10.5204/ijcis.v14i1.1809

Edwards, R., Johnson, E., Stanley, J., Waa, A., Ouimet, J., & Fong, G. T. (2021). Support for New Zealand's Smokefree 2025 goal and key measures to achieve it: Findings from the ITC New Zealand Survey. Australian & New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 45(6), 554-561. doi: 10.1111/1753-6405.13129

Pearson, J. L., Waa, A., Siddiqi, K., Edwards, R., Nez Henderson, P., & Hooper, M. W. (2021). Naming racism, not race, as a determinant of tobacco-related health disparities. Nicotine & Tobacco Research, 23(6), 885-887. doi: 10.1093/ntr/ntab059

Ball, J., Stanley, J., Zhang, J., Gurram, N., Waa, A., & Edwards, R. (2021). Time to revisit school decile groupings in health research? New Zealand Medical Journal, 134(1531), 120-122. Retrieved from https://www.nzma.org.nz/journal

Gifford, H., Waa, A., Cvitanovic, L., Potaka-Osborne, G., & Kerehoma-Cook, A. (2021). Exploring indigenous perspectives on tobacco tax: How some Māori families are responding in Aotearoa New Zealand. Tobacco Control, 30, e144-e149. doi: 10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2020-056097

Hoek, J., Edwards, R., Thomson, G. W., Waa, A., & Wilson, N. (2021). Tobacco excise taxes: A health and social justice measure? Tobacco Control, 30(3), 258-259. doi: 10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2020-055735

Strickett, E., Robertson, L., Waa, A., Blank, M.-L., Erick, S., & Hoek, J. (2021). A qualitative analysis of Māori and Pacific people's experiences of using electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS). Nicotine & Tobacco Research, 23(3), 550-556. doi: 10.1093/ntr/ntaa087

Randal, E., Shaw, C., Woodward, A., Howden-Chapman, P., Macmillan, A., Hosking, J., … Waa, A. M., & Keall, M. (2020). Fairness in transport policy: A new approach to applying distributive justice theories. Sustainability, 12, 10102. doi: 10.3390/su122310102

White, M., Edwards, R., Stanley, J., Hoek, J., Waa, A. M., Ouimet, J., … Fong, G. T. (2020). Reasons for stopping e-cigarette use among smokers: Findings from the 2018 ITC New Zealand Survey. New Zealand Medical Journal, 133(1523), 117-121. Retrieved from https://www.nzma.org.nz/journal

Waa, A. M., Edwards, R., Hoek, J., White, M., Kaai, S., Quimet, J., … Fong, G. (2020). Normative beliefs about the social acceptability of smoking and associations with quitting behaviour findings from 2016-2018 ITC New Zealand Survey. Proceedings of the Society for Research on Nicotine & Tobacco (SRNT) Annual Meeting. (pp. 278). [Abstract]

Haggart, K., Hoek, J., Edwards, R., & Waa, A. (2020). Smoking denormalisation: A conceptual framework. Proceedings of the Society for Research on Nicotine & Tobacco (SRNT) Annual Meeting. (pp. 252). [Abstract]

Waa, A. M., Stanley, J., Edwards, R., Robson, B., Quah, A., & Fong, G. T. (2020). Perceptions of smoker stigmatization among New Zealand Māori and quitting behaviour findings from the Indigenous ITC NZ study. Proceedings of the Society for Research on Nicotine & Tobacco (SRNT) Annual Meeting. (pp. 130). [Abstract]

Edwards, R., Stanley, J., Hoek, J., Waa, A., White, M., Kaai, S., … Fong, G. (2020). Denormalisation of smokers in the context of an endgame goal: Findings of the ITC New Zealand survey. Proceedings of the Society for Research on Nicotine & Tobacco (SRNT) Annual Meeting. (pp. 125). [Abstract]

Edwards, R., Stanley, J., Waa, A. M., White, M., Kaai, S. C., Ouimet, J., … Fong, G. T. (2020). Patterns of use of vaping products among smokers: Findings from the 2016–2018 International Tobacco Control (ITC) New Zealand Surveys. International Journal of Environmental Research & Public Health, 17(18), 1-15. doi: 10.3390/ijerph17186629

Edwards, R., Hoek, J., & Waa, A. (2020). E-cigarettes, vaping and a Smokefree Aotearoa: Where to next? New Zealand Medical Journal, 133(1517), 14-17. Retrieved from https://www.nzma.org.nz/journal

Coulson, G., Moore, J., Waa, A., Kearns, R., Witten, K., Batstone, C., … Howden-Chapman, P. (2020). Toward a framework for resilience assessments: Working across cultures, disciplines, and scales in Aotearoa/New Zealand. Cities, 2, 11. doi: 10.3389/frsc.2020.00011

Waa, A., Maddox, R., & Nez Henderson, P. (2020). Big tobacco using Trojan horse tactics to exploit Indigenous peoples. Tobacco Control, 29, e132-e133. doi: 10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2020-055766

Fong, G., Fagan, P., Hooper, M. W., Waa, A., & Alexander, L. (2019, February). Tobacco control for all: Addressing smoking disparities for priority populations. Panel discussion at the Society for Research on Nicotine & Tobacco (SRNT) Annual Meeting, San Francisco, USA.

Edwards, R., Stanley, J., Waa, A., McKiernan, A., Kaai, S., Quah, A., & Fong, G. (2019). Support among smokers and recent quitters for measures included in a plan to achieve Smokefree 2025: Findings from the ICT New Zealand (NZ) Survey. Proceedings of the Society for Research on Nicotine & Tobacco (SRNT) Annual Meeting. (pp. 155). [Abstract]

McKiernan, A., Stanley, J., Waa, A. M., Kaai, S. C., Quah, A. C. K., Fong, G. T., & Edwards, R. (2019). Beliefs among adult smokers and quitters about nicotine and de-nicotinized cigarettes in the 2016-17 ITC New Zealand Survey. Tobacco Regulatory Science, 5(5), 400-409. doi: 10.18001/TRS.5.5.1

Waa, A., Robson, B., Gifford, H., Smylie, J., Reading, J., Henderson, J. A., … Hāpai Te Hauora Māori Public Health. (2019). Foundation for a Smoke-Free World and healthy Indigenous futures: An oxymoron? Tobacco Control, 29, 237-240. doi: 10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2018-054792

Stanley, J., Harris, R., Cormack, D., Waa, A., & Edwards, R. (2019). The impact of racism on the future health of adults: Protocol for a prospective cohort study. BMC Public Health, 19(1), 346. doi: 10.1186/s12889-019-6664-x

Maddox, R., Waa, A., Lee, K., Nez Henderson, P., Blais, G., Reading, J., & Lovett, R. (2019). Commercial tobacco and Indigenous peoples: A stock take on Framework Convention on Tobacco Control progress. Tobacco Control, 28, 574-581. doi: 10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2018-054508

Waa, A. (2018, November). Smoking and drinking patterns among Māori/non-Māori. Verbal presentation at the Smokefree 2025 Research Symposium, Wellington, New Zealand.

Edwards, R., Waa, A., Stanley, J., O'Shaughnessy, R., Tautolo, E.-S., Hoek, J., Gendall, P., … and other members of Waterloo ITC data management team. (2018, November). ITC project first-wave findings: Support for ASAP action plan recommendations. Verbal presentation at the Smokefree 2025 Research Symposium, Wellington, New Zealand.

Wilson, N., Petrović-van der Deen, F. S., Edwards, R., Waa, A., & Blakely, T. (2018, November). Modelling of Māori/non-Māori quit rates required for 2025. Verbal presentation at the Smokefree 2025 Research Symposium, Wellington, New Zealand.

Wilson, N., Petrović-van der Deen, F. S., Edwards, R., Waa, A., & Blakely, T. (2018). Modelling the number of quitters needed to achieve New Zealand's Smokefree 2025 goal for Māori and non-Māori. New Zealand Medical Journal, 131(1487), 30-37. Retrieved from https://www.nzma.org.nz/journal

Gartner, C., Waa, A. M., Walker, N., Hao'uli, S., & Bonevski, B. (2018). Introducing the Srnt Oceania Chapter. Nicotine & Tobacco Research, 20(11), 1289-1291. doi: 10.1093/ntr/nty118

Waa, A., Edwards, R., Stanley, J., Kaai, S., Quah, A. C. K., & Fong, G. (2018). Indigenous and non-indigenous experiences and views of tobacco tax increases: Findings from the ITC New Zealand survey. Tobacco Induced Diseases, 16(Suppl. 1), A684. doi: 10.18332/tid/84075

Edwards, R., Waa, A., Stanley, J., Kaai, S., Quah, A. C. K., & Fong, G. (2018). Use of roll-your-own tobacco among smokers in New Zealand: Results from the ITC New Zealand survey. Tobacco Induced Diseases, 16(Suppl. 1), A274. doi: 10.18332/tid/84067

Edwards, R., Waa, A., Stanley, J., Kaai, S., Quah, A., & Fong, G. (2018). Use of e-cigarettes among smokers and recent quitters: Results from the ITC New Zealand survey. Tobacco Induced Diseases, 16(Suppl. 1), A270. doi: 10.18332/tid/84071

Edwards, R., Waa, A., Stanley, J., Kaai, S., Quah, A. C. K., & Fong, G. (2018). Achieving the tobacco endgame: The case for removing additives: Findings from the ITC New Zealand Survey. Tobacco Induced Diseases, 16(Suppl. 1), A40. doi: 10.18332/tid/84074

Ball, J., Sim, D., Edwards, R., & Waa, A. (2018). Exposure to smoking in the home: A key to reducing ethnic disparities in smoking among adolescents? Proceedings of the Society for Research on Nicotine & Tobacco (SRNT) 24th Annual Meeting. (pp. 299). Retrieved from http://www.srnt.org/

Edwards, R., Stanley, J., Waa, A., Kaai, S., Quah, A., & Fong, G. (2018). Hardening among indigenous and non-indigenous smokers: Findings from the ITC New Zealand Survey. Proceedings of the Society for Research on Nicotine & Tobacco (SRNT) 24th Annual Meeting. (pp. 108). Retrieved from http://www.srnt.org/

Edwards, R., Stanley, J., Waa, A., Kaai, S., Quah, A., & Fong, G. (2018). Smoking and quitting in social networks among indigenous and non-indigenous smokers: Findings from the ITC New Zealand Survey. Proceedings of the Society for Research on Nicotine & Tobacco (SRNT) 24th Annual Meeting. (pp. 107). Retrieved from http://www.srnt.org/

Gordon, S., Davey, S., Waa, A., Tiatia, R., & Waaka, T. (2017). Social inclusion and exclusion, stigma and discrimination, and the experience of mental distress. Auckland, New Zealand: Mental Health Foundation.

Waa, A. (2017, September). Effective evaluation of health care, policy and public health programmes. Workshop presentation at the New Zealand College of Public Health Medicine (NZCPHM) Annual Scientific Meeting and Workshop, Wellington, New Zealand.

Thornley, L., Edwards, R., Waa, A., & Thomson, G. (2017). Achieving smokefree Aotearoa by 2025: Engagement with stakeholders: Summary report. Commissioned by the Quit Group Trust. Wellington, New Zealand. 30p.

Waa, A., Edwards, R., Thornley, L., & Thomson, G. (2017). Achieving smokefree Aotearoa by 2025: Monitoring and evaluation plan. Commissioned by the Quit Group Trust. Wellington, New Zealand. 51p.

Edwards, R., Thornley, L., Thomson, G., & Waa, A. (2017). Smokefree Aotearoa 2025: Progress report. Commissioned by the Quit Group Trust. Wellington, New Zealand. 35p.

Thornley, L., Edwards, R., Thomson, G., & Waa, A. (2017). Evidence and feasibility review: Summary report. Commissioned by The Quit Group Trust. Wellington, New Zealand. 52p.

Thornley, L., Edwards, R., Waa, A., & Thomson, G. (2017). Achieving smokefree Aotearoa by 2025. Commissioned by the Quit Group Trust. Wellington, New Zealand. 51p.

Thomson, G., Edwards, R., & Waa, A. (2017). New Zealand: Bold plan for a smoke-free future. Tobacco Control, 26(6), 615. doi: 10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2017-054087

Waa, A., Ryks, J., Livesey, B., & Kilgour, J. (2017). Responding to challenges: Māori and urban development. In P. Howden-Chapman, L. Early & J. Ombler (Eds.), Cities in New Zealand: Preferences, patterns and possibilities. (pp. 15-28). Wellington, New Zealand: Steele Roberts Aotearoa.

Edwards, R., Hoek, J., & Waa, A. (2017). Smokefree Aotearoa 2025: Experience and lessons from the first five years of trying to end the smoking epidemic in New Zealand. Proceedings of the 15th World Congress on Public Health. Retrieved from https://wcph2017.entegyapp.com/Page/28/781/26/2212

Edwards, R., Sim, D., Ball, J., Hoek, J., Beaglehole, R., & Waa, A. (2017). Surveys show exposure to smoking in cars among Year 10 children is not decreasing: Time for the Government to act. New Zealand Medical Journal, 130(1458), 56-58. Retrieved from http://www.nzma.org.nz/journal

Edwards, R., Waa, A., & Hoek, J. (2017). Nieuw-Zeeland rookvrij in 2025: Eindspel tegen tabak. Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Geneeskunde, 161(12), D1274. [Review].

Waa, A., & Maddox, R. (2017). Framework convention on tobacco control commitments to peoples: How are we doing? Proceedings of the 23rd Society for Research on Nicotine & Tobacco (SRNT) Annual Meeting. (pp. 36). Retrieved from http://www.srnt.org/

Waa, A., Thomas, D., D'Silva, J., & Gifford, H. (2017). The role of research in meeting FCTC commitments to indigenous peoples: What progress have we made. Proceedings of the 23rd Society for Research on Nicotine & Tobacco (SRNT) Annual Meeting. (pp. 36). Retrieved from http://www.srnt.org/

Waa, A. M., Pearson, A. L., & Ryks, J. L. (2017). Premature mortality resilience and wellbeing within urban Māori communities. Health & Place, 43, 49-56. doi: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2016.11.010

Waa, A. M., Hoek, J., Edwards, R., & Maclaurin, J. (2017). Analysis of the logic and framing of a tobacco industry campaign opposing standardised packaging legislation in New Zealand. Tobacco Control, 26(6), 629-633. doi: 10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2016-053146

Waa, A. (2016, October). Introducing TaKE. Verbal presentation at the ASPIRE Workshop, Wellington, New Zealand.

Waa, A. (2016, October). Endgame priorities for Māori. Verbal presentation at the Smokefree 2025 Research Symposium, Wellington, New Zealand.

Ball, J., Edwards, R., Waa, A., & Tautolo, E.-S. (2016). Appraisal of radical options for achieving New Zealand's Smokefree 2025 goal: Maori, Pacific, and policy experts perspectives. Proceedings of the 22nd Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco (SRNT) Annual Meeting. (pp. 165). Retrieved from http://www.srnt.org/?page=AnnualMtg

Ryks, J., Pearson, A. L., & Waa, A. (2016). Mapping urban Māori: A population-based study of Māori heterogeneity. New Zealand Geographer, 72(1), 28-40. doi: 10.1111/nzg.12113

Ball, J., Edwards, R., Waa, A., Bradbrook, S. K., Gifford, H., Cunningham, C., Hoek, J., Blakely, T., Wilson, N., Thomson, G., & Taylor, S. (2016). Is the NZ Government responding adequately to the Māori Affairs Select Committee's 2010 recommendations on tobacco control? A brief review. New Zealand Medical Journal, 129(1428), 93-97. Retrieved from https://www.nzma.org.nz/journal

Robson, B., Purdie, G., Simmonds, S., Waa, A., Faulkner, R., & Rameka, R. (2015). Whanganui District Health Board: Māori health profile 2015. Commissioned by Ministry of Health. Wellington, New Zealand: Te Rōpū Rangahau Hauora a Eru Pōmare, University of Otago. 43p.

Robson, B., Purdie, G., Simmonds, S., Waa, A., Eddowes, M., & Rameka, R. (2015). West Coast District Health Board: Māori health profile 2015. Commissioned by Ministry of Health. Wellington, New Zealand: Te Rōpū Rangahau Hauora a Eru Pōmare, University of Otago. 41p.

Robson, B., Purdie, G., Simmonds, S., Waa, A., Eddowes, A., & Rameka, R. (2015). Waitemata District Health Board: Māori health profile 2015. Commissioned by Ministry of Health. Wellington, New Zealand: Te Rōpū Rangahau Hauora a Eru Pōmare, University of Otago. 43p.

Robson, B., Purdie, G., Simmonds, S., Waa, A., Eddowes, M., & Rameka, R. (2015). Wairarapa District Health Board: Māori health profile 2015. Commissioned by Ministry of Health. Wellington, New Zealand: Te Rōpū Rangahau Hauora a Eru Pōmare, University of Otago. 41p.

Robson, B., Purdie, G., Simmonds, S., Waa, A., Brownlee, G., & Rameka, R. (2015). Waikato District Health Board: Māori health profile 2015. Commissioned by Ministry of Health. Wellington, New Zealand: Te Rōpū Rangahau Hauora a Eru Pōmare, University of Otago. 43p.

Robson, B., Purdie, G., Simmonds, S., Waa, A., Brownlee, G., & Rameka, R. (2015). Taranaki District Health Board: Māori health profile 2015. Commissioned by Ministry of Health. Wellington, New Zealand: Te Rōpū Rangahau Hauora a Eru Pōmare, University of Otago. 43p.

Robson, B., Purdie, G., Simmonds, S., Waa, A., Faulkner, R., & Rameka, R. (2015). Tairāwhiti District Health Board: Māori health profile 2015. Commissioned by Ministry of Health. Wellington, New Zealand: Te Rōpū Rangahau Hauora a Eru Pōmare, University of Otago. 43p.

Robson, B., Purdie, G., Simmonds, S., Waa, A., Rameka, R., & Brownlee, G. (2015). Southern District Health Board: Māori health profile 2015. Commissioned by Ministry of Health. Wellington, New Zealand: Te Rōpū Rangahau Hauora a Eru Pōmare, University of Otago. 43p.

Robson, B., Purdie, G., Simmonds, S., Waa, A., Faulkner, R., & Rameka, R. (2015). South Canterbury District Health Board: Māori health profile 2015. Commissioned by Ministry of Health. Wellington, New Zealand: Te Rōpū Rangahau Hauora a Eru Pōmare, University of Otago. 41p.

Robson, B., Purdie, G., Simmonds, S., Waa, A., Faulkner, R., & Rameka, R. (2015). Northland District Health Board: Māori health profile 2015. Commissioned by Ministry of Health. Wellington, New Zealand: Te Rōpū Rangahau Hauora a Eru Pōmare, University of Otago. 43p.

Robson, B., Purdie, G., Simmonds, S., Waa, A., Faulkner, R., & Rameka, R. (2015). Nelson Marlborough District Health Board: Māori health profile 2015. Commissioned by Ministry of Health. Wellington, New Zealand: Te Rōpū Rangahau Hauora a Eru Pōmare, University of Otago. 43p.

Robson, B., Purdie, G., Simmonds, S., Waa, A., Faulkner, R., & Rameka, R. (2015). MidCentral District Health Board: Māori health profile 2015. Commissioned by Ministry of Health. Wellington, New Zealand: Te Rōpū Rangahau Hauora a Eru Pōmare, University of Otago. 43p.

Robson, B., Purdie, G., Simmonds, S., Waa, A., Scorringe, K., & Rameka, R. (2015). Lakes District Health Board: Māori health profile 2015. Commissioned by Ministry of Health. Wellington, New Zealand: Te Rōpū Rangahau Hauora a Eru Pōmare, University of Otago. 43p.

Robson, B., Purdie, G., Simmonds, S., Waa, A., Scorringe, K., & Rameka, R. (2015). Hutt Valley District Health Board: Māori health profile 2015. Commissioned by Ministry of Health. Wellington, New Zealand: Te Rōpū Rangahau Hauora a Eru Pōmare, University of Otago. 43p.

Robson, B., Purdie, G., Simmonds, S., Waa, A., Rameka, R., & Scorringe, K. (2015). Hawke's Bay District Health Board: Māori health profile 2015. Commissioned by Ministry of Health. Wellington, New Zealand: Te Rōpū Rangahau Hauora a Eru Pōmare, University of Otago. 43p.

Robson, B., Purdie, G., Simmonds, S., Waa, A., Scorringe, K., & Rameka, R. (2015). Counties Manukau District Health Board: Māori health profile 2015. Commissioned by Ministry of Health. Wellington, New Zealand: Te Rōpū Rangahau Hauora a Eru Pōmare, University of Otago. 43p.

Robson, B., Purdie, G., Simmonds, S., Waa, A., Faulkner, R., Rameka, R., & Andrewes, J. (2015). Capital and Coast District Health Board: Māori health profile 2015. Commissioned by Ministry of Health. Wellington, New Zealand: Te Rōpū Rangahau Hauora a Eru Pōmare, University of Otago. 43p.

Robson, B., Purdie, G., Simmonds, S., Waa, A., Andrewes, J., & Rameka, R. (2015). Canterbury District Health Board: Māori health profile 2015. Commissioned by Ministry of Health. Wellington, New Zealand: Te Rōpū Rangahau Hauora a Eru Pōmare, University of Otago. 43p.

Robson, B., Purdie, G., Simmonds, S., Waa, A., Rameka, R., & Andrewes, J. (2015). Bay of Plenty District Health Board: Māori health profile 2015. Commissioned by Ministry of Health. Wellington, New Zealand: Te Rōpū Rangahau Hauora a Eru Pōmare, University of Otago. 43p.

Robson, B., Purdie, G., Simmonds, S., Waa, A., & Rameka, R. (2015). Auckland District Health Board: Māori health profile 2015. Commissioned by Ministry of Health. Wellington, New Zealand: Te Rōpū Rangahau Hauora a Eru Pōmare, University of Otago. 43p.

Waa, A. (2015). Health promotion evaluation and intervention design. In L. Signal & M. Ratima (Eds.), Promoting health in Aotearoa New Zealand. (pp. 99-120). Dunedin, New Zealand: Otago University Press.

Waa, A., & Ryks, J. (2014). A framework for understanding how cities can promote wellness among Maori. Proceedings of the New Zealand Population Health Congress: Connecting Communities, Policy and Science. (pp. 120). Retrieved from http://www.pophealthcongress.org.nz/nzphc14/programme/programme

Robson, B., Purdie, G., Simmonds, S., Waa, A., & Rameka, R. (2014). Māori health profiles. Australasian Epidemiologist, 21(3), (pp. 85). [Abstract]

Waa, A., Hoek, J., Edwards, R., Healey, B., & Peace, J. (2014). Plain packs and slippery slopes: An analysis of tobacco industry media tactics in New Zealand. Proceedings of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco (SRNT) 20th Annual Meeting. (pp. 35). SRNT. Retrieved from http://www.srnt.org/conferences/past/index.cfm

Waa, A., Hoek, J., Edwards, R., & Healey, B. (2013). Why can't I agree to disagree? Tobacco industry efforts to manipulate public opinion about plain packaging. Proceedings of the Oceania Tobacco Control Conference: A Smokefree Oceania: Getting There Together. Retrieved from http://www.smokefreeoceania.org.nz/

Edwards, R., Hoek, J., Waa, A., van der Deen, F., & Wilson, N. (2013). An evaluation of New Zealand's smokefree media strategy and the 2025 goal. Proceedings of the Oceania Tobacco Control Conference: A Smokefree Oceania: Getting There Together. Retrieved from http://www.smokefreeoceania.org.nz/

Waa, A., Edwards, R., Newcombe, R., Zhang, J., Weerasekera, D., Peace, J., & McDuff, I. (2011). Parental behaviours, but not parental smoking, influence current smoking and smoking susceptibility among 14 and 15 year-old children. Australian & New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 35(6), 530-536. doi: 10.1111/j.1753-6405.2011.00772.x

Waa, A. (2010, July). Why are Māori youth more likely to start smoking than non-Māori? Verbal presentation at the Hui Whakapiripiri: Hangaia To Whare Kōrero Ma Ngā Pou Rangahau E Tu, Rotorua, New Zealand.

Waa, A., Edwards, R., Newcombe, R., & Team, W. (2009, October). Pathways between parental behaviours and smoking uptake among Māori and non-Māori children. Verbal presentation at the Oceania Tobacco Control: Reducing Inequality through Tobacco Control Conference, Darwin, Australia.

Waa, A. (2009, October). Determinants of susceptibility to smoking within the family settling among Year 6 students: New Zealand Māori compared with non-Māori. Poster session presented at the Oceania Tobacco Control: Reducing Inequality through Tobacco Control Conference, Darwin, Australia.

Waa, A. (2009, October). Understanding Māori parent perspectives on smoking uptake. Poster session presented at the Oceania Tobacco Control: Reducing Inequality through Tobacco Control Conference, Darwin, Australia.

Waa, A., Edwards, R., Weerasekera, D., & McDuff, I. (2009, October). Determinants of smoking susceptibility among Year 6 and Year 10 Māori and non-Māori students. Verbal presentation at the Oceania Tobacco Control: Reducing Inequality through Tobacco Control Conference, Darwin, Australia.

Edwards, R., Waa, A., & Weerasekera, D. (2009). The association between parental and household factors and smoking and non-susceptibility to smoking among New Zealand Year 10 students. Proceedings of the Oceania Tobacco Control: Reducing Inequality through Tobacco Control Conference. Retrieved from http://www.oceaniatc2009.org/

Edwards, R., Gifford, H., Waa, A., Glover, M., Thomson, G., & Wilson, N. (2009). Beneficial impacts of a national smokefree environments law on an indigenous population: A multifaceted evaluation. International Journal for Equity in Health, 8. doi: 10.1186/1475-9276-8-12

Edwards, R., Thomson, G., Wilson, N., Waa, A., Bullen, C., O'Dea, D., Gifford, H., … Woodward, A. (2008). After the smoke has cleared: Evaluation of the impact of a new national smoke-free law in New Zealand. Tobacco Control, 17(1), e2. doi: 10.1136/tc.2007.020347

Edwards, R., Gifford, H., Wilson, N., Thomson, G. W., Waa, A., & Glover, M. (2007). Impact of a new national smokefree law on Māori and low-income New Zealanders. Proceedings of the Oceania Tobacco Control Conference. Retrieved from http://otcc.confex.com/otcc/otcc07/techprogram/MEETING.HTM

Waa, A., & Edwards, R. (2007). Reduced socially cued smoking in bars following workplace smoking bans in New Zealand. Proceedings of the Oceania Tobacco Control Conference. Retrieved from http://otcc.confex.com/otcc/otcc07/techprogram/MEETING.HTM

Edwards, R., Bullen, C., O'Dea, D., Gifford, H., Glover, M., Laugesen, M., Thomson, G., Waa, A., Wilson, N., & Woodward, A. (2006). After the smoke has cleared: Evaluation of the impact of a New Smokefree Law. Ministry of Health. Wellington, New Zealand. 157p.

Darling, H., Reeder, A. I., & Waa, A. (2006). Implementation of the Smoke-free Environments Act (2003 amendments) in New Zealand primary schools [Letter]. Australian & New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 30(1), 87.

Darling, H., Reeder, A., & Waa, A. (2004). Tobacco use among Year 10 and 12 students in New Zealand: A report on the Global Youth Tobacco survey data. Commissioned by Health Sponsorship Council. Dunedin, New Zealand: University of Otago. 26p.

Waa, A., & Darling, H. (2003). Risk factors associated with smoking among indigenous youth: Findings from a survey of New Zealand Maori youth. Proceedings of the 12th World Conference on Tobacco or Health: Global action for a tobacco free future. (pp. 662). Helsinki, Finland: WCTOH. [Abstract]

Reeder, A. I., Waa, A., & Scragg, R. K. (2000). New Zealand Youth Tobacco Survey. Commissioned by Health Funding Authority Central. Wellington: Wellington Health Sponsorship Council. 68p.

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