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Contact Details

Phone
+64 4 918 5418
Email
andrew.waa@otago.ac.nz
Position
Associate Professor
Department
Department of Public Health (Wellington)
Qualifications
BSocSc MPH
Research summary
Māori Health

Research

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

Nip, J., Zhang, J., Stanley, J., Waa, A., Ball, J., Tautolo, E.-S., … Edwards, R. (2025). Patterns and experiences of smoking, electronic cigarettes (vapes) and heated tobacco use among people who smoke or who recently quit. New Zealand Medical Journal/Te ara tika o te hauora hapori, 138(1612), 21-46. Retrieved from https://www.nzmj.org.nz/ Journal - Research Article

Ball, J., Hoek, J., & Waa, A. (2025). Slight drop in youth vaping but stark ethnic disparities remain. The Briefing, (27 February). Retrieved from https://www.phcc.org.nz/briefing/slight-drop-youth-vaping-stark-ethnic-disparities-remain Journal - Research Other

Nip, J., Stanley, J., Zhang, J., Waa, A., Ball, J., Tautolo, E.-S., Johnson, E., … Edwards, R. (2025). Support for and likely impacts of endgame measures in the Smokefree Aotearoa Action Plan: Findings from the 2020-2021 International Tobacco Control New Zealand (EASE) surveys. New Zealand Medical Journal/Te ara tika o te hauora hapori, 138(1608), 40-83. Retrieved from https://www.nzmj.org.nz/ Journal - Research Article

Waa, A., & Calma, T. (2025). Stories, sovereignty, and smoking cessation: Indigenous perspectives. Nicotine & Tobacco Research. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1093/ntr/ntae282 Journal - Research Other

Maddox, R., Telford, R. M., Waa, A., Diaz, A., Bradbrook, S. K., Calma, T., & Whop, L. J. (2024). Eradication of commercial tobacco related disease and death. Tobacco Control. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1136/tc-2023-058547 Journal - Research Article

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