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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

Bevin, N., Aye, P. S., Harrison, N. J., Parker, K., Bartholomew, K., Waa, A., … Crengle, S. (2026). Integrating smoking cessation with lung cancer screening in Aotearoa New Zealand: Equity considerations and implications for policy development. Drug & Alcohol Review, 45(6), e70245. doi: 10.1111/dar.70245 Journal - Research Other

Egger, S., Waa, A., McCool, J., Hardie, L., & Freeman, B. (2026). New Zealand's smoking decline and plateau: Cautionary lessons for tobacco harm reduction. Lancet Regional Health: Western Pacific. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1016/j.lanwpc.2026.101968 Journal - Research Other

Edwards, R., Zhang, J., Nip, J., Stanley, J., Waa, A., & Pettie, M. (2026). Patterns of smoking by age and ethnicity: An analysis of New Zealand Health Survey data between 2020 and 2022. New Zealand Medical Journal/Te ara tika o te hauora hapori, 139(1639), 96-103. doi: 10.26635/6965.7426 Journal - Research Other

Edwards, R., Nip, J., Zhang, J., Stanley, J., Waa, A., Ball, J., … Fong, G. T. (2026). Pathways to achieving minimal smoking prevalence: Evidence from the EASE/ITC NZ survey. Proceedings of the Aspire Aotearoa Symposium: Achieving a Nicotine-Free Aotearoa. (pp. 10). Retrieved from https://www.aspireaotearoa.org.nz/ Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Maddox, R., Telford, R. M., Teddy, L., Waa, A., Bradbrook, S. K., Lee, J., … Quigg, R., … Diaz, A. (2026). Framing nico-colonialism and nico-genocide: A critical public health review of the tobacco industry’s role as a commercial determinant of health. Critical Public Health, 36(1), 2697536. doi: 10.1080/09581596.2026.2697536 Journal - Research Article

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