Melanoma in the media
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Push to copy Aussies and ban tanning beds
19 February 2012 - Sunday Star Times
Lax schools exposing pupils to skin cancer risk
10 February 2012 - NZ Herald
Should NZ ban sunbeds?
8 February 2012 - TVNZ Breakfast
University of Sydney academics praise sunbed ban
7 February 2012 – University of Sydney
Government announces ban on tanning units in NSW: Cancer Institute NSW responds
4 February 2012 – Cancer Institute NSW
Government health targets to include waiting time for cancer patients receiving chemotherapy
18 January 2012 - NZ Government Press Release
Sunbed operators are still keeping consumers in the dark.
6 December 2011- Consumer NZ
Here comes the sun (feature on Sun Protection Alert)
6 November 2011 – Sunday Star Times
New Sun Protection Alert will help protect Kiwis’ skin this summer
31 October 2011 Health Sponsorship Council
Concern over lack of data collection on skin cancers
4 October 2011 - Radio New Zealand
Search for Treatment (Roger Kerr & Yervoy)
7 September 2011 - TVNZ Close Up
Teens and Tanning
31 August 2011 - TV One Breakfast
Sun safety experts support better sunscreen standards
31 August 2011 - Health Sponsorship Council (HSC) and New Zealand Dermatological Society
Editorial: Young deserve protection from sunbeds
27 August 2011 - New Zealand Herald
Casting light on the sunbed row
25 August 2011 - Bay of Plenty Times
Government can improve safety in sunbed industry now
24 August 2011 - Press Release: Green Party
Ban sunbeds - cancer victim's heartfelt plea
23 August 2011 - New Zealand Herald
Commerce Commission cautions sunbed industry over claims
22 August 2011 - Commerce Commission
Otago study finds older people underestimate risk of deadly melanoma
8 August 2011 – University of Otago
Experts furious over surgery-free melanoma treatment
17 July 2011 - NZ Herald
Melanoma Treatment Advances
7 June 2011 - TVNZ Breakfast
Cancer Treatment Breakthrough
6 June 2011 – TVNZ One News
Topic: Melanoma Trends
31 March 2011 - Our Changing World, Radio New Zealand National
GPs want help to give best advice on preventing skin cancer
14 March 2011 - NZ Doctor
Drugs give hope to melanoma patients
12 March 2011 – NZ Herald
New Zealand specialists call for regulation of sunbed use
11 March 2011 - MelNet
Sun exposure early in life 'not sole determinant'
11 March 2011 – Radio New Zealand
Sunbed risks too high to rely on voluntary standards
11 March 2011 – New Zealand Doctor
Skin cancer - not all about early exposure
11 March 2011- Science Media Centre
Melanoma Foundation appoints Melanoma Education Nurse
11 March 2011 - Melanoma Foundation of New Zealand
Heat on sunbeds
10 March 2011 – Cancer Society of New Zealand
Misleading sunbed claims
1 March 2011 – Consumer NZ
National Core Cancer Data suite of standards release for public comment
14 February 2011 - IT Health Board
Enhancements to NZ Cancer Registry welcomed
14 February 2011 - Cancer Control New Zealand
Extra vigilance urged as UV Index reaches extreme levels
25 January 2011 – Health Sponsorship Council (HSC) and National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA)
Skin cancer ignored by the young
16 January 2011 - Southern Cross Health Society press release
Regulate sunbeds now
13 December 2010 – Green Party Press Release
Survey finds sunbed regulation not working
13 December 2010 - NZ Herald Online
New Zealand sunbed operators under the lamp!
13 December 2010 - Cancer Society Media Release
NZ's first centre devoted to research on Vitamin D
7 December 2010 – Radio New Zealand Nine to Noon
Cancer and Sunscreen
7 December 2010 – Radio New Zealand Afternoons
