Media Releases

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January 2008

• Ozone hole smaller but UVR on the rise (PDF 72kb)

December 2007

• SunSmart mass media campaign (PDF 96kb)
• Regional SunSmart campaigns (PDF 81kb)

January 2007

• Cloud no cover from UV burning (PDF 28kb)

December 2006

• Safe summer - check it out (PDF 28kb)

November 2006

• Shade audits recommended to reduce melanoma (PDF 23kb)

September 2006

• Low ozone air forecast over New Zealand (PDF 21kb)

August 2006

• New Zealand women at greatest melanoma risk worldwide (PDF 30kb)

April 2006

• School children too exposed to Summer sun (PDF 20kb)

November 2005

• Ozone hole intense for Summer (PDF 20kb)
• To D or not to D, that is the question (Vitamin D) (PDF 22kb)
• Solariums not cool (PDF 21kb)
• Role models (PDF 22kb)

November 2004

• Why UVI is a better measure of risk from the sun (PDF 19kb)

October 2004

• UV Bell Curve explains radiation behaviour (PDF 19kb)
• Skiers warned of solar threat (PDF 19kb)