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Health Policy impacts many groups who have poorer health outcomes so the actions in this policy supplement other actions in our Disability, Kaupapa Māori, Rainbow, Women’s, Youth, Children’s and Accident Compensation Policies. Health is affected by a range of social and political factors which are considered in other policies that include our Transport, Housing and Sustainable Communities, Recreation and Sport, Food, Livelihoods, Drug Law Reform, Justice, and Education Policies. The economic and commercially shaped environments in which we live, work and play are also integral to our wellbeing and actions on these can be found in our Government in the Economy, Trade and Foreign Investment, Digital, Media, and Workforce Policies. Human health is also deeply affected by the health of the planet so our Climate Change, Biodiversity and Environmental Regeneration, Freshwater, Land Use and Soils, Mining, and Waste and Hazardous Substances Policies are essential.