Health

Get Back In Your Box
Public health commentators are all upset at being told to get back in their box by new Health Minister Simeon Brown.
The Elixir of Eternal Life
These days when it comes to food labelling, the word ‘natural’ has lost all meaning.
Legalised Abortion in NZ, Five Years On
All of this is supposed to be in the interests of women’s health but, like everyone else’s, women’s health is deteriorating, particularly mental health.

Fair ACC Coverage for NZ’s Volunteer Firefighters
Under current ACC law, volunteer firefighters are excluded from coverage because their duties aren’t classified as ‘employment’, given they don’t receive taxable wages.
Why We Need DOGE
This goes beyond just financial mismanagement. If we had something like DOGE this racket could have been picked up much earlier and saved us all a billion dollars.
The Truth Will Set Us Free
No government has the right to take away our food choices. There is a growing body of science on our side and a lot of time-honoured wisdom to remind us that in the final analysis truth alone triumphs.

‘You Can’t Make This Up’
Pfizer has been named one of the “World’s Most Ethical Companies” by the Ethisphere Institute for the fourth year in a row, sparking criticism due to the company’s history of corporate fraud and legal violations.
Of Scorched Earth Disease Control
Nongqawuse dreamed a dream and most of her tribe died. ‘Net Zero’ is today’s apocalyptic dream articulated by Al Gore and his loyal Australian disciple, Chris Bowen. Their impossible dream is to power the modern world with green energy. How many people need to die before they are content?
Where There Are Smokes, There Is Crime
There is nothing in this puritanical list of new restrictions that will deter people from continuing to smoke tobacco or switch to illegal vapes. It will send them away from legal retailers that comply with tobacco laws to illegal, gang-controlled retailers.
Birx Came Directly From USAID
Whatever their motives, the goal seems very clear: Get as many countries as possible to lock down for as long as possible, at least until vaccines become available. Birx+cabal had to create enough panic to make it happen.

Can Aspirin Help Stop Cancer Spread?
The common, cheap drug may help prevent metastasis in some cancers.

The Parliamentary Process and the GMO Bill
The challenges that we face result from the distorted and incomplete understanding of biotechnology. To combat this we need to understand more fully what is at stake and find the fulcrum points where we can leverage a deeper understanding.
Govt Can’t Win When They Feed Your Kids
I strongly suspect that the problem of giving a child lunch each day is less about financial poverty than it is about a poverty of sensible choices.