Just when you think that there isn’t anything else that can be blamed on Colonialism (which brought the wonders of civilisation to New Zealand like literacy, longer life expectancy, running water and electricity) we find out yet another example of colonial oppression…tobacco! “We reserve the right to smoke
Alex Haslam, The University of Queensland; Catherine Haslam, The University of Queensland, and Tegan Cruwys, Australian National University The ABC’s Australia Talks project aims to stimulate a conversation on a broad sweep of topics — from job security and sexual habits to national pride and personal finances. The project is
Perhaps this post should come under the banner of ‘Whinging Crybaby Vegan of the Week’ but hey, no red-blooded bloke wants to see his sausage flogged, especially by some scrawny screeching Vegan harpie. You would think that you could go out for a nice charity walk in support of Breast
Are you “bigger” than a cigarette or a vaper? Would you REALLY like to shake off the domination they have over you? Here is how. I had smoked a packet of 20 daily for a matter of 35 years, however as a hospital worker I knew at the time that
An aspect of vaping that I hadn’t considered until now was the ability it offers users to take drugs right under the nose of others. When I worked with teenagers who had been expelled from school I soon learned how to tell when they had been using drugs during
Finally got to meet William Davis MD, cardiologist extraordinaire and author of the “Wheat Belly” series, “Track Your Plaque”, “Undoctored” and many other superb books. A key focus of our discussion was something pivotal in nature – the holy grail if you will. Yes – I’m talking about stopping and reversing
There have been a lot of misleading statements published in the media recently about the dangers of vaping, according to a New Zealand based supplier of Vapes. In an attempt to counteract the misinformation they released the following statement. Up until now the New Zealand vape industry has done an
My non scientific answer would be none of the above. I do not think it was what my husband ate that caused his stroke at 49 years of age; it was the stress caused by protracted legal jihad over 7+ years that caused his stroke. People online have claimed that
Before the red blooded meat eating, beer and whiskey brigade have conniptions about my choice of website for this disclosure, let me assure you that good vegan food is very appealing and healthy despite the well-bandied-unhealthy-vegan-walking-advertisements for why you should not go there. And just to be clear – veganism is
Health Minister David Clark has been accused of hiding the state of DHB deficits, after he held off the release the latest financial reports. The year-to-March DHB financial results showed a deficit of $264 million across the 20 DHBs. All, bar one, are now in deficit – and now the minister
Is that what our governments have in store for us? Do they wish to steal our minds? If not, they are doing a pretty good job of making me fear that this is the case. As some posters may know, I build websites in my ‘spare time’. ‘Spare time’ is
Radio New Zealand has reported on euthanasia activist Sean Davison. New Zealand-born euthanasia activist Sean Davison has been sentenced to three years under house arrest in South Africa for helping three people to kill themselves. Davison was convicted in New Zealand of assisting his terminally ill mother to die in
National party Health Minister David Clark has confirmed he knew at least a month ago that there were enough vaccines for all of the children in Northland following a deadly outbreak of Meningococcal W, Whangarei MP Dr Shane Reti says. “The Prime Minister and the Health Minister repeatedly said that
Mike: Back to the cannabis referendum and the polls out would suggest the majority of us don’t want it – legalisation that is – the TV1 poll, for example, had the numbers at 52/39 I think, eight were left undecided. My editorial on the in column yesterday got all the
Jacinda Ardern has said that the government does not have a position on whether or not to legalise cannabis and that it is up to the public to decide in next year’s referendum. Two of the latest two new polls have revealed that more people would prefer the status
