What To Do About Venezuela?
The war on drugs wasn’t a real war until President Trump made it one.
Health
The New Gene Technology Bill Protests
Co-organiser Karen Tonks says New Zealand First has the power to have the legislation thrown out. “It needs to be chucked out. It’s not fit for purpose. And so email all of the eight New Zealand first MPs. Send them an email and put the pressure on them.”
Landmark UK Clinical Trial on Puberty Blockers Set To Begin
This is the trial the NZ Government was referencing it would follow when it announced an end to use of puberty blockers on gender dysphoric children. Hopefully, the outcry in the United Kingdom will see the end of this flawed and dangerous trial.
Letter to Sir Brian Roche
Re: Concerns regarding Human Rights Commission intervention on puberty blocker policy.
Exposed: Ayesha Verrall’s Cosy Ties to Otago Academics and the Big Tobacco Monopoly Push in New Zealand’s Smokefree Saga
New Zealanders deserve better than policies cooked up in academic silos, especially when they reek of hypocrisy and hidden agendas. Time for a proper probe before more smoke obscures the truth.
Exposed: The Hypocritical Nexus Between Otago University Academics and Big Tobacco, and a Push for Monopoly Profits in New Zealand’s Tobacco Wars
This leak exposes a rotten core in New Zealand’s tobacco control scene, where hypocrisy reigns and public health takes a back seat to agendas.
Being Introduced by Stealth Into Our Food
We have a government and a food regulation regime that is determined to reduce transparency and consumer information, allowing newly introduced, highly processed and possibly genetically modified ingredients to escape identification throughout the food chain and on labels.
Brown Pushes a Digital Health Overhaul
While the minister touts “stronger cybersecurity”, no details were offered about how the system will avoid the failures seen in recent high-profile public-sector breaches.
EXCLUSIVE: Leaked Document Reveals Shocking Ties Between Anti-Tobacco Activists and a Big Tobacco Player
Is taxpayer money funding advocacy to create a monopoly for a foreign tobacco firm? Why the selective promotion of one company’s tech? And has the MOH stitched up their minister again?
They Have Learned Nothing Lest They Expose Too Much
The inquiry should have been a reckoning. Instead, it became a shield – protecting institutions rather than illuminating truth.
PBS Glamorizes the Underground Network
The story was not entirely unanimous. Out of almost 10 minutes, about a minute was granted to dissent.
The Agendas of Biotech Are Now Being Put on the Table
It is long past time for a public discussion of the limits of what is actually known about DNA and the risks to human life that are being recklessly hazarded.
The Choir of Experts
Where are the medical professionals supporting the ban on puberty blocker prescription?
This Is Out of Control
For the clinicians and nurses who just want to look after patients, the whole situation is beyond frustrating. They are watching a health system in crisis and, instead of fixing the basics, the leadership seems obsessed with political symbolism.