It Is Time to Start Thinking About the Big Picture
Even though time is passing and memories may have faded. The effect of the New Zealand Gene Technology Bill, if passed, will be not peripheral to our personal interests or safety.
Health
Labour Offers Kiwis About $4.27 a Week in Exchange for CGT
Tax-to-spend is not what New Zealand needs.
Public Sector Strikers Throw a Massive Hissy Fit Despite Ministerial Pleas
Many New Zealanders who earn far less may see the strikes as self-serving rather than justified, reducing the unions’ moral leverage.
Give Us Liberty and Risk
If we want a free, dynamic society of responsible citizens, safetyism browbeating has got to stop.
Is the Medical Council of New Zealand Fit for Purpose?
The MCNZ is not protecting the people of NZ but seems to be dancing to the tune of international bodies pushing pharmaceuticals. Is this who you want regulating your doctor and being present in the consultation room?
Labour’s Latest Shambles: Hipkins Caught Flat-Footed on Health Policy Fiasco
Labour, sort your house out. Or better yet, step aside and let someone competent have a go. The rest of us are tired of the circus.
Trump, RFK Jr and the Unspoken Question
Many researchers, health professionals and journalists, dependent on pharmaceutical funding or institutional support, have every incentive to avoid pursuing or amplifying questions that could threaten their livelihoods.
Can Some Medications Increase This?
The links between anxiety and depression medications and the risk of suicide.
Study Shows Support Is Missing for ‘Detransitioners’
This exposes a new form of stigma – using the language of the left: detransphobia.
The Gene Tech Bill: Profit Over People
The implications are chilling: home gardeners saving seeds, small-scale farmers maintaining heritage breeds or families keeping backyard hens could find themselves in breach of new bioengineering compliance rules.
The Passage of the Gene Technology Bill
The Health Committee has examined the Gene Technology Bill and recommends by majority that it be passed.