Rodney Hide bassettbrashandhide.com Rodney Hide is former ACT Party leader, and Minister in the National-ACT Government from 2008 to 2011 There is something madly wrong with Public Health. It’s been apparent for some years but has come to the fore with Covid. The problems are illustrated in a
MichelleWheeler particle.scitech.org.au Michelle is a former science and environment reporter for The West Australian. Her work has seen her visit a snake-infested island dubbed the most dangerous in the world, test great white shark detectors in a tinny and meet isolated tribes in the Malaysian jungle. Michelle
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The Prime Minister has more questions to answer on the Mongrel Mob meth programme as it’s revealed the time the project would run each year decreased as the overall funding increased, National’s Health spokesperson Dr Shane Reti says. In the 71 days between the initial funding application and
Information Opinion Let’s start with Andrew Little. The referendum should have been a simple question, something like “Do you agree that cannabis should be kept as an illegal substance.” or “Do you agree that cannabis should become a regulated substance.” Instead what we got was retarded legislation. Why do
Dark Jester A peaceful protest took place outside Taita College on the 22nd-23rd of September. The protest was organised by the Wellington chapter of Voices for Freedom. The protest was in response to the Taita College Vaccine Programme. The protest was silent and peaceful with people offering information about the
Like most of us on the wrong side of a half-century, I’ve got “me pills” to take. Not many and nothing particularly serious, but they make life a lot easier (although apparently no-one has yet developed a pill for making a symphony of groaning noises when getting off the
Rachael Wong mercatornet.com Rachael Wong is the CEO of Women’s Forum Australia and an Adjunct Lecturer in the School of Law at the University of Notre Dame Australia. She has a particular interest in the crossover between law, ethics, health care, human rights and women’s issues. If
Guy Blue If you really want to deal with institutional racism in New Zealand, this is the low hanging fruit. It is undeniable that this is pure racism in every sense of the word possible. pharmac.govt.nz/news-and-resources/consultations-and-decisions/decision-to-fund-two-new-medicines-for-type-2-diabetes/ When you work your way through the flowchart (below)
Sir Bob Jones nopunchespulled.com Green Party MP Golriz Ghahraman had the misfortune to be struck with multiple sclerosis in 2018. This is an affliction in which the body’s all-important immune system basically turns on itself and instead of its protective role, attacks the body in diverse ways. In
Dave Pellowe goodsauce.news The Lying Harlot Media has peddled a lot of conspiracy theories about ivermectin since Covid-19 got on the first flight from Wuhan and became a global pandemic. I’ve avoided getting into the weeds on the science because I really don’t care about that debate.
Health Minister Andrew Little has serious questions to answer over New Zealand’s Intensive Care Unit capacity, National’s Health spokesperson Dr Shane Reti says. Hospital ICU capacity was so under-prepared for this Delta outbreak that the Auckland DHB was forced to issue an urgent callout for 30 ICU nurses
Brooke van Velden ACT Deputy Leader and Health spokesperson Andrew Little needs to take some responsibility after blaming the Ministry of Health who “has struggled to achieve as much as we would have liked them to” on mental health. “The Government has allocated billions of dollars towards the issue and
The Government claiming it’s on track to deliver its mental health promises is a kick in the guts to all those New Zealanders desperate for mental health support and can’t access it, National’s Mental Health and Suicide Prevention spokesperson Matt Doocey says. “Finance Minister Grant Robertson’s
Andrew Little has announced his appointments for the new health boards, including the race-based Maori Health Authority that will have veto rights over every other New Zealander’s health outcomes: The Government has announced the interim boards of Health New Zealand and the Maori Health Authority. The Government announced it
Dear Editor I sent the following e-mail to the PM. You, Jacinda Ardern, Have Made NZ, My Country, an Unsafe Place for Me. I am a healthy, youthful in appearance, 66-year-old mother, grandmother and wife. I have a masters level degree. I worked for the last 26 years of my
