Vincent Ho, Western Sydney University It’s happened to many of us at some point in our lives: we finish our bowel movement, look down in the bowl and have a moment of panic when we see an unusual colour. Poo can be found in many colours other than brown,
While everyone in New Zealand is losing their mind over a drawing that refers to the measles epidemic very few are having a hard look at who actually bears some responsibility for the measles outbreak. The fact that the PM of Samoa Tuilaepa Sailele was not vaccinated himself until this
Press Release: Green Party The Green Party welcome draft legislation for the cannabis referendum which will provide the information required for a constructive debate on a controlled, health-based approach to cannabis in New Zealand. “Aotearoa New Zealand should have evidence-based, harm-reduction cannabis regulation that ensures healthier communities
RADIX McBlog The government has released its proposed law for legalising cannabis for recreational use (i.e. the right to get high) PROBLEMS: 1.It will be legal to grow cannabis for personal use. The problem with private homes being used as ‘grows’ is that dope dealers will simply stay
Patriotrealm World’s first HIV positive sperm bank launched Just when you thought crazy couldn’t get any crazier, they manage to outdo themselves. Sperm Positive is an awareness campaign in New Zealand that could connect people with someone HIV positive if people wanted to have a baby using a
Wendy Jenny Salesa, Associate Minister of Health announced on Wednesday evening that a bill to legislate behaviour around vaping would not be forthcoming before Christmas. In fact, she said, it will be within their first term, so it could be just before the election next year. This flies in the
It seems that there will be a new bill debated, possibly even before Christmas, that will see some changes to the law in relation to FGM (Female Genital Mutilation) proposed and argued. Cross party support has been gained for this issue with the bill being sponsored by Priyanca Radhakrishnan from
Catherine Abou-Nemeh Victoria University of Wellington Earlier this week New Zealand’s parliamentarians voted on the third reading of the End of Life Choice Bill. Much public discussion on the merits of euthanasia has centred around the role of the medical practitioner as healer. Some doctors and conscientious objectors
We have been told in no uncertain terms by the NZ Advertising Standards Authority that ice cream does NOT make us happy and that anyone who dares to advertise that it does, better wipe the smirk off their face quick smart, because “the implicit claim that there is a link
PA Pundits – International Tony Perkins “Talk with teens about possible regret.” That’s what the American Academy of Pediatrics says about tattoos and body piercings. But when it comes to giving a girl who thinks she’s a boy a double mastectomy, the same organization thinks parents should “respect” their
Press Release: ACT Party There has never been such comprehensive parliamentary scrutiny of a bill as the End of Life Choice Bill. 39,000 public submissions, 16 months in select committee, four months in Committee of the Whole House, nearly two years from First Reading to Third Reading. The Third
As if private landlords don’t need another example of why they should get out of providing rental housing this should give them the incentive. Meet the tenant from hell. “A New Lynn landlord says methamphetamine-related damage by a tenant was so bad they had to take out a
Proponents of medical killing invariably couch their defence in terms of “safeguards”. This might seem plausible enough in theory – but practical experience is quite another matter. As practical experience shows, once the laws are passed and the Rubicon crossed, “safeguards” are very quickly watered down. In the Netherlands, for instance,
