It is extraordinary that as countries such as the UK and the US move to protect children by stopping medical experimentation on them, here in New Zealand a judge of the High Court decides such treatments are OK and should proceed.
This is not science. It is politics dressed up as health. If we applied the standards used for caffeine to nicotine, pouches and vaping would be treated as unremarkable adult choices.
Due to rapid changes in health policies and procedures, the time has come to consider the facts in the light of up-to-date comprehensive health data rather than simply relying on prior viewpoints.
New Zealand's activist judiciary strikes again.
Is not the real problem, who, if truth be told, is actually neglecting Māori?
Despite the overlap, no New Zealand utility companies have publicly announced asbestos investigations in their wind farms. The findings and safety responses remained confined to Australia. In New Zealand, regulators and utilities have made no statements and mainstream media has not raised the issue.
This very hot potato is now in their court – getting in a mixed metaphor before they’re banned for changing the weather – and, whilst we worry how the report will land in February, we must all get on board the patriot train now and resist the over-reach like our lives depend on it.
Privileged Western women wind back centuries of medical gains.
National, ACT, NZ First and Te Pāti Māori supporters had net favourability to the ban, with Labour voters evenly split, and Green voters unsurprisingly opposed.
There are NO data proving the safety and efficacy of hepatitis B vaccines on day one, two months, or 12 years of age.
Amid a UN report condemning the harms of surrogacy to women and children, this new law is hardly a revolutionary reform.
When even the cops are giving the law the finger you know there’s something seriously wrong. The whole thing would be hilarious if it weren’t for the dollars virtually handed over to criminal gangs.
These statistics are both disturbing and tragic, highlighting pro-life advocates’ concerns about expanding Canadian euthanasia laws to include non-terminal individuals.
Costello is trying to balance harm reduction with protections for kids, but Verrall and her Otago mates are too busy protecting Big Tobacco’s pet projects. New Zealand deserves better than this compromised claptrap.
