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Eight Graphs That Show How We Die
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Eight Graphs That Show How We Die

This article only seems to help rich doctors and big companies by supporting the false idea that more allopathic medicine, including death by doctor (assisted dying), is the answer to our health problems.

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NZ’s Health System in Crisis

NZ’s Health System in Crisis

It increasingly looks like the Government has realised that its own underfunding of HNZ is causing a problem, but it is seeking to create a narrative that it is due to financial mismanagement and “bureaucracy bloat”.

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Health NZ Is an Omnishambles

Health NZ Is an Omnishambles

Health NZ aka Te Whatu Ora is a shambles. It just goes to show that giving an organisation a new Māori name doesn’t automatically make things better. In fact, on the evidence thus far it is a whole lot worse.

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Sitting Is the Opposite of Standing

Michelle Aitken Michelle is interested in the relationships between science, culture, and policy. She has a background in performing arts and hospitality, and is a MEAA member. Sitting Sitting is the opposite of standing Sitting is the opposite of running around Sitting is a wonderful thing to do As Particle’

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Is a Banger Tune More Important than a Baby’s Life?

One of the most jaw-dropping scary sights I’ve seen on the roads was passing a girl driving solo on Tasmania’s West Tamar highway. She had her head down, texting on her phone, with earbuds in. In other words, she was completely sensory-isolated from what was going on around

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The Cost of Eating Healthy

Puneet Vatsa, Lincoln University, New Zealand and Alan Renwick, Lincoln University, New Zealand The rising price of food has been making headlines for the past decade. But prices have not been rising consistently across all food groups – and this has major health implications for New Zealanders. Last week Stats NZ

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An Overdose of Orange Cones?

An Overdose of Orange Cones?

Joanne Crawford, Victoria University of Wellington; Chris Peace, Victoria University of Wellington and Danaë Anderson, Victoria University of Wellington The government’s recently announced review of New Zealand’s health and safety system puts the spotlight back on the 2015 Health and Safety at Work Act – and why it has

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NZ’s Mental Health Targets Aren’t Enough

Dougal Sutherland, Victoria University of Wellington On the face of it, the government’s recently announced targets for improving mental health care are laudable. But without more detail about how those targets will be achieved – and funded – New Zealand’s struggling mental health sector is still running on hope. The

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