Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: An Embarrassing week for National
Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: An Embarrassing week for National Published 5 October Dr Bryce Edwards. “Embarrassing” is the word of the week for the National Party. Leader Simon Bridges applied the term in various ways to MP Jami-Lee Ross, when explaining that Ross’ personal circumstances required his temporary departure from Parliament. Bridges described Ross’ personal […]
Read More →Raglan Community Radio Interview – Pharmac Drug Change Causes Mental Health Problems
Interview by Raglan Community Radio This morning we talk to Lisa Williams from Pharmac about a change to a generic antidepressant that is causing serious physical and mental health problems for some of the people who have made the change. Click here for a link to this: Raglan Community Radio interview. MIL OSI – Source: […]
Read More →Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Sympathy for Clare Curran
Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Sympathy for Clare Curran Dr Bryce Edwards. It is very hard not to feel sympathy for Clare Curran. The minister was obviously not coping with her job, and scrutiny from the National Party opposition and the media. She was clear about that herself in her statement, saying she found it an […]
Read More →NZ and Pacific countries contest Asian influence for WHO regional director
Hundreds of millions of health dollars are at stake as the Pacific region grapples with a number of crises including diabetes and even the re-emergence of polio. Image: TVNZ By Barbara Dreaver Battlelines are being drawn as New Zealand and Pacific countries lobby for an important appointment at the World Health Organisation. The region’s health […]
Read More →Keith Rankin ‘s Chart for this Month: Pregnancy Rates, New Zealand 1980 to 2017
Chart for this Month: Pregnancy Rates, New Zealand 1980 to 2017 Analysis by Keith Rankin What’s happening in the 2010s’ decade? Chart by Keith Rankin. Pregnancy rates have been dropping in New Zealand, especially since 2008. While pregnancy rates among women in their twenties have been dropping since 1990, all age groups shown reveal a […]
Read More →Chinese ‘baseless rumour’, Nauru ‘justice’ for refugees and Fiji diabetes
Report by Dr David Robie – Café Pacific.David Robie talks on 95bFM about current Pacific issues Reuben McLaren of 95bFM talks to Professor David Robie, director of the PacificMedia Centre at Auckland University of Technology, on the centre’s Southern Cross radio programme. David speaks about various upheavals around the Pacific, including the alleged Chinese military […]
Read More →Keith Rankin’s Chart for this Month: Ages at Death, New Zealand 1957 and 2017
Chart for this Month: Ages at Death, New Zealand 1957 and 2017 Analysis by Keith Rankin. Older Population, Higher Life Expectancy. Chart by Keith Rankin. This month’s chart (a comparative histogram) shows the impact – of both an aging population and rising life expectancy – on ages at death. The percentages shown basically represent the […]
Read More →Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Something is rotten in the state of NZ’s healthcare
MIL OSI – Source: Evening Report Arts and Media Headline: Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Something is rotten in the state of NZ’s healthcare Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Something is rotten in the state of NZ’s healthcare Dr Bryce Edwards. Something is rotten in the state of New Zealand’s hospitals – literally. And the source of […]
Read More →Open letter to PM Ardern: Raise Papua human rights crimes with Jokowi
MIL OSI – Source: Evening Report Arts and Media Headline: Open letter to PM Ardern: Raise Papua human rights crimes with Jokowi Yanto Awerkion, a young activist who was promoting a petition calling for the UN Decolonisation Committee to become involved in West Papua, was jailed for more that 9 months for “treason”. He will […]
Read More →Data collection on children in Pacific ‘poor’, says UNICEF
MIL OSI – Source: Evening Report Arts and Media Headline: Data collection on children in Pacific ‘poor’, says UNICEF Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk Poor data collection in several Pacific Island countries is obstructing UNICEF’s first assessment to measure progress in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals for children according to a report. UNICEF’s report Progress for Children in […]
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