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Botswana declares public health emergency

Daily Telegraph NZ -

Botswana’s president has said the measure will allow his government to “fast-track solutions” to the shortage of medical supplies in hospitals. Botswana’s president has declared...

Secrecy over private hospital surgery costs criticised

Daily Telegraph NZ -

Health New Zealand is facing criticism for refusing to disclose how much it is paying private hospitals for elective surgeries under a new national...

FDA halts Valneva’s Chikungunya Vaccine as safety risks mount

Daily Telegraph NZ -

The FDA has suspended Valneva’s live-attenuated chikungunya vaccine "Ixchiq" after reports of 21 hospitalisations, three deaths, and cases of vaccine-triggered illness, declaring its risks...

A Long Essential Read: On the brink of disaster—A watershed moment

Guy Hatchard -

If enacted, the Gene Technology Bill will take us further away from our Kiwi foundational principles and our cultural heritage of independence and care. The...

Pharmacy error leaves woman overdosed on fentanyl patch

Daily Telegraph NZ -

A Dunedin woman suffered a serious overdose after being dispensed fentanyl patches six times stronger than prescribed. Within hours of applying the patch, she became...

Oxford academic says it’s time to start paying people to take vaccines

Will Jones -

It’s time to start paying people to take vaccines to boost take-up. That’s according to Dr. Raymond Duch, an Oxford academic writing in the Financial...

Manufactured fear or valid concern? Cutting through the rhetoric around glyphosate

Daily Telegraph NZ -

Full text of press release of NoMoreGlyphosate NZ. On August 20, Federated Farmers lashed out at Greenpeace, accusing them of “manufacturing outrage” over glyphosate. Their chair...

Ultra Violette withdraws sunscreen after “inconsistent SPF results”

Daily Telegraph NZ -

Australian sunscreen brand Ultra Violette has pulled its popular Lean Screen product from shelves after multiple independent tests revealed highly inconsistent SPF ratings, ranging...

What are they actually putting in our food? Genetic modification in the low fat food marketing megabusiness

Guy Hatchard -

You may have noticed a profusion of packaged goods which claim to be healthy because they are ‘low fat’. Weight loss products command a massive global...

Inexperienced surgeons and poor oversight blamed for fatal brain surgery at Southern hospital

Daily Telegraph NZ -

A 77-year-old man died in 2019 after inexperienced and uncredentialled surgeons performed a pituitary tumour operation at a Health New Zealand Southern hospital, prompting...

Health watchdog finds systemic failures in care of toddler who died from sepsis in Gisborne

Daily Telegraph NZ -

A 23-month-old boy died of sepsis after being repeatedly misdiagnosed and discharged despite multiple visits to doctors and hospitals, prompting the Health and Disability...

A hidden post-pandemic decline of female health

Carla Peeters -

As women used to live longer than men even during severe famines and epidemics, a continued post-pandemic increase in female mortality and disabilities can’t...

RFK Jr revives Vaccine Safety Task Force

Daily Telegraph NZ -

US Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr has reinstated the long-defunct Task Force on Safer Childhood Vaccines, aiming to enhance the safety, quality, and...

OIA confirms no independent glyphosate monitoring in NZ

Daily Telegraph NZ -

Full text of press release from NoMoreGlyphosate.nz. If you've been following our campaign, you'll know we've been pushing for one thing the New Zealand public...

Former vaccine advocate now calls mRNA platform ‘fatally flawed’ and questions childhood vaccine safety

Daily Telegraph NZ -

Professor Bret Weinstein, once a strong supporter of vaccines as a modern medical triumph, has publicly reversed his stance, calling the mRNA vaccine platform...

Teachers and nurses plan strikes as pay and staffing disputes escalate

Daily Telegraph NZ -

Two of the country's largest public sector unions are preparing strike action in the coming weeks, as teachers and nurses accuse the government of...

In plain sight

Julie Ponesse -

The following is an excerpt from Julie Ponesse’s book, Our Last Innocent Moment. One of the things we have learned over the last three years...

What autism is

Sinead Murphy -

Imagine that we do not know what blindness is. Imagine that we describe people as blind very often, but that we do not know what...

Acupuncturist and wife jailed after ‘brainwashing’ patient into sex

Daily Telegraph NZ -

New Zealand-born acupuncturist Arthur Cunningham, 69, and his wife Sheena, 55, have been jailed in Australia for manipulating a patient into sexual acts under...

World Council for Health NZ – aiming to transform community health

Daily Telegraph NZ -

The World Council for Health NZ (WCHNZ) is a broad, grassroots, expert-led initiative. DTNZ spoke to Leigh Willoughby of the WCHNZ to find out more...

Former Greek PM’s daughter dies of cardiac arrest, aged 34

Daily Telegraph NZ -

Lena Samaras, 34, daughter of former Greek prime minister Antonis Samaras and Georgia Kretikos Samaras, died late Thursday after suffering cardiac arrest following a...

Growing concerns in U.S. over mRNA in blood spurs push for transfusion choice

Daily Telegraph NZ -

Dr. Clinton Ohlers, an academic and media director for the U.S. organisation 'Safe Blood Donation', is sounding the alarm on the risks he believes...

“If it’s in their water, what’s in ours?” What a U.S. pesticide study means for NZ

Daily Telegraph NZ -

A new study out of the United States has just confirmed what many suspected, say NoMoreGlyphosate NZ. "Even with stricter regulations and greater public awareness,...

How the A.I. and Biotech alliance will affect New Zealand

Guy Hatchard -

An article published in Nature on July 30 entitled CRISPR-GPT for agentic automation of gene-editing experiments explains how genetic modification of human and plant cell lines...

Oncologist blasts Big Pharma: “They are genocidal and they do not care”

Daily Telegraph NZ -

A leading U.S. oncologist has delivered a scathing indictment of the pharmaceutical industry, accusing major corporations of knowingly sacrificing lives for profit. Dr. Kathleen Ruddy,...

The unthinking faith in biotechnology and A.I.

Guy Hatchard -

In his 2017 book ‘The Strange Death of Europe’ Douglas Murray argues that we have lost our sense of purpose. Fuelled by rational and scientific...

Nurses strike over unsafe staffing as thousands of procedures postponed

Daily Telegraph NZ -

More than 36,000 nurses, midwives, and healthcare assistants are striking nationwide for 24 hours over stalled contract talks with Te Whatu Ora, primarily due...

Trump and RFK Jr. target Big Pharma’s global pricing scheme in landmark drug pricing reform

Daily Telegraph NZ -

Big Pharma is under renewed scrutiny after U.S. President Donald Trump and Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) Robert F. Kennedy Jr. jointly...

Covid lockdowns devastated an entire generation of children

Ian Miller -

In what we now understand were completely theatrical attempts to control the Covid-19 pandemic, experts demanded and politicians mandated all sorts of intrusive policies. Mask...

Baby dies after pharmacy overdose error, parents call for law change

Daily Telegraph NZ -

Two-month-old Bellamere Arwyn Duncan died after allegedly being given an adult dose of phosphate by a Manawatu pharmacy, despite a correct prescription being issued. Her...

Auckland Uni academic calls for enforcement of social media age limits

Daily Telegraph NZ -

University of Auckland researcher Dr Samantha Marsh is urging social media platforms to enforce age restrictions, proposing a minimum age of 16 to curb...

International coalition launches to protect children from W.H.O. sexualization agenda

Daily Telegraph NZ -

Let Kids Be Kids is proud to be part of this new international alliance. An unprecedented global alliance of parental rights and child protection organizations...

An urgent open letter to all New Zealand First Members of Parliament – Updated July 2025

Mary Hobbs -

It is easy to stand with the crowd. It takes courage to stand alone. — Mahatma Gandhi This month, your Party will require you to...

Ministry slammed for failing to seek expert advice on glyphosate risks

Daily Telegraph NZ -

Public interest campaign group NoMore Glyphosate NZ has accused the Ministry for the Environment of failing in its duty of oversight after revealing the...

Government investment in AI & biotech includes research into “insect larvae-based food development”

Daily Telegraph NZ -

The Government has announced a $24 million investment into artificial intelligence and biotechnology research, partnering with Singapore on projects aimed at healthy ageing and...

Densification of 5G: Risk to health and safety outside scope in Govt consultation

J. R. Bruning -

What fundamentally increases your risk from telecommunications devices and infrastructure? Warning: This article may be a little strident for some. It’s a question most of us...

An urgent Open Letter to all Members of Parliament

Mary Hobbs -

If people let the government decide what foods they eat and what medicines they take, their bodies will soon be in as sorry a...

Infrared sunlight boosts vision and mitochondrial health – study

Daily Telegraph NZ -

A new study published in Scientific Reports confirms that longer wavelengths of sunlight, particularly near-infrared light (850 nm), can penetrate the human body and systemically...

“We can identify the illness — but not what caused it.”

Daily Telegraph NZ -

That quote, buried in a formal OIA response to NoMoreGlyphosate.nz, reveals a disturbing public health blind spot, says NoMoreGlyphosate NZ. No Data, No Codes, No...

Coke to swap key ingredient – Trump

Daily Telegraph NZ -

Replacing high-fructose corn syrup with cane sugar in Coca-Cola drinks will lead to economic problems, farmers argue. The Coca-Cola company has agreed to replace high-fructose...

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