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It’s time to try THC on our 7 year old.

Some experiences are so traumatic that they transform lives, and those who live through them deserve to be called ‘survivors’….

I will never forget the screams of my son, when they decided he was guilty. The cries of my daughter in law, the look on my husband’s face, I was in complete shock. If all the evidence was allowed to be heard, we would never be in this predicament. Leaving court that day without my son is a pain that rattled me to my core and will haunt me for the rest of my life.

The Sexual Violence Bill, currently before Parliament, looks to increase convictions by effectively revoking the defendant’s right to silence, and prohibiting types of evidence tending to indicate innocence. As an academic, qualified forensic physician, and expert witness in sexual cases (for both sides), I am concerned by the rationale for this bill.

Thanks for your engagement with my America’s Cup post the other day. I saw a couple of comments raising the…

Grant Dalton may think $100 million is not enough to pay for his boat and his sailors but it’s about 400,000 hardship grants to families on the poverty line.

Eddy collapses on the floor of the emergency department screaming.  “Neurology are expecting us!”  I call to the charge nurse…

The Labour government’s ‘strategy’ for collective bargaining between district health boards (DHBs) and the various health unions can best be…

Last week I penned a piece on hydrogen being promoted at the G7 as an alternative energy source for Europe. …