Following a 30 year career in the public service, Keith Garratt spent some 10 years as an international environmental management consultant. He is now semi-retired in Rotorua.
Homeopaths agree to dilute their claims
1 November 2013
Keith Garratt finds the NZ Homeopathic Society is capable of change.
The good news and bad news: natural health products legislation
1 February 2013
Making a submission to a parliamentary committee proved to be a worthwhile exercise.
Time for a new name?
1 August 2006
Over the last few years, there have been frequent suggestions that the Skeptics organisation in New Zealand should have a new name. At present, our formal name is the New Zealand Committee for Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal Inc. Originally, this was an adaptation of the name of our sister organisation in the US, the Committee for Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal. The American organisation has recently changed its formal name to Committee for Skeptical Inquiry. This has been a prompt for our committee to re-open the issue here. The reasons put forward for change, both here and in the US, can be summarised as:
A letter to the Minister of Health
1 February 2006
This is the text of a letter sent to new Minister of Health Pete Hodgson in November 2005 by Keith Garratt, as a follow-up to his submission to the MACCAH committee in 2003.
Genealogy and gender
1 November 2005
Genealogy as normally practised gives us a very misleading view of our genetic heritage. This article was originally presented at the 2005 Skeptics Conference in Rotorua.
Skeptics and the environment
1 May 2005
When it comes to environmental issues, it's not always easy for a skeptic to decide where to stand