The Eugenics movement in New Zealand had legislative successes greater than anywhere in the world outside the USA and Nazi Germany Eugenics was a phenomenon that lasted for less than a hundred years, ... (2975 words)

The Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment is calling for submissions on the role of science in environmental policy and decision-making. This article is based on a paper presented at the ... (1277 words)

Increased litigation will do nothing to reduce the rate of medical misadventure In a recent decision the Privy Council has ruled that a New Zealand patient dissatisfied with a diagnosis can take ... (1021 words)

This article is based on an address to the Skeptics Conference 2002. A condensed version has also been produced for the NZ Listener. I've just received my first bad review of A City Possessed. It was ... (3181 words)

This Bravo Award-winning item originally appeared as the editorial in the March 23 issue of the New Zealand Medical Journal Is it time for the government to investigate a glaring anomaly in our ... (1677 words)

Paper prepared for the 1999 Skeptics Conference, Auckland, 28-29 August. Our children are our greatest investment, our hope for the future. The best thing we can do as a society is to nurture the ... (3098 words)

AS MOST readers will now be aware, the Ian Plimer/Allen Roberts court case has been adjudicated, and the results for Ian were not as he had hoped. The case was brought under federal Trade Practices ... (1367 words)

When I received through the mail a coloured brochure from Time/Life advertising a series of videos and cassettes titled "Growing Younger", I was surprised to see that I could learn from Time/Life via ... (616 words)