During COVID-19 I was researching and writing my master’s thesis while also working pro bono for PSGR. My thesis concerned the problem of scientists in New Zealand and Australia being unable to access public research funding for public good scientific research. The specific research area was health conditions that were […]
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COVID-19 Emergency Powers
The New Zealand State, Medical Capture & the Role of Strategic Ignorance. Summary New Zealand’s Unite Against COVID-19 ‘stamp it out’, or ‘elimination’ strategy is revealing it’s democratic and political deficit. The strategy relied on the deployment of policy, legislation and simple slogans focusing on case rates, vaccination, masking and […]
Bee killers – Neonicotinoid pesticides in New Zealand
Biodiversity rhetoric often excludes comment on contamination and pollution from economic activity. Narratives relating to biodiversity loss often exclude the relationship of biodiversity decline and persistent applications of pesticides over years. Also avoided are the low level, or sub-chronic exposures to surrounding ecosystems -the soil and water profiles, and the […]