McBLOG- NZ - capital of the world for herpes

New Zealand – capital of the world for herpes

Sir Ashley Bloomfield, Sir Graham Henry & Sir Buck Shelford have fronted a campaign for the NZ Herpes Foundation to help fight the stigma associated with herpes. This is yet another campaign about removing the natural consequences and stigma associated with sexually related diseases, actions and outcomes. It’s a health campaign which doesn’t tell the inconvenient truths. But health advice should always be based on biological truth, prevention and treatment – not hurty feelings. Perhaps we could add AIDS and Gonorrhoea to the list. Let’s give that a clap as well.

McBLOG - Supreme Court activism is called out

Supreme Court’s activism is called out

A new paper released this week and written by the chairman of the think-tank The NZ Initiative, Roger Partridge, argues that the NZ Supreme Court is ‘overreaching’ its role, and that ‘judicial supremacy’ must be reined in. We did warn you about this judicial activism – after the Family First case in the Supreme Court two years ago. Let us remind you of what that was all about.