by Peter J Adams | Jun 27, 2020 | Addiction, Mental Health
On January 24, 2018, the Prime Minister, Jacinda Ardern, announced Labour’s promised government inquiry into mental health and addiction services and on November 28 the report, He Ara Oranga, was released. The whole process was good news for mental health field but, I...
by Peter J Adams | Jun 14, 2020 | Existential Issues
The main challenge in reflecting on one’s own death is the way the various aspects of death and dying are intertwined which make it difficult to discern personal mortality. First there is the prospect of me dying; of me entering whatever is in store at the end of my...
by Peter J Adams | Jun 14, 2020 | Addiction, Commercial Determinants
Why, over the last fifty years, have successive governments in New Zealand, like their counterparts overseas, consistently favoured less effective interventions for tobacco, alcohol, gambling and unhealthy food and beverages over what research indicates are more...
by Peter J Adams | Jun 13, 2020 | Rhetoric
Bubbles, long tails, burning embers and half-way down mountains: Jacinda Ardern’s exemplary use of metaphors during COVID 19. New Zealand’s success at containing the corona virus has benefited from Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern’s clear communication during her daily...
Recent Comments