Keiller MacDuff

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Psychiatrist hopes 'magic mushroom' treatment will be more widely available

1 week ago | radionz.co.nz | Keiller MacDuff

The country's first psychiatrist granted approval to prescribe the Class A drug psilocybin hopes the milestone will be the first step to making the promising therapy available to more people. The drug which is used for the treatment of depression costs tens of thousands of dollars. On Wednesday, Associate Minister of Health David Seymour announced the first approval to prescribe psilocybin - the hallucinogenic compound found in magic mushrooms - outside of clinical trials in New Zealand.
The Waikato Times

1 week ago | waikatotimes.co.nz | Keiller MacDuff
Psychiatrist hopes 'magic mushroom' treatment will be more widely available

1 week ago | rnz.co.nz | Keiller MacDuff

The country's first psychiatrist granted approval to prescribe the Class A drug psilocybin hopes the milestone will be the first step to making the promising therapy available to more people. The drug which is used for the treatment of depression costs tens of thousands of dollars. On Wednesday, Associate Minister of Health David Seymour announced the first approval to prescribe psilocybin - the hallucinogenic compound found in magic mushrooms - outside of clinical trials in New Zealand.
Glyphosate: Environmental group challenges EPA over reassessment refusal

1 week ago | nzherald.co.nz | Keiller MacDuff

The ELI is challenging the EPA's 2024 refusal to reassess glyphosate and glyphosate-based substances. Photo / 123RFBy Keiller MacDuff of RNZThe Environmental Law Initiative is challenging the Environmental Protection Authority’s refusal to reassess glyphosate and glyphosate-based substances. A judicial review hearing, which is expected to last two days from Monday, will see ELI challenge the EPA’s 2024 refusal to reassess glyphosate and glyphosate-based substances.
Corporal Manu Anthony Smith sentenced over intimate recording of woman without consent

2 weeks ago | rnz.co.nz | Keiller MacDuff

A solider has been sentenced to two months' detention in a military jail for making an intimate visual recording of a woman without her consent, but can continue serving in the army. Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment Corporal Manu Anthony Smith, 41, made the video while having sex with his now-former girlfriend in 2020. The sentencing on the single charge of intentionally or recklessly making the recording followed a three-day court martial at Burnham Military Camp.
Canterbury A&P Show 'back on track'

2 weeks ago | odt.co.nz | Keiller MacDuff

You are not permitted to download, save or email this image. Visit image gallery to purchase the image. Rural lifeRural EventsBy Keiller MacDuff of RNZThe Canterbury A&P Show is back on track after a last-minute resurrection in 2024 saved it from cancellation amid financial troubles, staff upheavals and board bickering, organisers say. The show - which has a 160-year history - was cancelled in April last year after the A&P Association claimed it was not financially viable.
Canterbury A&P Show back on track - organisers

2 weeks ago | odt.co.nz | Keiller MacDuff

You are not permitted to download, save or email this image. Visit image gallery to purchase the image. CanterburyChristchurchBy Keiller MacDuff of RNZThe Canterbury A&P Show is back on track after a last-minute resurrection in 2024 saved it from cancellation amid financial troubles, staff upheavals and board bickering, organisers say. The show - which has a 160-year history - was cancelled in April last year after the A&P Association claimed it was not financially viable.
Canterbury A&P Show back on track, say organisers

2 weeks ago | rnz.co.nz | Keiller MacDuff

The Canterbury Agricultural & Pastoral Show is back on track, say organisers, after a last minute resurrection last year saved it from cancellation amid financial troubles, staff upheavals and board bickering. The show - which has a 160-year history - was cancelled in April last year after the A&P Association claimed it was not financially viable.
Christchurch councillor says fighting government on housing was a 'balls-up'

2 weeks ago | stuff.co.nz | Keiller MacDuff

Christchurch City Council has wasted years and millions of dollars while being distracted from more pressing priorities in its protracted fight with central government over housing intensification, Halswell Ward councillor Andrei Moore says. He characterised the whole affair as a costly "balls-up" which had held up the business of council and resulted in a confused policy allowing multi-storey apartment blocks in parts of suburban Christchurch, but not in areas neighbouring the city centre.
Christchurch councillor says fighting government on housing was a 'balls-up'

2 weeks ago | rnz.co.nz | Keiller MacDuff

Christchurch City Council has wasted years and millions of dollars while being distracted from more pressing priorities in its protracted fight with central government over housing intensification, Halswell Ward councillor Andrei Moore says. He characterised the whole affair as a costly "balls-up" which had held up the business of council and resulted in a confused policy allowing multi-storey apartment blocks in parts of suburban Christchurch, but not in areas neighbouring the city centre.