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Dr Stephen Bustin is a Professor of Molecular Medicine at Anglia Ruskin University (U.K.) and a world-renowned expert on quantitative PCR. ·

Digging into the history of an infamous pharmaceutical scandal. It was said to be safe & effective. Sound familiar? ·

By the time this column sees the light of day, the Labour Government – now freed of the constraint of New Zealand First – will have been in office almost exactly a year. And to look at the opinion polls, they are doing a fine job – or at least the Prime Minister is. · But the reality is very different. · The Government has made absolutely no progress in key areas like replacing the RMA with workable rules to protect the environment while…

People move for all sorts of reason, whether they are upsizing or relocating due to work. Maybe it is personal reasons or has been the case in more recent years; looking to capitalize on existing property values in urban centres for the more relaxed pace that rural and lifestyle properties on city fringes have to offer. Whatever the reason, buyers and sellers need an expert to trust and guide them to make sure their requirements are understood…

We all have our fingers crossed that life will return to a new normal whatever that looks like but there is nothing normal about the housing market as it just keeps on rolling! Lockdown or no lockdown the statistics speak for themselves. · The momentum for Franklin for the month of August showed to be true with the Median price for Franklin rising to $950,000 up by 33.8% on a year ago when the median sat at $750,000 with 88 sales for the month.…

CHRISTMAS DATES FOR PAPAKURA: · Diary these dates · Rotary Santa Parade Sunday 5 December at 3 pm leaving from Central Park · Chilling in the Park Straight after the Parade in Central Park from 4 – 6 pm · Carols in the Park Friday 10 December at 6 pm at Central Park · Santa Grotto for free Santa Photos Wednesday 16 December to Wednesday 23 December · BUY A $20.00 GIFT CARD and get an extra $5.00 on us: · Spend $20.00 or…

This time last year Bakers Shoes in Waiuku had like many in New Zealand and around the globe dealt with the first 6 months dealing with a global pandemic. National and regional lockdowns were forcing businesses to close their doors to physical customer interactions and amp up their online presence in order to survive. · “COVID-19 has slammed us with a whole new way of living to which businesses have had to adapt to compete with the bigger…

One of the biggest comments we get when clients come to us is they wish they had come sooner. Being a design and Build renovation company, we can make sure that your wish list is going to fit the budget and we work with you through the entire process. When clients come to us with plans ready to go, they don’t often fit the budget and we have to help clients work through that process. We have put together a quick check list for anyone embarking…

New Zealand is shifting to a new period in our Covid response. We are no longer pursuing a strategy of elimination. We need to rethink our economic strategy. National has today released ‘Back in Business’ – the plan that we believe the Government should be implementing immediately, given the unwelcome return of Covid into the community. · National believes the business sector should play a much bigger role in our Covid response. As we head…

trojan (n.) — Malware that misleads users from its true intent. Dr Bryan Betty, the Medical Director of the Royal NZ College of General Practice, has let down the nation massively these past 18 months by actively eroding the moral and scientific integrity of the once noble vocation of medicine. · Under the watch of this 'Big Pharma' loyalist, and a few others, we have seen the abandonment of evidence-based medicine; the loss of debating…