Many older New Zealanders respect scientist Dr Jim Sprott for undertaking the painstaking forensic research which was crucial to overturning the murder convictions obtained against Arthur Allan Thomas. Many younger New Zealanders have benefited from his research into the cause and prevention of cot death (SIDS). In the 1980s New Zealand had one of the worst cot death rates in the world. Normal, healthy babies were mysteriously, and without warning, dying in their cots, leaving behind grieving parents to mourn them and ask why? Dr Sprott suspected that this silent epidemic was due to… Read more
Minister of Labour Ruth Dyson today congratulated Karl Boniface Plumbing for its dedication to making worker safety a priority. The Invercargill business won the New Zealand Safety Best Health and Safety Initiative by a Small Business at the NZ Safeguard Health and Safety Awards earlier this year. The business has 16 employees and took action that many larger businesses would not have when a worker splashed primer used to clean PVC downpipes in his eye last year. After receiving first aid, the employee was fine but Karl Boniface Plumbing decided to do something to prevent it… Read more
EXTRACT FROM DOUG COPP’S ARTICLE ON THE: ‘TRIANGLE OF LIFE’ My name is Doug Copp. I am the Rescue Chief and Disaster Manager of the American Rescue Team International (ARTI), the world’s most experienced rescue team. The information in this article will save lives in an earthquake. I have crawled inside 875 collapsed buildings, worked with rescue teams from 60 countries, founded rescue teams in several countries, and I am a member of many rescue teams from many countries. I was the United Nations expert in Disaster Mitigation for two years. I have worked at every major disaster in… Read more
