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May 14, 2024 | News
Rongoā threat as big pharma circles
A rongoā Māori advocate fears the rewrite of the Therapeutics Product Act is a Trojan horse by the pharmaceutical industry.
March 11, 2026
May 14, 2024 | Paakiwaha
Donna Kerridge | Rongoā Māori Practitioner
The Government is repealing the Therapeutics Product Act saying it intends to introduce a new regime for medicines and medical devices, and a separate one for natural health products.
June 16, 2023 | News
Rongoā bill denies full rangatiratanga
A leading rongoā Māori practitioner is accusing the Government of circumventing the Crown's treaty obligations with its proposed changes to the Therapeutic Products Bill.
June 15, 2023 | Paakiwaha
Donna Kerridge | Rongoā Māori Healer
Plans to exempt many small-scale Natural Health Product (NHP) manufacturers and rongoā practitioners from regulation under the Therapeutic Products Bill have been announced by the government this week.
December 19, 2022 | News
Healers fight to keep rongoa safe
A leading rongoa practitioner says the Crown has no authority to regulate the practice of traditional Māori hearing.
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