DAVID FISHER & RHONDA BARTLE, NEW ZEALAND HERALD, NOVEMBER 12, 2006 Kevin and Audrey Peters lived for almost 40 years under the wind that blows above and around the former Ivon Watkins Dow chemical plant. Kevin’s gone now. Cancer. “So many of Kevin’s workmates died of cancer,” says Audrey. “So many of our neighbours … [...]
Rhonda Bartle, New Zealand Herald, November 12, 2006 I might have been a fiction writer in a former life, but these days as a journalist, I mostly deal in facts. The fact is, I grew up in the shadow of a Dow chemical factory, in the suburb of Paritutu, New Plymouth, during all the dioxin [...]
Stuff.co.nz, November 2, 2006 The Health Ministry wants an additional expert to independently review a dioxin poisoning report, after critics questioned the independence of a ministry-appointed scientist. Deputy director-general of health (public health) Don Matheson said it would approach the World Health Organisation for advice about appointing the extra reviewer. The move could be seen [...]
TARIANA TURIA (Co-Leader—Māori Party) to the Minister of Health: What advice has the Minister received about the nature of the significant errors identified by independent forensic accountant John Leonard in the Ministry of Health’s Paritutu dioxin serum study? Hon PETE HODGSON (Minister of Health): I have received advice that the report of the forensic accountant [...]
Radio New Zealand, October 24, 2006 The Ministry of Health is to look into claims that significant mistakes were made in a study of dioxin contamination in New Plymouth. From 1962 to 1987 the Ivon Watkins Dow factory made the herbicide 245T, which contained a dioxin. Last year a Ministry of Health report said people [...]
TAMMY BUCKLEY, MANUKAU COURIER, OCTOBER 2, 2006 STICKING TOGETHER: The Pavihi-Kumitau family are staying strong in their search for answers on son and brother Christian’s rare condition. From left Madison, 3, Riley, 8, mum Sifa, and Christian, 10. MARCIA JESSEN/Manukau Courier Ten-year-old Christian Pavihi-Kumitau wants more than anything to walk again. His mother just wants [...]
