Helen Kelly was a leader who inspired love and respect. I am one of the many who knew her but was not in her inner circle. Photo: Maarten Holl/Fairfax Helen Kelly – President of the New Zealand Council of Trade Read More …
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Rotorua businesses help fundraise for medicinal cannabis cau …
Rotorua businesses have raised their hands to help fundraise for medicinal cannabis. Medical Cannabis Awareness New Zealand (MCANZ) is currently doing a fundraising campaign called #MC410 for legal cannabis treatments for people in a similar situation to Zoe Jefferies, a Read More …
MCANZ registered for Spark Payroll Giving
We are pleased to say that Medical Cannabis Awareness New Zealand is now set up for Payroll Giving. The Spark Foundation launched in July 2011 and one of their principles is to encourage generosity through theur Payroll Giving program. This Read More …
Rebecca Reider: How to bring Medical Cannabis into NZ.
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NZ Herald: Customs allows woman with cannabis through Auckla …
Arik Reiss and Rebecca Reider at Auckland International Airport with Reider’s medicinal cannabis prescription, which she brought through customs. Photo: Druglawed / Facebook Customs gave the all-clear to a woman who subsequently brought an ounce of cannabis into the country. Read More …
RadioNZ: Peter Dunne on medicinal cannabis
Stuff: Hamilton girl’s cannabis use no longer taboo
A Hamilton mother says her daughter’s medical cannabis use is no longer taboo, with the drug receiving a green thumbs-up according to a recent survey. Paige Gallien was prescribed Sativex, a medicinal cannabis sprayed via the mouth, two years ago. Read More …
NZ Herald: Mum hopes Cannabis Poll helps.
Grace Yeats’ mother says those around them can see how a cannabis-based treatment has helped her daughter. Carterton mother Tracy Yeats hopes the Government will take notice of a survey which shows overwhelming support for the legalisation and decriminalisation of Read More …
Herald: 20-year-old would-be politician pushes to legalise m …
A fresh-faced 20-year-old is stepping up to challenge the “pale, stale and male” status quo in Auckland politics. She is also keen to push for the legalisation of marijuana and address transport issues in East Auckland. Olivia Montgomery is campaigning Read More …
Northern Advocate: City Grey Power backs neighbours in push …
Otamatea Grey Power’s Beverley Aldridge (left) and Kathleen Pattinson want cannabis legalised, despite never having used the drug, sparking a war of words with Grey Power’s national body. Photo / John Stone Whangarei’s Grey Power federation has voted to support Read More …