Bruce Munro

To see, or not to see: Olive McRae, of the Fluoride Action Network New Zealand, is keen to see The Fluoride Deception aired as a part of a wider debate about fluoridation. Dunedin City Council and Public Health South have expressed concerns about an anti-fluoridation programme scheduled to be broadcast next week.

Taking a gamble: Proud of The Mission ’ s ethical stand against pokies funds, general manager Laura Black is concerned about meeting the funding shortfall without cutting core services. More social agencies will choose increased funding hardship rather than accept money from the gambling industry, The Methodist Mission's Dunedin general manager Laura Black predicts. The Mission recently decided to stop taking up to $25,000 a year from gambling trusts and casinos because of concerns about the damage done by gaming machines in society.