GROUP
Series 2 Health Issues
- Date
- 1960-2011
- Reference
- Series-5162
- Description
Papers relating to Sue Kedgley's roles as Deputy Chairperson, Health Select Committee 21 Dec 1999-11 Aug 2005, Chairperson Health Select Committee 9 Nov 2005-3 Oct 2008, Green Party Spokesperson on Health 30 Jan 2000-2 Nov 2009, and Spokesperson Health and Wellbeing 2 Nov 2009-26 Nov 2011. Also includes from an earlier accession, papers dating back to 1960 which concern Ivon Watkins-Dow firm and the issue of dioxin poisoning.
Quantity: 3 box(es). 25 folder(s). 1073 Electronic document(s).
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted material
- Part of
- Kedgley, Susan Jane, 1948- : Papers
- Format
- 3 box(es), 25 folder(s), 1073 Electronic document(s), Electronic records (Digital records), Electronic documents
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Dioxin - OIAs and ministerials
Date: 1971-2006
From: Kedgley, Susan Jane, 1948- : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-11241-044
Description: Comprises material concerning health effects of exposure to dioxin, specifically from manufacture of 245-T and Agent Orange at Ivon Watkins Dow factory, New Plymouth. Includes letters and other documents released under Official Information Act requests, including ministerial reports, health officials briefing, submission to ministerial inquiry and correspondence. Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Printed material Typescript Mss
Aerial spraying background and correspondence
Date: 1996-2005
From: Kedgley, Susan Jane, 1948- : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-11241-051
Description: Comprises material concerning health effects of aerial spraying of pesticides and herbicides. Contains material on aerial spraying of Dupont Answer herbicide on blackberry and honeysuckle on the Raumati Escarpment, Kapiti Coast, photocopy of Agricultural Chemical Trepass bill, a proposal to outlaw agricultural chemical trepass (spray drift) and a photocopy of "Commercial Grower" magazine article on spray drift damage. Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Printed material Typescript
Dioxins - media
Date: 2001-2006
From: Kedgley, Susan Jane, 1948- : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-11241-042
Description: Comprises newspaper clippings, Green Party and Ministry of Health press releases, letters, photocopied magazine article and newspaper articles about health effects of exposure to dioxin, specifically manufacture of 245-T at Ivon Watkins Dow New Plymouth factory and effects of Agent Orange on Vietnam War veterans and their families. Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Printed material Typescript
Dioxin background
Date: 1960-2006
From: Kedgley, Susan Jane, 1948- : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-11241-047
Description: Comprises material concerning health effects of exposure to dioxin, specifically from manufacture of 245-T and Agent Orange at Ivon Watkins Dow factory, New Plymouth. Includes letters and emails, submissions, personal case histories, reports, 'People Poisoned Daily' report by Greenpeace, photocopied newspaper and magazine articles, photocopied pages of research articles, public health case studies, review of hazardous wastes disposal. Arrangement: Part one of three 'Dioxin Background' folders Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Printed material Typescript Mss
Aspartame - speeches, blogs
Date: [nd]
From: Kedgley, Susan Jane, 1948- : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-11241-057
Description: Comprises hard copy of speech and slides concerning safety of aspartame as a sweetener in food products and in medicines. Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Printed material Typescript Mss
Ambulances - Media
Date: 2007-2008
From: Kedgley, Susan Jane, 1948- : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-11241-053
Description: Comprises material concerning Health Select Committee inquiry into ambulance services. Contains annotated Green Party media releases and newspaper clippings. Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Printed material Typescript Mss
Aged Care inquiry papers
Date: 2005-2008
From: Kedgley, Susan Jane, 1948- : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-11241-027
Description: Comprises letters, submissions and reports about aged care issues relating to Health Select Committee work. Also includes Ministry of Health report in staffing regulations for aged residential care 2005, Green Party reponse to SFWU (Service and Food Workers Union) questionnaire on aged care policy, Health Select Committee draft reports on petition by Ann Galloway on behalf of SFWU and NZNO (New Zealand Nurses Organisation), plus copy of petition text, Fair Share for Aged Care campaign flyer, NZNO submission to Health Select Committee and report on aged care services staffing, plus flyer and paper by HealthCare Providers NZ. Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Printed material Typescript
Antibiotics - food - background
Date: 2002
From: Kedgley, Susan Jane, 1948- : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-11241-039
Description: Contains Health Research Council of New Zealand background file and research proposal application from Dr Greg M Cook, Professors John M.B. Smith and Gerald W. Tannock looking at public health impact of vancomycin resistant enterococci (VRE) presence in poultry, pets and hospitals. Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Printed material Typescript
Cellphone radiation papers
Date: 1997-2009
From: Kedgley, Susan Jane, 1948- : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-11241-036
Description: Comprises material concerning electromagnetic sensitivity, and wifi, celphone and electromagnetic radiation. Includes fax, letters and press release, and research papers by Dr Neil Cherry. Topics include Telecom plans to build cellphone towers in Nelson. Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Printed material Typescript
Painted apple moth media
Date: 2003-2004
From: Kedgley, Susan Jane, 1948- : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-11241-049
Description: Comprises material concerning health effects of aerial spraying of painted apple moth insecticide Foray 4B. Includes emailed copies of newspaper articles and community group and Green Party press releases. Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Printed material Typescript Mss