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How the food industry throws its weight - and its money - around in sport, politics, nutrition and education.

Roche, a major manufacturer of RATs, issued a statement to media on Tuesday night saying none of its stocks had been diverted or seized by the Government. “RAT kits have been, and will continue to be, supplied to all New Zealand customers, including the Ministry of Health, in the sequence that purchase orders were placed,”. Chris Bishop MP is still claiming mythical evidence from local suppliers.

One of the most important long-standing questions of public policy, and democratic governance, is about how corporate power operates, and what to do about it

New Zealand brand Te Wai has received a government-endorsed trade accreditation, which it believes will aid its efforts to expand overseas by boosting distributor confidence. Te Wai, Māori for the water, is the maker of a facial mist is made with pure New Zealand water that is infused with five native extracts: Kawakawa, Manuka, Kowhai, Mamaku, and Pohutukawa. Recently, the brand has received the FernMark licence as part of the New Zealand government’s official ‘country of origin’ accreditation programme, designed to protect and promote New Zealand products ...

Ex-ACT staffer Grant McLachlan says party created fake grassroots groups Ruth Hill © RNZ / Claire Eastham-Farrelly Political pundits and media experts are warning that artificial grassroots organisations - nicknamed "astroturfs" - are being used to manipulate and mobilise public opinion for political gain. The recent public apology by a lobbyist to leading public health experts for defaming them on the Whale Oil blog has once again shone a spotlight into the murky world of lobbying. Carrick Graham, who was in the pay of the food and beverage industry, has admitted his state...