Dr Thomas Kerns will be one of the Commissioners at the People's Inquiry next March 2006. You can read about his book,Environmentally Induced Illnesses:
Ethics, Risk Assessment and Human Rights here.
Monday, October 31, 2005
Environmentally Induced Illnesses
Dr Thomas Kerns will be one of the Commissioners at the People's Inquiry next March 2006. You can read about his book,Environmentally Induced Illnesses:
Ethics, Risk Assessment and Human Rights here.
The People's Enquiry dates shifted to March 2006
Due to more time needed to get the necessary funding, the People's Inquiry has been rescheduled to take place next March 2006.
Hana Blackmore, convenor of the People’s Inquiry Steering Committee said that funding challenges forced the committee to make the difficult decision to move the Inquiry.
In a Press Release from People's Inquiry Inc., she said,
“One month out from the Inquiry, we were faced with travel and accommodation bookings for our Commissioners that needed to be confirmed,” she said.
“The decision was made to postpone because there was no guarantee that essential funding would be raised in time. The Steering Committee was also acutely conscious of the inordinate amount of time and effort we were having to spend on fundraising to the exclusion of everything else.”
After reviewing the situation the Committee all agreed the Inquiry would be compromised by continuing with the November date, said Hana Blackmore. She added that there were benefits to the move.
“It means we have more time to concentrate on co-ordinating the essential submission process. Over eighty people have already registered to give evidence, and with half wishing to speak to their submissions, the extra day available with the March booking gives us more flexibility to fit everyone in.”
Hana Blackmore, convenor of the People’s Inquiry Steering Committee said that funding challenges forced the committee to make the difficult decision to move the Inquiry.
In a Press Release from People's Inquiry Inc., she said,
“One month out from the Inquiry, we were faced with travel and accommodation bookings for our Commissioners that needed to be confirmed,” she said.
“The decision was made to postpone because there was no guarantee that essential funding would be raised in time. The Steering Committee was also acutely conscious of the inordinate amount of time and effort we were having to spend on fundraising to the exclusion of everything else.”
After reviewing the situation the Committee all agreed the Inquiry would be compromised by continuing with the November date, said Hana Blackmore. She added that there were benefits to the move.
“It means we have more time to concentrate on co-ordinating the essential submission process. Over eighty people have already registered to give evidence, and with half wishing to speak to their submissions, the extra day available with the March booking gives us more flexibility to fit everyone in.”
Recent NZ Herald Article :Historical events leading to People's Inquiry
A recent article in the NZ Herald gives a fairly balanced overview of the whole story so far and interviews some of the key players in this saga.
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