Rongoā Māori practitioners worried about Bill set to go before Parliament that regulates natural health products
A new Bill set to go before Parliament is causing concern amongst practitioners of traditional Māori medicine.
The Therapeutic Products Bill will regulate how pharmaceutical and natural health products are manufactured, tested, imported, promoted, supplied, and exported.
"Straight away it tells me that directly they will actually try and stop me from doing what I'm doing naturally in my home for my whānau," Awhitia Mihaere said.
Mihaere has been practising rongoā for more than 20 years. It's a practice that has laid dormant for a century.
"All rongoā practitioners can tell you it's been very hard. 1907 was the Tohunga Suppression Act, around about 2008 it was reintroduced."
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