Assignment 2

Vape VCR

The Ministry of Health encourages smokers to adopt vaping as a method to quit, despite the number of deaths and unknown illnesses it has been linked to.

Zeelan Talagi with more.

“The Ministry of health launched a website in August, promoting vaping as a healthy alternative to smoking, as a part the Smokefree 2025 campaign. Since then, the US has reported 530 cases of vape related illnesses, 1 resulting in death.

Despite this new information, the Ministry of health has yet to update their “Position on vaping” they posted in September last year, This is Zeelan Talagi”

Sports TP

A young Kiwi athlete hasn’t received any financial support, despite her exceeding SportNZ eligibility criteria.

SportNZ communication manager, Phillip Clark said typically an athlete competing for two nations would qualify for funding, however each sport has their own governing body.

16-year-old cheerleader, Anna Grigson, has represented 3 countries internationally, without any funding from The New Zealand Cheerleading association.

Anna’s mum, Becky Grigson said the lack of support for high performing cheerleaders is frustrating and says waiting until cheerleading becomes an Olympic sport is too late.

NewtalkZB has attempted to contact New Zealand’s governing body for Cheerleading: NZCA. However they failed to comment on funding for individual athletes.