Susan Strongman

Susan Strongman is a reporter for RNZ In Depth

Science
May 28, 2020

New Zealand 'bishop’ pushing bleach as a Covid miracle cure

A New Zealand website is advising people with Covid-19 symptoms to ingest a bleach product made by a cult-like American organisation that calls itself a church.

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Ātea
Feb 15, 2020

The secret search for giants' bones that has iwi and archaeologists worried

A secretive group excavating a cave near Huntly believe it's filled with a race of pre-Polynesian giants' skeletons, but iwi and archaeologists have serious concerns.

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Science
Jul 7, 2019

Meet the secretive and fearful anti-5G campaign

Scientists say that 5G is safe, but a small, vocal group of people insist it causes cancer.

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Society
Feb 26, 2019

What is the sex self-identification law, and how did the debate grow so toxic?

Legislation that would allow transgender people to more easily change their sex on birth certificates will be deferred. But where did the outcry stem from?

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