WHO membership doesn’t threaten NZ’s sovereignty – walking away from it would
- Written by Helen Petousis-Harris, Associate Professor in Vaccinology, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau
Hagen Hopkins/Getty ImagesWhen NZ First leader Winston Peters responded to the recent US withdrawal from the World Health Organization (WHO) by questioning whether New Zealand should continue funding it, he employed a familiar narrative.
Peters was not speaking in his capacity as foreign minister, but describing the WHO as an organisation full of...
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