The Whale Oil defamation trial collapsed this month in the Auckland High Court, a case that stems back to Nicky Hager's 2014 book Dirty Politics.
Professor Jennie Connor argues that everyone should pay attention to the case because of the prolonged and concerted effort to discredit public health advocates.
Jennie Connor is a public health physician, epidemiologist and an emeritus professor from the University of Otago, Dunedin.
You can read her article on the case in the latest edition of the New Zealand Medical Journal.
Cameron Slater. Photo: Supplied
