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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
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Eva Corlett in Wellington

Thumbs down to ‘middle finger’ health campaign in New Zealand

smiling older woman gives the middle finger
One of the images from the New Zealand ‘Stick it to hep C’ ad campaign that has been deemed indecent and offensive. Photograph: Stick it to hep C website

A New Zealand health campaign designed to help curb hepatitis C has hit a stumbling block after one of its advertisements showing people raising the middle finger was deemed too offensive to air.

The associate health minister, Ayesha Verrall, launched the “Stick it to Hep C” campaign in July, to raise awareness over the virus, which kills roughly 200 New Zealanders a year.

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