The government of New Zealand published a 377 page report which assessed the efficacy and safety of chiropractic care. The report was a result of almost 2 years of conducted hearings from recognized health care experts.

Their principal findings included:

"Chiropractors are the only health practitioners who are necessarily equipped by their education and training to carry out spinal manual therapy (spinal adjustments)."

"Chiropractors carry out spinal diagnosis and therapy at a sophisticated and refined level."

"Spinal manual therapy in the hands of a registered chiropractor is safe."

"The duration and training of a registered chiropractor are sufficient to enable him/her to determine whether there are contraindications to spinal manual therapy in a particular case, and whether that patient should have medical care instead of, or as well as, chiropractic care."


New Zealand Report. Hasselberg PD. Government Printer, Wellington - 1979.