An internationally renowned doctor who has been a proponent of euthanasia for 30 years is scheduled to give a talk about "End of life choice" in Napier next month.
Dr Rob Jonquiere is a retired doctor who began working out of Hengelo in the Netherlands, where during the 1970s he set up patient "life crises" participation events.
He said he cared for many people over the years who were dying and who told him they could not stand to suffer any more.
"I complied with several euthanasia requests," he has said in a biography.
In 1999, he took up the position of chief executive officer of the NVVE - the Dutch Right to Die organisation.