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Seed Bio-Piracy Disguised as Science

Friday, 18 February 2011, 1:11 pm | GE Free NZ

Bio-piracy by companies wanting to patent and control genetic material vital to the future of agriculture is being disguised as novel developments in genetic engineering. There is strong evidence that companies are piggy-backing and claiming as their own ... More >>

Improved Animal Performance Good News for NZ

Sunday, 13 February 2011, 12:30 pm | GE Free NZ

Research into improved animal performance shows that New Zealand can gain sustainable economic benefits and apply 'climate-smart' techniques identified by the UN's Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO)[1]. More >>

Farmers Kept in Dark about Non-GE crop innovation

Monday, 7 February 2011, 9:57 am | GE Free NZ

New Zealand farmers are being kept in the dark about traditionally bred non GE crops in commercial production that are proven to reduce methane emissions, are pest resistant, drought, salt and flood tolerant. Instead New Zealand farmers are being asked to ... More >>

EPA Bill must be independent of GE interests

Wednesday, 2 February 2011, 2:03 pm | GE Free NZ

The Local Government and Environmental Select Committee on the Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) Bill have been urged to learn from past events to avoid the same mistakes and conflicts of interest in future. More >>

Bio-Security at GE Trial Site Gets Soiled

Monday, 24 January 2011, 10:49 am | GE Free NZ

Plant and Food has again failed to follow the strict conditions that regulatory authorities have set for the site of its GE crop trial. More >>

Innovation Must Not Conflict With GE Free Values

Saturday, 8 January 2011, 1:46 pm | GE Free NZ

Innovation Must Not Conflict With New Zealand GE Free Values (GE Free NZ Press release) More >>

Court Opens Door For Extreme GE Animal Experiments

Sunday, 19 December 2010, 7:30 pm | GE Free NZ

A High Court decision upholding ERMA's approval of GE experiments creates a veil of secrecy over what GE animals are created in New Zealand and increases the risk of abuse and unnecessary cruelty. The decision by J. Gendall has defined the requirements ... More >>

High Court Listens to GE Animal Concerns

Friday, 3 December 2010, 2:59 pm | GE Free NZ

The High Court has reserved its decision concerning the expansion of GE animals into New Zealand under the Hazardous Substances and New Organisms Act (HSNO). >AgResearch has been given an all-encompassing approval to undertake genetic engineering in cows, ... More >>

Mistakes “Inevitable” in GE Tree Trial

Tuesday, 9 November 2010, 2:08 pm | GE Free NZ

Plans to plant GE pine trees in Rotorua will almost certainly result in accidental release of GE pollen. More >>

Mistakes "Inevitable" in GE Tree Trial

Tuesday, 9 November 2010, 8:57 am | GE Free NZ

Plans to plant GE pine trees in Rotorua will almost certainly result in accidental release of GE pollen. More >>

GE Pine Tree Information Seriously Flawed

Tuesday, 2 November 2010, 10:38 am | GE Free NZ

The ERMA hearing set down for 9th November to consider an application to grow GE pines "should be postponed until the information supplied by the applicant, Scion, is able to be independently verified," says Susie Lee of GE Free NZ, More >>

GE pine tree hearing postponed

Saturday, 30 October 2010, 10:48 pm | GE Free NZ

The GE pine tree hearing set down for 9th November shuold be postponed until the information supplied by the applicant is able to be properly considered. More >>

Could GE be the source of new virulent bacteria?

Wednesday, 22 September 2010, 12:26 pm | GE Free NZ

Urgent research is needed to identify if a new and virulent antibiotic resistant superbug that has been affecting people in many different countries is the result of Genetic Engineering. Scientists have been warning that transgenic organisms could ... More >>

Biosecurity Risks After Quake Must Be Addressed

Sunday, 12 September 2010, 5:44 pm | GE Free NZ

Risks to NZ's biosecurity from flooding, earthquake, and other natural disasters aren't being adequately addressed and require urgent action by MAF- Biosecurity NZ and others responsible for containment of genetically engineered organisms. More >>

Detection of GE DNA In Animal Flesh Renews Concern

Tuesday, 24 August 2010, 4:13 pm | GE Free NZ

The discovery that GE DNA has been detected in the flesh of animals that have eaten GE foods [1] shows that the Food Safety Authorities are wrong in giving blanket assurances that “gene transfer from GM plants to the intestinal epithelium, either directly ... More >>

Food Standards Authority in Disarray

Monday, 16 August 2010, 9:54 am | GE Free NZ

Smartstax GE Corn Leaves Food Standards Authority in Disarray The Food Standards Authority Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) is in disarray, issuing conflicting reports that are vague and elusive, over the entry into the food chain of a new Monsanto/Dow ... More >>

Co-Existence with GE Plants Proves Impossible

Friday, 13 August 2010, 10:53 am | GE Free NZ

The discovery that GE canola is thriving in the wilds of America and has become a common weed in South Dakota, shows that GE proponents and regulators have been deluding themselves and the public by claiming modified genes would not survive ... More >>