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Fonterra’s Future at Risk from GE Milk
Sunday, 31 August 2008, 3:36 pm | GE Free NZ
A report on the future of “biopharming” in New Zealand is a warning that Fonterra's future as a dairy-food exporter is in jeopardy because of AgResearch’s plans to manufacture pharmaceuticals and ‘medical foods’. More >>
Adverse Effects from GE Thyroid Treatment
Thursday, 21 August 2008, 9:16 am | GE Free NZ
The Health Department must immediately act on reports by patients with severe adverse effects after taking their newly formulated (GE) thyroid medication. More >>
MAF Rules Forcing Risky GE Experiments Outdoors.
Wednesday, 13 August 2008, 3:38 pm | GE Free NZ
The Environmental Risk Management Authority has been told that MAF rules mean that GM plants must be put into the field to test their impact on soil, because MAF don't allow the same research to be done in containment. More >>
AgResearch Vision Won't Fit With Clean Green NZ
Monday, 11 August 2008, 11:32 am | GE Free NZ
The proposals made by AgReseach for New Zealand to become a 'GE-animal farm' for chemicals are a threat to New Zealand's clean green natural image, and national identity. More >>
Storm Damage to GMO field trials
Monday, 4 August 2008, 11:37 am | GE Free NZ
There are concerns that recent storms have impacted GM crop trials in Lincoln, opening up the risk of GM material escaping from the site. The trials are in an undisclosed secret location in the middle of the North Canterbury farmland. More >>
New GE Rules Threaten Kiwi Brand
Friday, 1 August 2008, 9:55 am | GE Free NZ
New Zealand's international image will be seriously damaged if the government adopts new regulations intended to stop GE-contamination in New Zealand. More >>
Food Watchdog Praised for Withdrawing Rice
Wednesday, 30 July 2008, 4:15 pm | GE Free NZ
New Zealander's 'food watchdog' - The NZFSA- deserves praise for pulling GE-contaminated rice off the shelves. But it needs to do much more to encourage compliance amongst companies who ignore the problems of GE-contamination in certian countries when sourcing ... More >>
Kiwi Fruit Growers Must Keep It Natural
Wednesday, 30 July 2008, 10:50 am | GE Free NZ
Kiwi Fruit Growers Must Keep It Natural The New Zealand Kiwi Fruit industry has led the way in positioning itself internationally as 'GM-free' and developing successful new varieties like the golden kiwi. It must keep it that ... More >>
Great Leader Mourned
Wednesday, 30 July 2008, 10:48 am | GE Free NZ
GE Free New Zealand (in food and environment) shares a deep sense of loss with the whanau of Del Wihongi and with the wider community of Aotearoa New Zealand, on news of her passing. More >>
NZ Horse industry must oppose GE vaccine
Friday, 20 June 2008, 10:40 am | GE Free NZ
The New Zealand horse industry faces devastation of its reputation as well as real risks to animal health from plans to allow a GE vaccine. More >>
Public Losing Faith in ERMA Process
Monday, 9 June 2008, 11:11 am | GE Free NZ
Public confidence in the regulation of GE is failing, and should be a wake-up call to ERMA and the government that they urgently need to live up to the promises made following the Royal Commision on GM. More >>
NZ UN Delegates Fight African's Over GM
Wednesday, 28 May 2008, 10:42 am | GE Free NZ
New Zealand is being humilliated by its representative delegation at the UN Convention on Biological Diversity, (COP/MOP4, Bonn from 12th -31 May) by opposing African nations wanting controls of GM trees. More >>
Legal Decision Paints Dim Future For GM Crops
Tuesday, 13 May 2008, 9:15 am | GE Free NZ
A ruling by Justice Mallon in the High Court reaffirms that the HSNO Act (under which ERMA operates) does not require testing for negative impacts of GM organisms to be part of any research during field trials. More >>
GE Tree "Safety" Claims Misleading
Friday, 2 May 2008, 3:24 pm | GE Free NZ
Reports that research on GE trees by Scion has proved them 'safe' are highly misleading, and obscure the serious risks posed to New Zealand. More >>
GE Failures Threaten National Interest
Wednesday, 16 April 2008, 10:34 am | GE Free NZ
“Restore Moratorium”: GE Failures Threaten National Interest 16 April 08 A Moratorium on applications to release GE organisms must be restored to protect the National interest. That is the only reasonable course of action in light of ... More >>
GE Push Could Prompt Civil Conflict
Friday, 11 April 2008, 3:51 pm | GE Free NZ
New applications in New Zealand for GE crops to be allowed to flower and seed (1) and for more GE animal experiments (2) could set farmer against farmer and prompt civil conflict. More >>
Ground Breaking GM Case Has Reserved Decision
Wednesday, 2 April 2008, 11:18 am | GE Free NZ
The High Court hearing of the GM Brassica case between GE Free NZ and ERMA has ended with a reserved decision. More >>
GM Brassica High Court case hearing on 31 March
Friday, 28 March 2008, 11:30 am | GE Free NZ
GE Free NZ (in food and environment) GM Brassica hearing is set down for the High Court in Wellington on March 31st. T he case will be heard over two days. More >>
Public Left in Dark Over Non-GE options
Sunday, 2 March 2008, 11:10 am | GE Free NZ
Money Wasted; Public Left in Dark Over Non-GE options to Feed the World Last year traditional and non GM plant breeding methods achieved spectacular advances. The breakthrough developments produced plants with higher nutritional values, tolerance ... More >>
MAF Claims Rabbits 'Part of PR Stunt'
Sunday, 17 February 2008, 11:58 am | GE Free NZ
MAF Claims Rabbits 'Part of PR Stunt' in GE TreesTrial Breach Many of GE Free (NZ) concerns about facility inspection have been backed up in the MAF report on the Scion GE Tree biosecurity breach, made public this week. But despite obvious problems which ... More >>
