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GE Free NZ - Latest News [Page 24]
ERMA struggling to stop 'invalid' submissions
Thursday, 14 December 2006, 2:11 pm | GE Free NZ
ERMA is working hard to prevent a legal loophole resulting in hundreds of public submissions against GE field trials becoming invalid. More >>
MAF's Delays Risk Sabotaging NZ's Reputation
Thursday, 7 December 2006, 9:46 am | GE Free NZ
Prevarication by MAF on what to do with GE-contaminated crops risks sabotaging New Zealand's market reputation. More >>
GE-Contaminated Corn Puts NZ Reputation at Risk
Sunday, 3 December 2006, 1:09 pm | GE Free NZ
New Zealand's exports and our international reputation have again been put at risk because of the failure by MAF to stop contaminated GM corn being imported and planted. More >>
Have Your Say On Field Trials
Monday, 27 November 2006, 10:07 am | GE Free NZ
Crop & Food Research in the South Island have applied to ERMA (the Environmental Risk Management Authority) to spend taxpayers' money on a 10-year field-trial of Genetically Engineered brassicas. The plants will have genes spliced from bacteria ... More >>
"Public Should Be Paid" For Challenging Scientists
Monday, 20 November 2006, 9:50 am | GE Free NZ
GE Free NZ (in food and environment) believes that overseas investors may benefit more than New Zealanders from GE field trials and believes ERMA should pay community groups for making submissions on the application to field-test Bt Brassicas (cabbage, ... More >>
NZ Shooting Self in the Foot If GE Trials Allowed
Wednesday, 1 November 2006, 9:26 am | GE Free NZ
GE Free NZ believes the application submitted by Crop and Food to ERMA for a field trial on GM cauliflower, cabbage and broccoli should be withdrawn, or stopped by the New Zealand government. More >>
Call For Halt To Field Trial
Tuesday, 31 October 2006, 9:45 am | GE Free NZ
Call For Halt To Field Trial GE Free NZ says the application submitted by Crop and Food to ERMA for a field trial on GM cauliflower, cabbage and broccoli should be halted. They regard the application as foolhardy and economically unsound, noting ... More >>
Rice Row Prompts Call To Ombudsman
Tuesday, 17 October 2006, 3:57 pm | GE Free NZ
Rice Row Prompts Call To Ombudsman Inconsistencies in the way food authorities have responded to contamination of US-grown long-grain rice by an illegal GE varient has prompted a call for the Ombudsman to become involved. While New Zealand authorities ... More >>
Cover Up of GM Rice Contamination a Scandal
Wednesday, 20 September 2006, 4:36 pm | GE Free NZ
The UK Independent newspaper's report of an official cover-up of contamination of rice by an illegal GE variant has serious implications for maintaining the integrity of the food supply in New Zealand and overseas. More >>
Authorities Delay Response to GE Contamination
Sunday, 10 September 2006, 2:11 pm | GE Free NZ
Food Authorities Delay Response to GE Rice Contamination New Zealand's response to GE contamination in US-grown rice is a shadow of the response internationally and Food Authorities are ducking for cover to explain why. The NZFSA has acknowledged ... More >>
NZ Authorities Silent Over Rice
Tuesday, 29 August 2006, 9:15 am | GE Free NZ
New Zealand food authorities appear to be asleep at the wheel in regard to the discovery of illegal GE contamination in imported US rice. More >>
Beware the light oil in your Breakfast
Monday, 28 August 2006, 9:52 am | GE Free NZ
Monsanto's newest GE-derived oil may be heading for our breakast tables, but its unique properties means it should come with a health warning. More >>
Farmers' Premium At Risk if Officials OK GE
Thursday, 24 August 2006, 2:10 pm | GE Free NZ
New Zealand and Australian farmers are set to lose out on premium-prices for GE-free commodities if our government decide to authorise contamination by GE constructs because of pressure from agricultural companies overseas. More >>
Farmers Can Bank on Premium for GE-Free
Tuesday, 22 August 2006, 3:03 pm | GE Free NZ
New Zealand farmers are set to command premium prices - even for so-called-commodities- if they preserve their GE-free status. That's the lesson from Australian farmers' experience with GE-free canola which is commanding a $65 per tonne premium as reported ... More >>
NZ Authorities Asked to Test for GE Rice
Monday, 21 August 2006, 2:23 pm | GE Free NZ
NZ Authorities Asked to Test for GE Rice after US Authorities Announce GE Contamination of Rice More >>
NZ Food Safety Authority removes GE free NZ
Wednesday, 12 July 2006, 9:29 am | GE Free NZ
GE Free (NZ) members have expressed frustration and dismay after their removal by the New Zealand Food Safety Authority (NZFSA) from its Consumer Forum. ( The Consumer Forum was set up to discuss consumer concerns). "This removal is totally unexpected" ... More >>
GE Caution Welcomed
Friday, 30 June 2006, 10:06 am | GE Free NZ
GE Caution Welcomed The move by Auckland City to adopt a precautionary approach to Genetically Modified Organisms (GMO) land use in its LTCCP, and to join the inter-council Working Party on GMOs is to be commended. The Northland peninsula councils have already ... More >>
Planning for Agricultural Database Ignores Obvious
Wednesday, 7 June 2006, 10:35 am | GE Free NZ
A new database designed to help avoid any costly mistakes from releasing "harmful technologies" risks ignoring existing evidence and ' losing sight of the wood for the trees'. More >>
Insurance Refusal Prompts Call to Change HSNO Act
Sunday, 28 May 2006, 1:49 pm | GE Free NZ
The decision by one of New Zealand's leading Insurance companies to refuse cover for GE damage means the government must move quickly to to amend the HSNO Act or risk major damage to the country's economy. More >>
1820 Sheep die grazing GE cotton land
Tuesday, 9 May 2006, 9:20 am | GE Free NZ
The latest studies on GE Cotton farming have raised grave concerns about the safety of GE cotton which is widely used in food as well as in clothing. A preliminary report released in late April has found that thousands of sheep died after grazing on land ... More >>
