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GE Free NZ: Backing for Parliament Vigil
Wednesday, 29 October 2003, 1:28 pm | GE Free NZ
The New Zealanders holding a vigil at parliament in protest at the government's failure to extend the moratorium on GE release have the backing of the nation. More >>
Biotech Companies Cause Havoc with GE
Friday, 24 October 2003, 10:33 pm | GE Free NZ
New reports on GE contamination of the world's food system reveal that biotech companies are set on a path, which knowingly denies people the basic right to choose to avoid GE foods, despite their pretence to the contrary. More >>
Zero Threshold for GE contamination welcomed
Thursday, 23 October 2003, 8:45 am | GE Free NZ
The government’s commitment to a policy of zero-contamination thresholds for GE in New Zealand food and agriculture is being welcomed by GE-Free NZ in food and environment as a standard vital to preserve the national interest. More >>
Call for Resignation as MP Dumps Democracy
Wednesday, 22 October 2003, 10:31 pm | GE Free NZ
The New Zealand public are becoming increasingly outraged by the undemocratic nature of the Labour government following revelations by Damien O' Connor MP on radio that he was deleting peoples' emails about the GE issue without even looking at them. More >>
Scientist says destruction of GE sheep a scandal
Monday, 20 October 2003, 10:03 am | GE Free NZ
An Auckland-based scientist has made an urgent plea for further research on thousands of GE sheep about to be destroyed because the company that owns them has gone bankrupt. More >>
Legal Challenge call to protect GE-free production
Monday, 20 October 2003, 10:01 am | GE Free NZ
GE Free NZ in food and environment want concerned groups across New Zealand to consider mounting a legal challenge to the government's lifting of the Moratorium following the publication of new research results on the impacts of GE crops. More >>
Govt fails to monitor health risks of GE foods
Thursday, 16 October 2003, 8:31 am | GE Free NZ
GE Free NZ is calling on the government to halt lifting of the moratorium and sale of GE foods until testing regimes are in place to clinically evaluate any health effects that arise from working with GMO’s, pollen allergies, digestive illnesses ... More >>
GE Minister to Account for Misleading Statements
Wednesday, 15 October 2003, 11:36 pm | GE Free NZ
Minister Marian Hobbs misled MP’s in her speech promoting the NOOM bill, continuing the tradition of Ministers being misinformed or deliberately misleading the New Zealand public about their plans for the country. More >>
MP’s betray National interest
Wednesday, 15 October 2003, 10:41 am | GE Free NZ
By pushing on with their policy for GE release the Labour Government and their colleagues from Act and National have totally disregarded the scientific studies that abound on the risk GE presents and the complexity of gene patterns of all living organisms. ... More >>
Government loses credibility on GE science
Monday, 13 October 2003, 4:21 pm | GE Free NZ
In the past month a study conducted by the Russian Nutritional Institute found the GE beetroot and potatoes caused changes in the guts of rats. The Animal Science Journal found that recombinant DNA fragments and Cry1Ab protein have been scientifically ... More >>
Nation pleas for government to protect GE-free
Monday, 13 October 2003, 4:19 pm | GE Free NZ
The tens of thousands of people taking to the street on Saturday, and the millions of others calling for the government to protect GE- free production hope the government will hear their plea. More >>
More Councils Call To Extend GE Moratorium
Monday, 13 October 2003, 9:49 am | GE Free NZ
Porirua Council is adding its name to a growing list of local authorities calling on the government to extend the GE moratorium in response to public concerns. Last week Whangarei District Council and the Far North District Council went public with ... More >>
Revealed: Hundreds of Acres of GE trials Planned
Monday, 13 October 2003, 9:46 am | GE Free NZ
Information released under an official information act request shows New Zealand could see hundreds of acres of GE crop trials within a year, putting the lie to government and industry claims that "nothing will happen" if the moratorium on GE ... More >>
Insurance refused Govt's Irresponsible GE Gamble
Thursday, 9 October 2003, 10:12 pm | GE Free NZ
The government will be harming the national interest by exposing the country to GE releases that Insurance firms say they will not cover. More >>
Time NZ exercised its right to ban GE crops
Tuesday, 7 October 2003, 2:52 pm | GE Free NZ
The GE Issue has moved from a purely economic view to the moral and ethical issues on the health of communities and their environments. More >>
Government Abandons GM-Free production
Tuesday, 7 October 2003, 8:32 am | GE Free NZ
Ask Helen Clark or her Ministers if the government will protect GM-Free production systems in New Zealand and you will not get a straight answer. More >>
GE Action Update 37 - get ready to march!
Monday, 29 September 2003, 9:07 pm | GE Free NZ
Hundreds of people continue to work hard all over the country organising various events leading up and beyond the moratorium in all of the major centres. Try to get to Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch or Dunedin for the big marches on the 11th ... More >>
Proof Govt must legislate to keep products GE free
Friday, 26 September 2003, 11:51 am | GE Free NZ
The government will be betraying the national interest and undermining New Zealand's future economic well-being unless legislation is passed to preserve GE-free production systems. More >>
Scientists back extension of GE moratorium
Wednesday, 24 September 2003, 4:38 pm | GE Free NZ
New Zealand scientists and medical professionals have announced the scientific evidence emerging since the Royal Commission on GM shows the need for an extension of the moratorium on commercial release of GE organisms. More >>
National interest in protecting GE-free food
Tuesday, 23 September 2003, 2:19 pm | GE Free NZ
Otago GE research confirms national interest in protecting GE-free food supply despite its flawed conclusions. An Otago Business School study into food manufacturer concerns about quality of supplies confirms the need to protect 100% GE-Free production in ... More >>
