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GE-Free group backs Chief Scientist

Friday, 7 February 2003, 1:58 pm | GE Free NZ

GE Free New Zealand in Food and Environment supports Chief scientist Kieran Elborough for highlighting researchers ability to use Biotechnology in a responsible manner that prevents irreversible release of GE organisms. More >>

ERMA setting "second rate" standards

Wednesday, 5 February 2003, 7:56 am | GE Free NZ

The Environmental Risk Management Authority (ERMA) is setting second-rate standards for Risk Management says a report submitted to the Government's team undertaking a review of the Agency. More >>

New Zealand Taxpayer 'designer' cows. Buyer beware

Thursday, 30 January 2003, 12:22 am | GE Free NZ

New Zealand taxpayer funded 'designer' cows has cost New Zealand over 12 million dollars for15 transgenic cows already. The private/ public partnership of PPL and AgResearch has bred only eleven 'Casein-plus' cows from 120 surrogate cows over two ... More >>

Biosecurity threat as Farmers won't comply

Wednesday, 29 January 2003, 11:04 am | GE Free NZ

A survey showing almost half of US farmers won't comply with basic record-keeping for GE crops adds to doubts that it will ever be feasible for MAF to regulate co-existence of GE and non-GE agriculture in New Zealand. More >>

Untested milk from cloned cows

Wednesday, 29 January 2003, 10:25 am | GE Free NZ

Untested milk from cloned cows should not be described as 'enhanced' or potential medical cure. Surprise at taxpayer funded research into foods consumers find distasteful. More >>

NZ Brand Image threatened

Wednesday, 29 January 2003, 10:08 am | GE Free NZ

Agresearch has gone public with revelations that GE cows promoted to the New Zealand public as offering miracle cures are aimed at altering dairy products for human consumption and to increase profits of cheese manufacturers. More >>

CF loses A Great Advocate in Dame Susan Devoy

Monday, 27 January 2003, 12:59 am | GE Free NZ

The Cystic Fibrosis foundation has lost a great advocate in Dame Susan Devoy. Cystic fibrosis and the pain it causes mothers with children who suffer from the disease is terrible but has nothing to do with the GE debate. More >>

Biotech Industry fails to control products

Thursday, 23 January 2003, 9:31 am | GE Free NZ

Illegal GE seeds spread as Biotech Industry fails to control products - Major companies pushing GE in agriculture are failing to ensure their products are kept under control. There is an urgent need to make companies comply with international regulations by ... More >>

Swiss sail ahead with 'GE-free' vote

Thursday, 23 January 2003, 9:29 am | GE Free NZ

As well as leading the world in competitive sailing the Swiss are set to lead the way for GE-Free agriculture after Farmers voted to support a 5 year moratorium on GE agriculture in Switzerland. More >>

Judicial review of ERMA’s cow decision welcomed

Thursday, 16 January 2003, 2:06 pm | GE Free NZ

MAdGE has filed for a judicial review on the latest decision by ERMA. The application by AgResearch asked that approval be given to an indeterminate range of transgenic experiments using human, mouse, deer and sheep genes over ten years. The application ... More >>

Community backing for legal challenge on GE Cows

Wednesday, 15 January 2003, 12:18 am | GE Free NZ

Moves to have a judicial review of ERMA's approval of animal experiments inserting human genes into cows has the support of GE-Free NZ (in food and environment) after the government said the experiments will not be open to scrutiny by the new Bio Ethics ... More >>

GE Free New Zealand in Food and Environment

Thursday, 9 January 2003, 12:05 am | GE Free NZ

Contamination fears realised, but NZ government continues to ignore overseas reports. Labour led government seems set on economic sabotage for this country by its irrational policy to release GMO's in NZ in nine months time. This despite recent reports of ... More >>

The Use Of Human Reproductive Cloning Condemned

Tuesday, 31 December 2002, 12:20 pm | GE Free NZ

The claim by the UFO worshipping cult the Raëlians that through their work a 31 year old American woman has given birth to the first cloned human being has been met with skepticism and condemnation by GE Free NZ spokesperson on Transhuman Eugenics Tremane ... More >>

Lessons to be learnt from Pacific Seeds incident

Friday, 20 December 2002, 12:06 am | GE Free NZ

GE Free New Zealand Press Release Urgent lessons to be learnt from independent review of Pacific Seeds incident. Government decision to 'proceed with caution' exposes New Zealand to yet more contamination. An independent review shows that there are ... More >>

The Challenge of 'Poison Chalice' of GE Cows

Thursday, 12 December 2002, 10:58 am | GE Free NZ

The appointment of the Bio Ethics Council is a long-overdue step in the direction of ensuring an ethical foundation for technology in this country, but the Council must immediately address existing breaches of fundamental community values if it ... More >>

Warning signals fatal flaws in GM food labelling

Thursday, 5 December 2002, 10:04 pm | GE Free NZ

The Australian / New Zealand labelling regime for genetically engineered food coming into force at the end of this week is fatally flawed and exposes the public to unacceptable health risks. GE-Free New Zealand in food and environment are demanding the government ... More >>

Government Needs to Come Clean on Human Cloning

Monday, 2 December 2002, 9:12 am | GE Free NZ

Government Needs to Come Clean on Human Reproductive Cloning 28.11.02 Continuing claims by cloning advocates Severino Antinori and the UFO worshipping cult group the Raellians that they have women close to giving birth to the first cloned human ... More >>