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ERMA slammed for not warning Minister about cows
Thursday, 8 August 2002, 10:42 am | GE Free NZ
Approval for GE experiments 'out -of-control': ERMA slammed for not warning Minister about GE cows. Hodgson asked to intervene. More >>
Plea To Use Call In Powers For Animal Experiments
Tuesday, 6 August 2002, 3:55 pm | GE Free NZ
The Minister overseeing ERMA's application of the HSNO Act has been asked to "call in" a proposal from AgResearch to produce GE cows incorporating human, mice, deer, sheep and a range of genes from other organisms. More >>
ERMA rules out role for Bio Ethics Council
Monday, 5 August 2002, 1:47 pm | GE Free NZ
Boycott warning as ERMA rules out role for Bio Ethics Council in approving Agresearch's plans for cows with human genes More >>
Maize Seed Tested But Other Seeds Remain Untested
Thursday, 1 August 2002, 1:00 pm | GE Free NZ
GE Free New Zealand is happy to see that all maize imports will continue to be tested but believes the seed protocol released today by MAF does not go far enough to prevent contaminated seeds from entering the country. Zero tolerance and the testing of all ... More >>
PM 'Misled' Over GE Contamniation
Monday, 29 July 2002, 9:43 am | GE Free NZ
Prime Minister misled or "blinded" to overseas lessons on GM. Government warned to keep biotech industry at arm's length. More >>
Public funding of GE ads "Unacceptable"
Thursday, 25 July 2002, 12:52 am | GE Free NZ
It is totally unacceptable for Science Minister Pete Hodgeson to justify public money being used to help fund the Life Science Network's campaign promoting GE release advertised in national papers on Wednesday 24th July. An inquiry into public funding ... More >>
GE Ads. High On Emotion And Short On Facts
Wednesday, 24 July 2002, 1:35 pm | GE Free NZ
The Life Sciences Network is itself guilty of "modifying" facts in their full-page advertising campaign in today's papers, says Jon Carapiet, a spokesperson for GE-Free NZ (in food and environment). More >>
GE Free NZ Erects Election Choice Billboards
Tuesday, 23 July 2002, 3:52 pm | GE Free NZ
GE free NZ has is erecting billboards initially at sites in Auckland and Wellington that highlight the crossroads facing us at this election. More >>
LSN warned: listen to public- don't "modify" us
Tuesday, 23 July 2002, 3:22 pm | GE Free NZ
Biotech Industry urged to respect community values rather than "modify" them, and warned to keep pharmaceutical-GM out of the food chain. More >>
Demand For Inquiry Into GE Maize Planting
Wednesday, 10 July 2002, 11:35 am | GE Free NZ
The decision by the government to allow GE-contaminated maize to planted in New Zealand shows an alarming level of duplicity and further undermines public confidence in the government policy on GM bio-security. More >>
Government Suppression of GM liabilty Report
Tuesday, 9 July 2002, 11:48 am | GE Free NZ
The Governments decision to suppress a new report on liabilty for GE damage and ignore Official Information Act requests for its release are anti-democratic and will undermine open public debate about the issue. More >>
Sustainability Council Stand On GE Welcomed
Wednesday, 3 July 2002, 12:09 am | GE Free NZ
Support for Prominent New Zealander's Stand on GE and National Party's 'Rethink' on moratorium. Government urged to release new Liability report. More >>
Minister Lends Ear to GE-Cows Protest
Thursday, 27 June 2002, 2:22 pm | GE Free NZ
Protesters concerned that new experiments to copy human genes into cows are unethical today urged the environment Minister Marion Hobbs to intervene. More >>
GE Cows and GE Trees Protest
Wednesday, 26 June 2002, 10:07 am | GE Free NZ
GE Free New Zealand In Food And Environment Inc. PO Box 693, Nelson gefree@ts.co.nz www.gefree.org.nz More >>
Labour's "Miracle" GM Policy Fatally Flawed
Monday, 24 June 2002, 10:06 am | GE Free NZ
Crunch -time for Labour's "Miracle" policy for agriculture as Australians admit GE-Free zones are doomed. More >>
GE Release: Time To Stop And Think
Saturday, 22 June 2002, 6:01 pm | GE Free NZ
Banners opposing the release of GE into the environment were this morning raised on the Dunedin Town Hall. Sadly this is the avenue left by a government that will not listen to the people. 62% of people are opposed to the release of Genetic Organisms ... More >>
ERMA slammed over decision to delay cows hearing
Friday, 14 June 2002, 8:48 am | GE Free NZ
Public hearings on controversial experiments to genetically modify cows with a cocktail of genes and clone them has been delayed by ERMA, till after the general election. More >>
Govt Putting Business Before Bio-Ethics
Tuesday, 11 June 2002, 4:41 pm | GE Free NZ
NZ government criticised for putting business before Bio-Ethics. Prime Minister urged to follow Switzerland and make pre-election gesture of 5-year moratorium on GE crops. More >>
Consumer call for govt to act to support choice
Friday, 7 June 2002, 2:33 pm | GE Free NZ
Sitting on the fence at international fora is not good enough say GE free New Zealand in Food and Environment. GE Free New Zealand believe New Zealand's representation at Codex international food standards meetings fails to adequately address consumer ... More >>
New Zealand urged to take moral stand on GE
Friday, 7 June 2002, 2:32 pm | GE Free NZ
New Zealand urged to take moral stand on 5-year global moratorium as Chinese reveal Damage from GE Cotton. The New Zealand government should take a lead as it has done through its nuclear-free stand, and help developing nations by backing a global moratorium ... More >>
