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Campaigners condemn more GE animal experiments
Monday, 26 November 2001, 1:40 pm | GE Free NZ
GE-Free campaigners condemn threats to New Zealand's marketing image and cultural values from more GE animal experiments. AgResearch push for GE trials for sheep with unidentified end use. More >>
Cloning Of Humans Heralds A Sci-Fi Future
Monday, 26 November 2001, 1:38 pm | GE Free NZ
Cloning of humans heralds a sci-fi future. Human values challenged by spectre of medical-murder and eugenics The news today that human embryos have been successfully cloned by Advanced Cell Technology raises ethical concerns around the world. The ... More >>
Doubt Exists Over GE Animals In Human Food Chain
Wednesday, 21 November 2001, 2:58 pm | GE Free NZ
GE Free New Zealand is concerned the government is being cynical in its attempt to avoid the ethical issues raised at the Royal Commission on GE animals, and doubt that government will guarantee that animals used as bioreactors will not enter the ... More >>
Govt Will Be Implicated In Unethical Experiments
Tuesday, 20 November 2001, 9:40 am | GE Free NZ
Government Will Be Implicated In Unethical Experiments If It Does Not Act On Transgenic Animals More >>
Woolworth's Brand's go "GE-Free"
Friday, 16 November 2001, 2:10 pm | GE Free NZ
GE-Free New Zealand is welcoming the decision by Woolworths, one of New Zealand's major supermarkets and owners of Big Fresh, to make their own products GE-Free. More >>
Another City goes GE-Free
Friday, 16 November 2001, 11:13 am | GE Free NZ
Thursday 15 November Another City goes GE-Free. Labour Party members embrace a vision for New Zealand business. More >>
Public Backing expected for Mayors' GM boycott
Tuesday, 13 November 2001, 5:36 pm | GE Free NZ
Public Backing expected for Mayors' "GM boycott" as supermarket looks to law to block consumer action. More >>
Heated debate over GE-Free future
Tuesday, 13 November 2001, 11:25 am | GE Free NZ
Criticism of consultation-costs raises fear of secret experiments to sideline public scrutiny. Monday 12th November There was heated debate at a public meeting at Sunnybrae School, Auckland North Shore, when Environment Minister Marion Hobbs, spoke publicly ... More >>
Community backs GE-Free Campaigners with Award
Monday, 5 November 2001, 2:37 pm | GE Free NZ
GE Awareness Nelson group, won recognition within the local community on Friday, when it was a runner-up at the Eco-Fest environmental awards. This acknowledgement of the group's work to protect the environment comes at a time when GE free groups ... More >>
GE Free NZers Face Attacks From PM
Friday, 2 November 2001, 10:18 am | GE Free NZ
Public Majority Supporting A GE Free New Zealand Face Attacks From Prime Minister Shameful comments by our prime minister, describing majority public opinion as extremism and according to National radio comparing the public to the Taleban, show the lengths ... More >>
Need for local GE Free zones highlighted
Tuesday, 30 October 2001, 4:39 pm | GE Free NZ
The need for local GE Free zones has been highlighted by Labour's GE package. Under the guise of a moratorium, there appear to be no constraints on extensive commercial GE releases across the nation. Labour has effectively delivered us into the hands ... More >>
Hundreds of delegates hear concern at GM dairy
Monday, 29 October 2001, 2:21 pm | GE Free NZ
Public resistance to GE/GM dairy foods was at the top of the agenda at the Global Dairy Summit which opened in Auckland today. More >>
Continued Erosion Of Labelling Laws On GE Foods
Thursday, 25 October 2001, 11:45 am | GE Free NZ
Continued Erosion Of Labelling Laws On GE Foods And New Zealand Sovereignty. Lack of labelling of GE foods is perpetuated year on year by governments worldwide resulting in a lack of choice for the consumer, the majority of whom would prefer to eat GM ... More >>
GE Free NZ support the Greens
Friday, 19 October 2001, 10:12 am | GE Free NZ
GE Free NZ support the Greens in their stance and urge the government to make a stand on behalf of the people it represents. More >>
ERMA email to Life Sciences Network concerns
Tuesday, 16 October 2001, 11:33 am | GE Free NZ
Hort Research agrees to mitigate perceived risk to the soil environment. ERMA email to pro GE lobby Life Sciences Network shows lack of transparency. More >>
Consumer anger grows at 2-year labels delay push
Thursday, 11 October 2001, 6:12 pm | GE Free NZ
The already flawed system for GE labelling planned by the Australia and New Zealand Food Authority (ANZFA) is to be further eroded as goods containing GE ingredients, already manufactured, will be given at least another year on the shelves without ... More >>
GE Free Lobby Object To "Taleban" Label
Monday, 8 October 2001, 2:18 pm | GE Free NZ
Public reject Life Sciences lobby labelling teachers, students and concerned citizens as Taleban. Commercial interests deny uninsurable and incalculable risk from field trials, whilst scaremongering with hysterical talk of cholera epidemics. More >>
Fonterra to protect New Zealand 'image'
Monday, 24 September 2001, 1:05 pm | GE Free NZ
Fonterra to protect New Zealand 'image' by separate marketing of cancer-scare milk under US brand-name NZ dairy giant Fonterra says it will market milk produced in the US using a genetically engineered hormone but will ensure New Zealand milk is ... More >>
Hopeful Outlook For NZ's GE Free Agriculture
Monday, 10 September 2001, 10:31 am | GE Free NZ
Hopeful Outlook For New Zealand's GE Free Agriculture, Exports And Economy Signs that Helen Clark may well preserve our options by keeping New Zealand free of GE releases are welcomed by GE Free New Zealand in Food and Environment. 'New Zealand's ... More >>
Yet Another Public Petition To Marian Hobbs
Tuesday, 4 September 2001, 3:10 pm | GE Free NZ
Only days after 10,000 people walk for GE Free New Zealand, yet another public petition to Marian Hobbs. More >>
