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Has New Zealand Dodged The GE Bullet?
Tuesday, 7 April 2026, 2:56 pm | GE Free New Zealand
Whilst New Zealand has not adopted GE crops, some other countries have done so, with the two main genetically modified crops being either resistant to herbicides or are engineered to produce insecticides. More >>
NZ Biosecurity Threatened From FSANZ Trojan Horse GE Purple Tomato Approval
Friday, 16 January 2026, 9:21 am | GE Free New Zealand
The GE purple tomato contains extremely high antioxidant levels and was approved without safety tests on the potential dangers from allergens or long term health impacts, created by the engineering process. More >>
Majority Of Submitters Opposed The Gene Technology Bill
Monday, 14 July 2025, 3:10 pm | GE Free New Zealand
Of the 14947 submissions received by the Health Select Committee on the Gene Technology Bill 97% were opposed to its passing into law. More >>
Farmers Must Be Told The Truth About GE Ryegrass Performance
Friday, 27 June 2025, 3:01 pm | GE Free New Zealand
The AgResearch $25 million GE rye grass trials conducted from 2017-2022, found that the field trials results did not meet the expected performance end points. More >>
Countdown GMO Impossible Burger Goes To Commerce Commission
Monday, 9 May 2022, 6:02 pm | GE Free New Zealand
Hopes have been dashed that Countdown would consider it unethical to mislead customers about use of unsustainable GMO soy by the Impossible Burger, and would label it voluntarily. GMO soy is of consumer concern for environmental reasons and many people don't want ... More >>
Kiwi Gardeners' Familiar Herbicide Pulled From US Shelves
Monday, 2 August 2021, 5:22 am | GE Free New Zealand
One of the most widely applied herbicides, used by New Zealand home gardeners, is being withdrawn from plant shops and supermarket shelves by its maker in the USA. Bayer has announced that it is withdrawing all its proprietary glyphosate - based ... More >>
Gene Editing A Hot Debate
Wednesday, 28 October 2020, 4:05 pm | GE Free New Zealand
Industry lobbying for deregulation of gene editing (GE) is reigniting the public concern for protecting New Zealand's agricultural export reputation and environment. Dr. Jon Hickford recently chaired a forum with speakers from industry and Crown Research ... More >>
Precautionary Provisions On Genetic Engineering Are Welcome
Thursday, 18 June 2020, 2:15 pm | GE Free New Zealand
The Northland Regional Council (NRC), after continuing to monitor the Genetically Modified Organisms (GMO), issue has reviewed its position and, in a meeting on Tuesday 16 June, passed a motion to include provisions in the Proposed Northland Regional ... More >>
Are Australian GE Regulators Threatening New Zealand’s Food Chain?
Friday, 13 March 2020, 12:38 pm | GE Free New Zealand
Friends of the Earth Australia have uncovered disturbing evidence that the Office of the Gene Technology Regulator (OGTR) in Australia is allowing a number of gene editing (GE) techniques to be used in animals with no regulation at all. Friends ... More >>
We Mourn The Passing Of A Great New Zealander
Sunday, 8 March 2020, 4:54 pm | GE Free New Zealand
The news of Jeanette Fitzsimons sudden passing is a cause of great sadness and a time to remember and honour a great New Zealander. Jeanette was a voice for a vision of a better future, not just for Aotearoa but the whole world. Her calm and thoughtful ... More >>
New Ryegrass Benefits Farmers, Export Reputation, And Environment
Saturday, 29 February 2020, 11:03 am | GE Free New Zealand
Farmers can breathe a sigh of relief as they move into autumn. The future promise of a new high lipid ryegrass developed by conventional breeding and not using any gene editing or transgenic techniques shows that through innovation and foresight ... More >>
Scientists Warn about risks of Gene Editing Deregulation
Sunday, 26 May 2019, 12:29 pm | GE Free New Zealand
Scientists Warn about risks of Gene Editing Deregulation A Gene Drive (GE) study by three independent European scientific organisations* warn of the risks of gene drives being promoted for use in predator control and against deregulation. [1] More >>
Is Air Zealand disregarding regulations?
Friday, 6 July 2018, 3:01 pm | GE Free New Zealand
Air NZ is selling a genetically engineered vegan burger on its Los angeles to Auckland flights. [1] however, its legality has been questioned as it has escaped food safety regulation. [2] More >>
Minister urged to call for a review of the GM rice
Tuesday, 23 January 2018, 10:09 am | GE Free New Zealand
GE Free NZ is calling on the Minister for Food Safety, Hon Damien O’Connor, as a member of the Ministerial Council to request that Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) review the draft of their GM rice approval (A1138). More >>
GMO Potatoes Are A Threat To Public Health
Tuesday, 13 June 2017, 10:11 am | GE Free New Zealand
Allowing GE potatoes into the food chain in New Zealand would be a mistake and threaten public health. For the first time a GMO version of a staple food—not just oils derived from GE crops, is set to be signed off by authorities. More >>
Advantage of NZ's GE-Free Export Positioning
Thursday, 4 May 2017, 9:36 am | GE Free New Zealand
The ability for regions to declare themselves GE-Free in crops, forestry, and grasses won with the support of the Maori Party is a marketing advantage. More >>
Protect Your Communities’ Right to Keep Territories GM Free
Tuesday, 4 April 2017, 10:27 am | GE Free New Zealand
It is crunch time for GM Free regions this week, as a critical stage of the Resource Legislation Amendment Bill looms. More >>
Minister's Plan Threatens Economic Sabotage
Friday, 10 March 2017, 11:28 am | GE Free New Zealand
The government’s Resource Legislation Amendment Bill (RLA) threatens changes to environmental legislation. [1] The manipulations by Nick Smith pave the way for destruction of New Zealand’s economic advantage and further loss of valuable habitat. [2] More >>
Public funds wasted as AgResearch trials GE ryegrass in US
Thursday, 2 February 2017, 3:22 pm | GE Free New Zealand
New Zealand taxpayer research funds are being channelled to overseas partners to find a 'magic bullet' instead of being applied to practical solutions that will benefit New Zealand farmers today. More >>
Minister's Threat to Modify Democracy Is A Step Too Far
Monday, 1 August 2016, 11:52 am | GE Free New Zealand
Minister's Threat to Modify Democracy Is A Step Too Far The Minister for the Environment, Dr. Nick Smith, is due to approve the National Environmental Standards for Plantation Forestry (NES-PF).[1] The Ministry of Primary Industries received over 16,000 submissions ... More >>
