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Busy agenda for Costello visit

Thursday, 13 February 2003, 10:48 am | New Zealand Government

The future direction of CER will be high on the agenda when Australian Treasurer Peter Costello visits New Zealand next week as the guest of Finance Minister Michael Cullen. More >>

Reserve Bank board appointment

Thursday, 13 February 2003, 10:47 am | New Zealand Government

Rt Hon Ted Thomas, DCNZM, QC, has been appointed a non-executive director of the Reserve Bank for a term of five years from the beginning of next month. More >>

Guest night boom great news for Auckland tourism

Thursday, 13 February 2003, 9:13 am | New Zealand Government

Statistics New Zealand's latest accommodation survey shows more great news for the Auckland region's high-achieving tourism sector, Auckland Issues Minister Judith Tizard said today. More >>

Agriculture Paper Meets Some Reform Objectives

Thursday, 13 February 2003, 9:08 am | New Zealand Government

The draft World Trade Organisation agriculture paper was "like the proverbial curate's egg ? good in parts", Trade Negotiations Minister Jim Sutton said today. More >>

Public consultation on amendments to the HSNO Act

Wednesday, 12 February 2003, 5:13 pm | New Zealand Government

In September 2002, the Ministry for the Environment circulated a public discussion paper Improving the operation of the HSNO Act for new organisms. More >>

About the Royal Commission on Genetic Modification

Wednesday, 12 February 2003, 5:12 pm | New Zealand Government

The Royal Commission on Genetic Modification was established in May 2000 to report to the government on the options available to New Zealand to deal with genetic modification and to advise on appropriate changes to the relevant laws and policies. More >>

Other work underway to implement decisions

Wednesday, 12 February 2003, 5:11 pm | New Zealand Government

Today's announcements of the government's proposals for amending the Hazardous Substances and New Organisms (HSNO) Act 1996 are the latest steps in implementing the recommendations of the Royal Commission on Genetic Modification (RCGM). More >>

Next steps

Wednesday, 12 February 2003, 5:10 pm | New Zealand Government

The proposed changes to the Hazardous Substances and New Organisms (HSNO) Act 1996 announced today will now go to the Parliamentary Counsel Office to be drafted into a bill. That is scheduled to be introduced to Parliament by the middle of April and ... More >>

Work progressing on Treaty principles amendments

Wednesday, 12 February 2003, 5:10 pm | New Zealand Government

The government says work is proceeding to decide how the Hazardous Substances and New Organisms (HSNO) Act 1996 can be amended to more appropriately reflect the Treaty of Waitangi relationship between Maori and the Crown. More >>

Institutional Biological Safety Committees

Wednesday, 12 February 2003, 5:09 pm | New Zealand Government

The Environmental Risk Management Authority (ERMA) is the organisation responsible for saying yes or no to applications to develop, test, import or release genetically modified organisms in New Zealand. More >>

Proposals to streamline laboratory research

Wednesday, 12 February 2003, 5:08 pm | New Zealand Government

The government is proposing a series of amendments to the Hazardous Substances and New Organisms (HSNO) Act 1996 to streamline the decision-making process for contained laboratory research in genetically-modified organisms (GMOs) and to tighten the law ... More >>

"Fast-track" for emergency medicines

Wednesday, 12 February 2003, 5:07 pm | New Zealand Government

The government has announced changes it wants to make to the law to speed up the assessment and approval of animal and human medicines, vaccines and pesticides that contain new organisms – including genetically-modified organisms – or hazardous substances ... More >>

Hazardous Substances and New Organisms Act

Wednesday, 12 February 2003, 5:06 pm | New Zealand Government

The Hazardous Substances and New Organisms Act – generally known as the HSNO Act – was passed in June 1996 and was aimed at streamlining and updating the system for managing the risks from hazardous substances and new organisms (including genetically-modified ... More >>

Amendments to improve HSNO Act operations

Wednesday, 12 February 2003, 5:05 pm | New Zealand Government

The government has announced its proposed changes to the Hazardous Substances and New Organisms Act 1996 to improve the way it works for decisions on organisms that are new to New Zealand. More >>

Strict civil liability and civil penalties regime

Wednesday, 12 February 2003, 5:04 pm | New Zealand Government

Government proposals for changes to legislation governing new organisms (including genetically modified organisms) include amendments to the HSNO Act to impose both a strict civil liability and civil penalties regime in cases where an activity breaches ... More >>

Minister's call-in powers extended

Wednesday, 12 February 2003, 5:03 pm | New Zealand Government

The government is proposing to add cultural, spiritual or ethical effects to the list of grounds under which the Minister for the Environment could step in to decide on an application for the introduction of a new hazardous substance or new organism ... More >>