Foreign Affair’s Stance on GM Liability Provokes Laughter at Talks
New Zealand negotiators at a conference on liability for GMOs have effectively proposed that the four year programme to develop an international liability regime should aim at agreeing no …
Innocent Property Owners Set to Pay for Contamination Cleanups
The Ministry for the Environment (MFE) is paving the way for property owners to be forced to pay for the cleanup of contamination that they did not know about …
Risk of Massive Transfer of Liability for Contaminated Land Clean-up
A massive transfer of liability to innocent parties is set to take place unless Government puts new measures in place to fund cleanup of contaminated sites.
MFE estimates that the …
Portrait of a Future New Zealand
The Sustainability Council is hosting an art auction on 11 November at the Tamaki Yacht Club, Mission Bay.
Download the calaogue here: Auction Catalogue: Portrait Future NZ
Leaving GM Contaminated Crops in the Ground Goes Against Market Realities
The recommendation by a Parliamentary select committee that GM contaminated crops be allowed to remain in the ground goes against market realities. Exporters cannot sell contaminated products to buyers …
New Means to Check GM Contamination in Seed Imports
New practices for supplying maize seed to New Zealand demonstrate how the policy of zero tolerance to GM contaminated seed can be maintained at little or no cost to …
Cradle to Grave Subsidies for GMO Development
Government has approved new blanket subsidies for GM developers that complete the cradle to the grave state assistance programme for GMOs, said Sustainability Council Executive Director Simon Terry.
Under the …
ABARE Report on GM Economics Ignores Consumer Rejection
A report projecting huge economic losses for Australia and New Zealand if GM crops are not adopted leaves out of its modelling the widespread consumer rejection of GM food, …
Anderton’s Stance Shows Importance of GM Food Restraint
The Progressive Coalition’s decision to vote against the NOOM Bill demonstrates the importance of legal restraints on the growing of GM food said Sustainability Council Executive Director Simon Terry. …
