Canadians Contradict Government Assurances on GM
Government assurances that export markets will not be affected by GM plantings in New Zealand are contradicted by a previously secret paper from a country that Government cites as …
Financial Fitness Should be Requirement for GM Release
Developers applying to release GM organisms will face fewer compulsory checks on their financial fitness than a bank would make on someone looking for a mortgage on their home, …
Government Yet to Set GM Contamination Limits
Government has yet to specify what levels of GM contamination will be officially tolerated beyond a GM farmer’s boundary said Sustainability Council Executive Director Simon Terry.
The Royal Commission on …
United Paints Misleading Picture on GM Economics
United Future leader Peter Dunne yesterday ventured into the debate over GM release with a media statement that paints an entirely misleading picture of what is at stake for …
Environmental Regulator Left to Make Key Economic Calls
A select committee review of proposed GM legislation has left a fundamental economic question to an environmental regulator, ERMA said Sustainability Council Executive Director Simon Terry.
Instead of recommending that …
Council welcomes NZ First announcement
The Sustainability Council welcomes the NZ First announcement that GM food production should be treated differently from other GM applications and that more time is required before the current …
Popular support for NZ Remaining a GM Free Food Producer
70% of New Zealanders would support this country’s food production remaining GM Free, according to a new Colmar Brunton poll.
“Legislation now before Parliament should provide for New Zealand remaining …
The Case for NZ Remaining a GM Free Food Producer
The Sustainability Council has released a new policy proposal: that New Zealand remain a GM Free Food Producer for the next five years.
This would mean no commercial production of GM food …
80% Support for NZ Growing only GM Free Food
Note: See also the media release of 16 August detailing a separate poll with respect to New Zealand remaining a GM Free Food Producer. This subsequent poll does not specify …
