July 2014

Opportunity to make submissions supporting Whangarei District Council & Far North District Council GMO Plan change


Great news!

Opportunity to make submissions supporting Whangarei District Council & Far North District Council GMO Plan change

Whangarei District Council and Far North District Council recently publicly notified their collaborative GMO Plan change to BAN all GMO releases and make any EPA approved outdoor GE experiments/ field trials a Discretionary activity, subject to additional local stringent requirements (that the HSNO Act does NOT require!)  This is in alignment with Auckland Council, who has already begun the process through its proposed Unitary Plan consultation.

Please support our Northern councils innovative work to protect our biosecurity, unique biodiversity, existing non GM primary producers, our economy and the public health from the risks of outdoor use of GMOs.

See GE Free Northland easy submission guide at www.gefree.org.nz/action-templates/

 

 

WHANGAREI DISTRICT COUNCIL and FAR NORTH DISTRICT COUNCIL collaborative GMO Plan change

(This is a collaborative GMO Plan change, in alignment with Auckland Council, so please make supportive submissions to both FNDC and WDC).

Deadline: 9 September 2014 but let's start writing submissions now!

Key points for easy submission writing will be provided by GE Free Northland available by ringing GE Free Northland (09 4322155) or emailing us: linda.grammer@gmail.com   We need thousands of supportive submissions for this innovative Plan change, in the interests of Northland farmers, horticulturists, beekeepers, foresters, gardeners and other ratepayers.

NORTHERN COMMUNITIES WANT STRICTER GE CONTROLS

GE Free Northland Press Release

2 July 2014
NORTHERN COMMUNITIES WANT STRICTER GE CONTROLS

GE FREE Northland welcomes the news that Far North District Council and Whangarei District Council voted unanimously last week to jointly publicly notify the GMO Plan Change to ban all GMO releases and make any EPA approved outdoor GE experiments/ field trials a Discretionary activity (subject to additional local requirements that the Hazardous Substances and New Organisms Act does not require).

"This process is in keeping with the proposed collaborative GMO Plan change with Auckland Council, who has already begun the process through the proposed Auckland Unitary Plan," said Martin Robinson, spokesman for GE Free Northland.