GE FREE RALLY 16 NOVEMBER 2002
Address by Dr. Jane Kelsey, Professor of Law at Auckland University and member of Action, Research and Education Network of Aotearoa (ARENA)
Question: What does so-called 'free trade' have to do with GE?
Answer: Absolutely everything! No to GE means No the Wor...
GE-Free New Zealand in food and environment NEWS - PRESS RELEASES 31/10/2006
GM cauliflower, cabbage and broccoli - Field Trial
GE Free NZ says the application submitted by Crop and Food to ERMA for a field trial on GM cauliflower, cabbage and broccoli should be halted.
They regard the appli...
Whangarei District Council Media Release - (11 September 2008)
Whangarei Mayor Stan Semenoff has strongly endorsed calls for the Northland and Auckland Regional Councils to ban field trialling or release of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) until all issues surrounding them are resolved.
Wh...
Are GM foods contributing to the huge rise in food allergies and anaphylaxis?
Source: http://www.madge.org.au/health.php
See also http://www.madge.org.au/Docs/allergy-report.pdf to read the updated full report into allergies in Australia (Updated 2008-09-25)
MADGE looked at the approvals...
Conclusion:
There is an urgent need to investigate whether GM foods are involved in the
phenomenal rise in allergies and anaphylaxis in Australia.
Summary of findings:
- A GM pea caused mice to become allergic to egg
- The allergy tests done on this GM pea were far more thorough than any alle...
Sunday, 25 January 2009, 12:09 pm Press Release: GE Free NZ Public Forced to Pay for Officials to Investigate GE Trial Breach Date: 24th January 2009 Representatives from the NGO community-group GE-Free NZ and the Soil and Health Association met with Federated Farmers, OANZ, HortNZ and MAFBNZ to...
GE FREE NORTHLAND Press Release
10 April 2009
GE FREE NORTHLAND is delighted that Auckland and Northland communities will have an opportunity to air their views on genetic engineering and give their opinion on how the Auckland and Northland councils should deal with field trials and/or commerc...
Consensus among leading experts - genes are not carriers of isolated traits
The result of genetic engineering is inherently unpredictable
Gene technology is based on the belief that genes are carriers of single traits. So it was believed that you can transfer traits by transferring single gene...
Inadequate safety assessment of GE foods
It is a scientifically well recognized fact that genetic engineering can cause the appearance of unexpected very harmful substances. Therefore a very careful procedure is necessary for establishing the safety of GE foods. However this is not the case.
In s...
Tuesday, 14 April 2009, 9:19 am Press Release: GE Free NZ GM Crop Failure Offers a Cautionary Warning For Farmers New Zealand farmers must learn from the experience of farmers overseas and resist pressure to weaken regulations around the safety of genetically engineered organisms (GEO’s), from group...
GE FREE NZ Press Release 7 June 2009 In a precedent setting case, the High Court has upheld the appeal by GE Free NZ in Food and Environment against ERMA and AgResearch. After 12 weeks of deliberation, Justice Clifford found that ERMA erred in receiving the applications from AgResearch and has decla...
11 June 2009: Auckland Regional Council Media release A High Court ruling overturning the government’s Environmental Risk Management Authority (ERMA) decision to accept GMO applications from AgResearch is applauded by the Auckland Regional Council (ARC). In 2007, the ARC adopted a precautionary posi...
GE FREE NORTHLAND Press Release 15 June 2009
GE FREE NORTHLAND applauds a High Court ruling that has overturned ERMA's (Environmental Risk Management Authority) decision to accept applications from AgResearch to release GM animals throughout New Zealand.
The Auckland Regional Council's (ARC) el...
GE TELEPHONE POLL IN AUCKLAND AND NORTHLAND PENINSULA (COLMAR BRUNTON)
GE FREE NORTHLAND is putting out this alert to let you know that the Auckland Regional Council and most of the territorial authorities north of Auckland right up to Cape Reinga have carried out collaborative community consultat...
NZ FARMERS WEEKLY "GE free status big plus for NZ"
18 August 2009, p. l4
New Zealand's GM-free status is worth potentially huge money for us says John Bostock.
The Hawke's Bay-based entrepreneur and food exporter said he made a significant premium on export maize to Japan and Korea compared wi...
www.nzherald.co.nz/environment/news/article.cfm?c_id=39&objectid=10589929&pnum=0
Jon Carapiet: AgResearch proposals tantamount to economic suicide
4:00AM Tuesday Aug 11, 2009
NZ HERALD
Jon Carapiet says flirtations with genetic modification put our clean-green brand at risk.
The recent op...
- Animals have become seriously ill or died from Genetically Engineered (GE) foods
- Hazardous genes from GE foods that you eat can become inserted into your own genes
- An unexpected poison killed 37 persons eating a food supplement produced by GE bacteria. This disaster was not coincidental:
- To...
Thursday, 22 October 2009 19:48 GM food can cause cancer Down to Earth, October 31 2009 http://downtoearth.org.in/full6.asp?foldername=20091031&filename;=inv&sec;_id=14&sid;=1 French scientist Gilles-Eric Seralini unmasked the dangers of genetically modified brinjal, almost approved for commercial...
Food Safety Minister Kate Wilkinson needs to ensure a comprehensive review of the labeling of genetically engineered (GE) food ingredients and GE food safety in New Zealand, now that 40 different GE food applications have been approved for use in New Zealand, including foods derived from 61 GE plant...
Authority ignored corn risk - expert The Press (Christchurch) 12/11/09 Trans-Tasman food regulators knew nine years ago of the adverse effects of heating genetically modified (GM) crops, but still approved for human consumption a GM corn now withdrawn from Europe. A Canterbury University research ce...
www.stuff.co.nz/timaru-herald/news/national/3020246/ Europe balks at GE corn in NZ By PAUL GORMAN - The Press 02/11/2009 (Christchurch) A genetically engineered (GE) corn authorised as safe for New Zealanders to eat has been withdrawn from commercial development in Europe because of safety concerns...
Institute of Science in Society www.i-sis.org.uk/HighLysineGMMaize.php ISIS Press Release 11/11/09 High Lysine GM Maize Withdrawn, Safety Concerns A much touted second generation “nutritionally enhanced” GM crop bites the dust, as company fails to address serious health concerns; but don’t suppo...
call for letters to editor: in support of the complaint laid with the NZ Commerce Commission (by Zelka Grammer of Northland and also Soil & Health) against Inghams chicken company
letters from Aussies welcome!
(200 words maximum, pls provide your full contact details for the NZ HERALD editor)
ema...
www.greens.org.nz/press-releases/commission-ruling-highlights-need-pro per-ge-labelling
GREENS PRESS RELEASE
18 November 2009
COMMISSION RULING HIGHLIGHTS NEED FOR PROPER GE LABELLING
Today's Commerce Commission warning that Inghams' poultry risk breaching the Fair Trading Act by claiming ...
Support for Inghams from an Unlikely Source (GE FREE NZ Press Release 18 November 2009)
Chicken-producer Inghams, under fire for misleading consumers is being offered support from a most unlikely source: GE free NZ (in food and environment).
GE Free NZ has offered support to the manufacturer in...
www.northernadvocate.co.nz/local/news/zelka-takes-on-chicken-giants-and-wins/3906838/
Zelka takes on chicken giants and wins
NORTHERN ADVOCATE
by Rosemary Roberts
24th November 2009
DETERMINED: Zelka Grammer, whose complaint to the New Zealand Commerce Commission helped force Inghams Enterpr...
www.stuff.co.nz/auckland/northland/local-news/bay-chronicle/3095066/Inghams-slapped-for-TV-adverts
Inghams slapped for TV adverts
The Bay Chronicle , Northland
Last updated 26/11/2009
NORTHLAND/NZ ALERT: Zelka Grammer who questioned the claims.Relevant offers
Claiming to be GM-free might hav...
www.wdc.govt.nz/xml/ps.aspx?fn=/resources/13722/Communities-seek-stricter-regulation-of-GM-plants-and-animals.html
Communities seek stricter regulation of GM plants and animals
WHANGAREI DISTRICT COUNCIL Media Release - (9 December 2009)
Whangarei Mayor Stan Semenoff says it’s time the Northlan...
GE FREE NORTHLAND (NZ) Press Release l0 December 2009
LOCAL COMMUNITIES REJECT THE RISKS OF GMO LAND USE
The telephone poll on genetic engineering (GE), recently commissioned by the Northland/Auckland Councils, has clearly shown that Auckland and Northland residents would like either stricter r...
Public Give "Thumbs Up'"for Ban on GMO's
Most people across the Auckland and Northland region want companies using Genetically Modified Organisms (GMO’s) to be held strictly liable for damage, and in some areas most want a ban.
A poll conducted by a multi-council working group on regulation of G...
By Andrew M. Harris
Nov. 4 (Bloomberg) -- Bayer CropScience AG is responsible for financial damage sustained by Missouri farmers when their rice crops were contaminated by genetically modified seeds, the growers’ lawyer told a federal court jury in St. Louis.
Their trial is the first of a series t...
"Councils take action after poll reveals GE concern" 21 December 2009 NORTHERN ADVOCATE by Mike Barrington
Whangarei and Kaipara District councils have begun moves to tighten controls on the use of genetically modified organisms (GMOs).
...
Read the study and more here:
http://bytestyle.tv/node/219
letters to editor:
editor@northernadvocate.co.nz
**p. 6, Friday, 15th January 2010 RURAL ADVOCATE
"Big 'no' for GM food"
by Zelka Grammer, spokesperson
GE Free Northland
The results of a Colmar Brunton poll, commissioned by local authorities from Auckland north to Cape Reinga because of grow...
The results of the Colmar Brunton GE poll are out- the vast majority of
Northlanders are with us in opposing GMO land use on our patch.
Come party and celebrate all the hard work and victories we have achieved.
Sunday, 28th February 2010
GE FREE NORTHLAND Celebration at Parua Bay Tavern (3pm-8...
The Northland Age Thursday, 28 January 2010
GMOs seen as a risky business - Make users legally responsible: poll
The majority of Northlanders and Aucklanders want strict controls over any genetically-modified (GM) plants and animals grown in their areas, according to a Colmar Brunton poll condu...
With the cost of food recently skyrocketing – hitting not just shoppers but the poor and hungry in the developing world – genetically modified (GM) foods are once again being promoted as the way to feed the world. But this is little short of a confidence trick. Far from needing more GM foods, there...
http://gbweekly.co.nz/2010/3/24/visiting-ge-free-advocate-leaves-a-cautionary-message-protect-your-primary-producers
Visiting GE-free advocate leaves a cautionary message: protect your primary producers
GOLDEN BAY WEEKLY 25 March 2010
by Gerard Hindmarsh
Northland-based horticulturalist and GE-f...
GE FREE NORTHLAND
Press Release 1 April 2010
NORTHERN COUNCILS AGREE TO "LAST DITCH" EFFORT TO HAVE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT FIX FLAWED GE LEGISLATION
GE FREE Northland welcomes the news that Northland Regional Council (NRC) and Far North District Council (FNDC) have voted to join the other member cou...
GE FREE NORTHLAND Press Release
l6 April 2010
‘Carte Blanche’ GE Animal Decision Shows Value In GE Free Zones
GE Free Northland is appalled at the Environmental Risk Management Authority's (ERMA) decision to give an approval for genetic engineering of sheep, cows, and goats.
"This application sh...
Farmers Cope With Roundup-Resistant Weeds
Christopher Berkey for The New York Times
Jason Hamlin, a certified crop adviser and agronomist, looks for weeds resist...
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10642031
Mutant cows die in GM trial
By Eloise Gibson 4:00 AM Saturday May 1, 2010
NZ HERALD
Photo / Hawke's Bay TodayGenetically modified cows were born with ovaries that grew so large they caused ruptures and killed the animals.
The bung...
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10662711
National News
Lab errors leads to GE leak
NZ HERALD
By David Fisher
4:00 AM Sunday Aug 1, 2010
Photo / Glenn Jeffrey
A probe into the escape of genetically engineered plants from a government laboratory found scientists had left...
www.northernadvocate.co.nz/local/news/crown-entity-cowboys-irk-ge-opponents/3920084/
Crown entity 'cowboys' irk GE opponents
NORTHERN ADVOCATE
by
Lindy Laird Monday 23rd August 2010
A spokesperson for GE Free Northland says state-owned "cowboys" with a bad track record are trying to ride roughs...
CALL TO ACTION-**Opportunity**to stop an application for 4,000 GE pine trees in NZ
Scion (formerly “**Forest**Research”), a NZ Crown Research Institute, has lodged an application for GE pine trees
Please help us stop the use of GE trees in NZ, and protect Northland’s existing GE free sta...
Northland Regional Council "New Regional Policy Statement Discussion Document 2010"
(part of the NRC "Regional Policy Statement" Review) 25 November 2010
The Northland Regional Council is developing a new Regional Policy Statement (RPS), which happens once every ten years. The NRC has just release...
Media Release
Attention: Environment, Tourism, Business, Health, Science, Education, Food, Farming and Political Reporters
Soil & Health Association of New Zealand****
(Est. 1941)
Publishers of ORGANIC NZ
10 January 2011
100% Pure USA Drive Towards New Zealand As A GE Nation
Governments...
EU beekeepers stage win against GM crop producers
http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,14843153,00.html?maca=en-rss-en -environment-4553-rdf
Bees collect pollen from plants within a radius of three to five kilometers
The EU's highest court may classify honey containing traces of genetically...
Animal death toll ends cloning trials
https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/4681283/Animal-death-toll-ends-cloning-trials
DOMINION POST
by Kiran Chug
21/02/2011
STOPPED: AgResearch has ended its cloning trials after unacceptable death rates were recorded.
Unacceptable death rates of laboratory...
GE FREE NORTHLAND (in food and environment) Annual General Meeting
Monday, l4 March 2011- at **7pm**
Venue: Eco Solutions, 3a **Bank St**, Whangarei
(opposite the Whangarei bus depot & the Grand Hotel)
All Welcome
More information: 4322155 email: zlg@xnet.co.nz
Tea & o...
Inquiry into AgResearch GE experiments needed
GREENS PRESS RELEASE 21 FEBRUARY 2011
Contact: Sue Kedgley MP
It is time for AgResearch to admit the failure of its genetic engineering experiments on animals and halt these experiments altogether, the Green Party said today.
"A full Parliamentar...
letters to editor:
email: news@waikatotimes.co.nz
www.stuff.co.nz/waikato-times/farming/4683770/Ruakura-pulls-pin-on-cloning-facility
Ruakura pulls pin on cloning facility
CHRIS GARDNER AND KIRAN CHUG
Waikato Times
Last updated 13:00 21/02/2011
The axe has fallen on AgResearch's controversia...
GE FREE NORTHLAND Press Release
16 March 2011
SECRET GE PINE EXPERIMENTS AT ROTORUA SITE A THREAT TO NZ'S BIOSECURITY AND FORESTRY
GE Free Northland shares the concerns expressed by many New Zealanders about ERMA’s recent approval of Scion’s GE pine application for 4,000 GE pines, at secret sites...
see
http://whangareileader.realviewdigital.com/#
letters to editor:
email: whangarei.editor@snl.co.nz
ACTIVISTS SAY NORTHLAND CAN LEAD ANTI GMO FIGHT
by Denise Piper
l4 April 2011
WHANGAREI LEADER
A grassroots movement against Genetically Modified Organisms could start in Northland, activi...
GE FREE NORTHLAND
Press Release 15 April 2011
Whangarei District Council moves to protect its community from Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs)
Whangarei District Councillors have voted unanimously to reject the outdoor use of genetically engineered (GE) crops and animals in the District....
13 April 2011
**News release
Whangarei vote unanimous on way forward for GE
www.wdc.govt.nz/NewsRoom/MediaReleases/2011-Media-Releases/Pages/Whangarei-vote-unanimous-on-way-forwardforGE.aspx
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Whangarei District Council (WDC) has taken a leadership position on the controversial issue of...
www.stuff.co.nz/auckland/northland/whangarei-leader/4904334/Steps-closer-to-a-GMO-ban
Steps closer to a GMO ban
WHANGAREI LEADER
by
Denise Piper
19/04/2011
Cheers and claps supported Whangarei district councillors as they made a move to ban genetically modified organisms in the district.
At a...
Cheers for the WDC- saying NO to GE
Whangarei councillors have unanimously, and historically, rejected the outdoor use of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) in Whangarei District. WDC is asking other Northland councils to join in a collaborative plan change, to ban all GMOs in our region (a wis...
NO to Genetic Engineering
("Our Town" column)
by
Whangarei Mayor Morris Cutforth
in the Whangarei Report, Thursday 28 April 2011
A constant theme of my mayoralty is that Council needs to listen to the people. A prime example of the will of the people making itself felt is over the controversia...
Guest View as published today's 9 May 2011 Northern Advocate (p. 6), under the heading
COUNCIL REJECTION OF GE DESERVES SUPPORT
COUNCIL REJECTION OF GE DESERVES SUPPORT
By
Zelka Grammer
GE Free Northland chairwoman
9 May 2011
NORTHERN ADVOCATE
Cheers WDC for saying NO to GE.
Whangarei coun...
http://news.yahoo.com/eco-activists-destroy-australia-gm-wheat-crop-043321004.html
Eco-activists destroy Australia GM wheat crop
AFP - Thu, Jul 14, 2011
Environmental activists broke into an Australian government research farm Thursday and destroyed an experimental crop of genetically-m...Human Trials of GE-Wheat Unethical
Proposals for extending animal feeding studies for GE wheat to humans are unethical and signal the need for an urgent overhaul of the science used by regulators to approve scores of GM foods.
A group of international scientists has warned the developers of a GE...
27 July 2011 Northern Advocate
NOTHERN ADVOCATE
"North gathers GE free clout"
by Lindy Laird
A Northland environmental group is applauding a move that brings northern New Zealand, from south Auckland to North Cape, closer to being GE-free.
GE Free Northland says with Super City Auckland and Fa...
GE Free Northland Press Release
24 July 2011****
Northland local authorities and **Auckland** Council collaboratively investigate local GMO controls
GE Free Northland are delighted by the news that the Auckland Council “super city” and Far North District Council have made a commitment to...
ACTION ALERT
Want to help to protect our existing valuable GE free
status from GE experiments and releases on our patch?
You can make a difference.
WHY?
A hugely important meeting of the Northland Regional Council is being
held this Tuesday, 15 November at Kaikohe, where your councillors wil...
GE Free Northland Press Release
13 November 2011
NORTHLAND LOCAL AUTHORITIES AND AUCKLAND COUNCIL COLLABORATIVELY
INVESTIGATE LOCAL GMO CONTROLS
GE Free Northland are delighted by the recent news that Kaipara
District Council voted to join Auckland Council “super city”, Far
North District Co...
GE FREE NORTHLAND Press Release l6 November 2011
NRC NEEDS TO DO MORE TO SUPPORT NORTHLAND TERRITORIAL AUTHORITIES AND
THE AUCKLAND COUNCIL IN KEEPING RISKY GMOs OUT OF THE REGION
GE Free Northland are pleased by the NRC decision yesterday to
reaffirm its own precautionary GE policy and to app...
GE FREE NZ Press Release
21 November 2011
Government Research Agenda Goes Against New Zealand Brand
The Ministry of Environment's research into promoting greater use of novel organisms is off-stategy for the New Zealand Brand and shows an intention to dilute bio-security standards.
The planne...
Call to Action- Have your Say on GMOs in Northland. Protect our
existing valuable GE free status!
Submissions needed to Northland Regional Council by 3pm, Friday 9th
December 2011 in response to the NRC draft Regional Policy Statement
(RPS) document.
It's easy - with our key points/ sugge...
Dear supporters of GE Free Northland :)
ACTION ALERT: your submissions are needed to the NRC draft Long Term Council Community Plan 2012/22
(deadline 3pm, Thursday 19 April 2012)
please help us achieve sound environmental outcomes and protect our existing valuable GE free status and growing org...
ACTION ALERT:
Now is the time to influence what our councils do for the next 10 years – with our ratepayer $$$.
NRC and WDC are currently asking for your feedback on their Draft Long Term Plans (2012/22) ie. our 10 Year Community Plan... for both councils)-
Have your say!
Background:
your subm...
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Story at-a-glance
- Roundup Ready soy is being cultivated on a massive scale across the globe, having devastating effects in many countries; one of the hardest...
GE FREE NORTHLAND Press Release
ll August 2012
AUSTRALIAN FARMERS HIGHLIGHT GE DANGERS
"GE isn't a solution, it's just another problem for farmers, and a big one,"
-Bob Mackley, Duchembegarra, Western Victoria, Australia
Two Australian farmers visited the Whangarei Saturday Market on the
we...
Council is supporting push for GE status
Hawke’s Bay took one step closer to establishing a genetic engineering-free food status for the region when the Hastings District Council expressed support for the vision, writes Lawrence Gullery of Hawke’s Bay Today.
Pure Hawke’s Bay presented to th...
Tasmania a leader in GM Free, Premium Branding
by admin
Tasmania and South Australia are both official GM Free food producing regions. Tasmania has prohibited the commercial production of GM crops for some years now, and has a branding programme to position the state as the home of gourmet fo...
Biopiracy threat as Multinational Giants Pitch GM to Maori Businesses
Press Release: Tuesday 28th August 2012, 2.30pm.
Te Waka Kai Ora (National Māori Organics Authority Aotearoa)
For immediate release
The upcoming conference titled “Adapting to a Changing World” run by GE multinationals M...
http://press.gefree.org.nz/press/20120901.htm
GE FREE NZ Press Release
01/09/2012 | 'Find Ethical Path' Biotech Delegates Urged: "Don't be Evil"
Delegates to AgBio 2012 in Rotorua are being urged to reject the extremes of commercialised science and navigate the middle path for non-GE biotec...
GE not in our best interest
Green Party Press Release 5 September 2012
www.greens.org.nz/press-releases/ge-not-our-best-interest
The United States State Department and American multinational companies have
been pushing for the release of genetically engineered food into the New
Zealand envi...
GM-free means good sales for NZ
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OPINION: In the 16 years since genetically modified crops started growing in the United States, New Zealand has remained a...
http://press.gefree.org.nz/press/20120913.htm
Crown Research Institute Speaks With Forked Tongue In Opposing GMO Accountability
GE FREE NZ Press Release
13 September 2012
GE Free NZ and Bay of Plenty ratepayers who were original submitters to a local Bay of Plenty plan have received notice o...
Do you want to protect Northland's existing valuable GE free status?
Do you want the Northland Regional Council to retain their precautionary GE provision (policy)?
Would you like an over arching precautionary policy for the region, to address various environmental threats like GMOs and mining...
Gidday Greenies,
GE Free Northland is holding a strategic meeting, regarding the NRC Regional Policy Statement review, and how we can constructively participate in the next round of submissions...and also good news regarding the innovative work of the Northland / Auckland INTER COUNCIL WORKING PAR...
GMOs: Councils Consider Prohibiting Commercial Outdoor Uses
Monday, 4 February 2013**,**11:59 am
Press Release: Whangarei District Council
Media Release
4 February 2013
Councils To Consider Prohibiting Commercial Outdoor Uses of GMOs in Northland and****Auckland****And Requiring Conse...
GE FREE NORTHLAND in food and environment
Press Release 5 February 2013
NORTHERN COUNCILS COLLABORATIVELY ADDRESS THE RISKS OF GENETICALLY MODIFIED ORGANISMS TO THE REGION
GE Free Northland welcomes the recommendations of the Inter Council Working Party on GMOs, publicly released yesterday o...
Crunch time to protect our existing valuable GE free status in Northland
Urgent CALL TO ACTION :) from GE FREE NORTHLAND
The good news- over 330 anti-GMO original submissions were made by Northlanders and their District Councils to the NRC proposed Regional Policy Statement (the over arching do...
WHANGAREI DISTRICT COUNCIL
Media Release 14 March 2013
Council brings control of outdoor use of genetically modified organisms a step closer
www.wdc.govt.nz/NewsRoom/Latest-News/Pages/Outdoor-GMO-control-systems-on-way.aspx
Introducing a robust, legal way for local government to ma...
GE FREE NZ (Northland) in food and environment
Press Release 14 March 2013
WHANGAREI DISTRICT COUNCIL TAKES A STAND AGAINST GMO LAND USE
A full public gallery resoundingly welcomed the unanimous decision yesterday by Whangarei District Council, to act on the recommendations of the Inter Counc...
GE fungus escapes at Lincoln University
NZ Newswire March 19, 2013, 5:45 pm
http://nz.news.yahoo.com/a/-/top-stories/16399003/ge-fungus-escapes-at-lincoln-university/
Officials are investigating how a genetically modified soil fungus escaped containment facilities at Lincoln University, near C...
GM stance praised
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Kerikeri Bay Chronicle
Jubilation is the word used by GE Free Northland, in response to a Whangarei District Council stand against genetically modified...
GE Free Northland Action alert for this week :)
support the MARCH AGAINST MONSANTO...and the March against the Northland Regional Council's decision on GE
in Whangarei.... this Saturday
2pm- 3pm, 25th May
http://events.nzherald.co.nz/2013/march-against-monsanto/whangarei
When:
- Sat 25 May...
CALL FOR LETTERS TO EDITOR!!
email:
editor@northernadvocate.co.nz
www.northernadvocate.co.nz/news/regional-council-says-no-to-most-ge-views/1872524/
Regional council says no to most GE views
- Lindy Laird
- 18th May 2013
Northern Advocate
Despite receiving 314 submissions calling fo...
source: http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2013/06/11/unapproved-gm-wheat.aspx
Watch The Alarming Truths About GMO:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=zS_8OJa0vUM
By Dr. Mercola
Monsanto has really done it this time.
As recently reported by CNBC1 and o...
Northern Advocate
"Cautionary approach urged" l8 June 2013
by Lindy Laird
The Northland Conservation Board will continue to press for a precautionary approach on genetically modified organisms to be specified in the Northland Regional Policy Statement.
Board members will speak in support of i...
www.northernadvocate.co.nz/news/tougher-ge-rules-likely-by-christmas/1904336/
Tougher GE rules likely by Christmas
- Lindy Laird
- 12th Jun 2013 NORTHERN ADVOCATE
The Far North and Whangarei District Councils have decided to investigate plan changes enabling them to regulate the use of GMOs...
hurrah for Lawrence Yule, President of Local Government NZ and Mayor of Hastings District Council, and Mayor Phil Halse of Whangarei District Council, standing up for democracy...the rights of local existing non GM farmers and other ratepayers
(link to Lois Williams RADIO NZ piece that ran last F...
GE controls need strengthening, not slashing
The Green Party is calling for Environment Minister Amy Adams to back off from her threats to strip councils of their power to regulate for genetic engineering in their communities.
The New Zealand Herald today reported that the Minister is investigati...
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GE-Free New Zealand members, many communities and growers around the country are alarmed over the Environment Minister Amy Adams plans to remove any capacity f...
GE FREE NORTHLAND in food and environment
3 July 2013 Press Release
Northland communities want stricter GE controls
GE Free Northland welcomes the stance taken by Local Government NZ and Northland District Councils, in response to the recent announcement by Environment Minister Amy...
"RMA changes threaten fight against GMOs"
9 July 2013 Northern Advocate
by Lindy Laird
Northland individuals, groups and authorities who have fought to protect their backyard from GMO threats may yet find they have won a battle but lost the war if the Resource Management Act (RMA) is ch...
http://press.gefree.org.nz/press/20130811.htm
Gaping Hole Created by Proposed Change to RMA, Weakening Governance and Democracy (GE-Free NZ press release)
The National government is seeking to strike out the voice of communities wanting clean, safe food production that benefits local economies an...
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11123339
Govt coalition partners reject RMA proposal
By Isaac Davison @Isaac_Davison
Sep 12, 2013 NZ HERALD
National had the support of Act for the bill, which is still being drafted, but needed one more vote to get it over th...
http://community.scoop.co.nz/2013/09/maori-party-united-future-rma-changes-strike-a-rock/
Māori Party, United Future: RMA changes strike a rock
September 11, 2013 0 comments
Press Release – Joint Media Statement
The Mori Party and United Future have decided that they cannot support the govern...
"GM stance deepens divisions"
by Jamie Ball
STRAIGHT FURROW 10 September 2013 (front page)
http://straightfurrow.realviewtechnologies.com/?label=Digital+Edition#folio=1
Federated Farmers of NZ is "clearly out of touch with markets" in their opposition to councils' plans to introduce tight...
new report: An overview of genetic modification in New Zealand 1973-2013: the first forty years
excellent new report/ expose (from the McGuiness Institute in Wellington) of how the NZ government has failed to implement many of the key useful recommendations from the Royal Commission into Genetic M...
There will be an important GE agenda item at next Wednesdays 9 October 2013 meeting of the
Whangarei District Council "District Living committee"
(Council chambers, Whangarei)
AGENDA (now online, GE documents available in attachment form, upon request)
www.wdc.govt.nz/YourCouncil/Events/Pages/...
letters to editor needed, in response to today's Whangarei Leader GE story
(inflammatory comments from WDC's Clr John Williamson- but he is correct in anticipating that Federated Farmers of NZ and...who knows what nefariou multinational or NZ Crown Research Institute will appeal Whangarei District...
RADIO NZ programme
79% want councils to have power over GM crops - Colmar Brunton poll
A group opposed to genetic modification has released a poll showing almost 80% of respondents want coun...
Comvita adds voice to GE trials caution
By John Cousins Bay of Plenty Times
8:30 AM Friday Nov 29, 2013
- www.nzherald.co.nz/bay-of-plenty-times/news/article.cfm?c_id=1503343&objectid=11164655
Cultural consultant Buddy Mikaere is standing for a tougher council stance on genetic engin...
www..scoop.co.nz/stories/AK1311/S00781/landmark-court-case-on-ge.htm
http://organicnz.org.nz/node/779
see also
http://press.gefree.org.nz/press/20131126.htm
www.sunlive.co.nz/news/58543-council-court-over-gmos.html
Landmark court case on GE
Tuesday, November 26, 2013
One of the world’s...
Pure Hawke's Bay is a group of primary producers (conventional, IPM and organic) in Hawke's Bay committed to retaining their existing valuable GE free status, and continued access to key markets and premiums for GM free produce
Overwhelming Support for Local Decisions on GM Free Status: National P
...http://press.gefree.org.nz/press/20131126.htm
| GE FREE NZ Press Release 26/11/2013 | Precaution Vital to Prevent GE Contamination |
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The importance of protecting existing agricultural practices is at the heart of a groundbreaking case being heard in the Environment Court, involving...
http://press.gefree.org.nz/press/20140106.htm
| GE FREE NZ AOTEAROA Press Release 6 December 2013 | Prime Minister Urged to Meet Mayor of Hawaii to Learn About GM Ban |
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Prime Minister John Key, on holiday in Hawaii, should meet with Hawaii's Mayor to be briefed on the island's d...
http://press.gefree.org.nz/press/20140210.htm
| 10/02/2014 | Backing for Local Right of Protection Against Risks of GMOs |
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The Environment Court decision recently released [1] has upheld the right for the Bay of Plenty Regional Council, in its Regional Policy statement, to place word...
www.organicnz.org.nz/node/819
Court decision empowers local body protection against GMO risks
Monday, February 10, 2014
Soil & Health Association NZ Press Release
As people around New Zealand are preparing submissions to their local authorities, the Soil & Health Association is pleased that a...
GE FREE NZ Northland
Press Release 11 February 2014
LOCAL REGULATION OF OUTDOOR USE OF GMOs ON THE RISE IN NZ
Bay of Plenty Regional Council, Northland Regional Council and various territorial authorities in NZ are taking action on a local level to support the creation of a much needed addi...
www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/9884024/Thousands-march-against-TPPA
30 March 2014 Sunday Star Times
More than 3500 people demonstrated their opposition to the controversial Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA) in nationwide rallies yesterday.
The marches took place in centres across N...
http://rt.com/news/russia-import-gmo-products-621/
Russia will not import GMO products - PM Medvedev
Published time: April 06, 2014 00:58
Edited time: April 07, 2014 10:33
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RIA Novosti / Maksim Bogodvid
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Russia...
http://rt.com/usa/china-gmo-corn-ban-120/
US corn exports to China drop 85 percent after ban on GMO strains – industry report
Published time: April 12, 2014
AFP Photo / Philippe Huguen
Agriculture, China, GMO, USA
China’s rejection of shipments of US corn containing traces of unapp...
Vermont just handed Monsanto and the biotech industry a massive defeat! Now mandatory GMO labeling will be required in the state of Vermont, USA... and the GMO industry is panicking as they want to continue to sell GE food unlabelled/ invisible to the eye/ consumer
www.naturalnews.com/044870_Ve...
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Monsanto Meets its Match
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GE FREE NORTHLAND (in food and environment)
Notice of Annual General Meeting
Date: 26 May 2014
Time: 7pm
Venue: EcoSolutions 3 Bank St Whangarei
All Welcome
More information: 09 4322155 email: linda.grammer@gmail.com
Thanks for your support and see you there!
GE Free, organic nibbles an...
GE Decision Victory For NZ Growers And Farmers
http://parliament.newsroom.co.nz/stories/ge-decision-victory-for-nz-growers-and-farmers
www.greens.org.nz/press-releases/ge-decision-victory-nz-growers-and-farmers
Press Release by Green Party 22 May 2014
Steffan Browning (Biosecurity, GE, organ...
High Court Prevents GM Developers Bypassing GM Laws
Media Statement, May 22 2014 Sustainability Council of NZ
www.sustainabilitynz.org/high-court-prevents-developers-from-bypassing-gm-laws/
The High Court has quashed a decision by the Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) that would h...
Just hours ago, Monsanto, an overseas multinational with a horrendous public health and environmental track record made a chilling decision.
Monsanto and its allies have just announced they're suing the tiny, rural U.S. state of Vermont to stop a new law that simply requires genetically engineere...
IMPORTANT GE Free Northland Action alert :)
***On Thursday, 26 June, Far North District Council is meeting in Kaitaia to vote on the FNDC proposed District Plan change regarding Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs).
***This collaborative GMO plan change (with Whangarei District Council and Auc...
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 mak...
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 approve...
Minister showing disrespect - GE Free
15 August 2014
Campaigners are denouncing the Environment Minister for opposing efforts by councils to create genetically-engineered free zones.
www.radionz.co.nz/news/regional/252266/minister-showing-disrespect-ge-free
Environment Minister Amy Adams ha...
Call to Action from GE Free Northland
Do you support Northland and Auckland becoming the first region in NZ to ban GMO releases ...and ..class EPA approved outdoor GE experiments as a Discretionary activity, subject to additional local requirements (that the HSNO Act does not require)?
Stand wit...
World experts to discuss impacts of GM food
2:43 PM Monday Feb 9, 2015
World experts will discuss the pros and cons of GM food.
International trends in sustainable food production will be discussed by a line-up of global experts visiting Hawke's Bay next week.
The five academics, a...
GE Free Northland Notice of Annual General Meeting (AGM) 20th April 2015 Whangarei Details: Monday, 20 April 2015 Time: 7pm Venue: CBEC EcoSolutions 3 Bank St Whangarei (opposite Rose Street bus station) All Welcome More information: 09 4322155 (Whangarei) 09 407 8650 (Kerikeri) email: linda.grammer...
PUBLIC APPEAL FOR FUNDS BY GE FREE NORTHLAND
April 2015
PUBLIC APPEAL FOR FUNDS BY GE FREE NORTHLAND
April 2015
This appeal requests help in paying the cost of upcoming
Environment Court action (including the cost of legal counsel)
involved in protecting our Northland new Regional Policy Sta...
COURT CASE FOR LOCAL CHOICE ABOUT GMOs
GE Free Northland Press Release, 20 April 2015
On Friday, 24 April, an important Environment Court hearing will take place in Whangarei about the outdoor use of genetically modified organisms (GMOs).
GE Free Northland and the Soil & Health Association of NZ...
Can we keep local control over GE?
Wednesday, 22 April 2015, 11:39 am
Press Release: Soil and Health Association www.organicnz.org.nz/node/1017
Can we keep local control over GE?
Genetic engineering is again in the spotlight as the Soil & Health Association of NZ and GE Free Northland le...
GE or not GE? A victory for democracy
Wednesday, May 13, 2015
New Zealanders can take heart that it is now confirmed that regional councils have the right to make planning decisions about the outdoor use of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) in their regions. Environment Court Judge Newhook de...
OUR DEMOCRATIC RIGHT TO BE GE-FREE
Media release from GE FREE Northland...and the Soil & Health Association NZ
13 June 2015
One of the most important Environment Court decisions this year is the finding that councils can control the use of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) under the Resou...
July 2015
GE FREE NORTHLAND new PUBLIC APPEAL FOR FUNDS
Help protect our democratic right to be GE-free!
One of the most important Environment Court decisions this year is the finding that councils can control the use of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) under the Resource Management Act.
W...
New wave of GE-free activism
Wednesday, 17 June 2015, 1:08 pm
Press Release: Soil and Health Association and... GE Free NZ Northland
New wave of GE-free activism
17 June 2015
Pressure from the biotech industry for the government to relax laws on genetic engineering will result in a new w...
This is a call to action from GE Free NZ Northland, regarding the current National Party push (through Ministry of Primary Industries) to allow GE trees in the proposed new National Environmental Standard (NES) for Plantation Forestry in NZ ...and... to override local councils rules/ provisions agai...
www.stopgetrees.org.nz/
www.gefree.org.nz/action-templates/
**GE Free Northland (in food & environment ) **ACTION ALERT
Ministry** for Primary Industries (MPI) attempt to force GE trees on local communities -** a National train wreck
On Tuesday, 7 July, Whangarei's Forum North wa...
Keep Northland Pine Forests
GE-Free
Public Meeting this Friday
Forum North, Cafler Lounge
Friday 31 July
5.30pm to 7.30pm
Hosted by Labour’s Te Tai Tokerau MP, Kelvin Davis
The NZ Labour Party in Whangarei has organised a public meeting to discuss the very important subject of the real...
GE FREE NZ Call to Action:
Proposed National Environmental Standard (NES) for Plantation Forestry
The Ministry of Primary Industries (MPI) are calling for submissions. There are grave concerns that the MPI proposed new** National Environmental Standard for Plantation Forestry would re...
great news from Hawke's Bay- Hastings District Council has voted to ban not only GMO releases but all outdoor use of GMOS (including any outdoor GE experiments and field trials )
!!!
STRONG
...http://purehawkesbay.org/hastings-district-goes-gm-free/
HASTINGS DISTRICT GOES GM-FREE
Posted on 13 September 2015 · Leave a Comment
Hawke’s Bay Today, Doug Laing. September 13 2015
The food industry in Hawke’s Bay was ready to party last night after confirmation the Hastings District Coun...
JOINT MEDIA RELEASE from GE Free Northland and the Soil & Health Association Aotearoa NZ
For immediate release 12 February 2016
Communities should have the right to decide whether or not genetically modified organisms (GMOs) are released or field-trialled in their regions and, if so, whether any...
From: http://purehawkesbay.org/first-stake-in-the-ground-to-keep-hastings-gm-free/
A group of Hawke’s Bay food producers have launched a campaign to keep Hastings GMO Free as the Hastings Council prepares to go head to head with Federated Farmers and the Government.
Pure Hawke’s Bay today put its...
April 2016
GE FREE NORTHLAND PUBLIC APPEAL FOR FUNDS
Help protect our democratic right to be GE-free!One of the most important Environment Court decisions last year was the finding that councils can control the use of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) under the Resource Management Ac...
Open to the public- WDC and FNDC joint GE/GMO hearings 13/ 14 June (Toll Stadium, Okara Drive, Whangarei), and l6 June (Kaikohe). Please ring Dr. Kerry Grundy, Whangarei District Council, 09 430 4200 for more information about the excellent collaborative GMO District Plan changes by FNDC and WDC (t...
Councils and communities – a collaborative response to GE risks
Media release from Soil & Health Association of NZ and GE Free Northland
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 18 June 2016
Whangarei and Far North District Councils received strong support from the community for their proposals to protect their t...
More Regions Move to Officially Become GM Free
Wednesday, 27 July 2016, 5:14 pm
Press Release: Pure Hawke's Bay
27 July 2016
Media Statement
http://purehawkesbay.org/auckland-region-moves-closer-to-official-gm-free-status/
More Regions Move to Officially Become GM Free
The campaign to k...
GE Free Northland / Auckland GE Free Coalition
28 July 2016
Press Release
NORTHERN COUNCILS BAND TOGETHER TO CREATE OFFICIAL GM FREE ZONES
GE Free Northland and the Auckland GE Free Coalition welcome the recommendations of the Auckland Unitary Plan Independent Hearings Panel, to retain the...
https://organicnz.org.nz/node/1148
Auckland to stay GE Free under new Unitary Plan
Friday, August 26, 2016
The Soil & Health Association congratulates Auckland Council on its decision to retain the valuable precautionary and prohibitive genetically modified organisms (GMOs) provisions in the ne...
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11702377
Campaigners against genetically modified organisms (GMOs) are hailing a High Court ruling allowing regional councils to decide whether GMOs can be banned in their areas.
But a group representing bio-scientists says the country is in...
High Court ruling on GE a win for democracy
Wednesday, August 31, 2016
The High Court has today upheld the ruling that regional councils do have the right to decide on the provisions, policies, and rules regarding the use of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) in their region.
The Soil & Hea...
Environment Minister accused of GMO beat-up
6:58 pm on 2 September 2016
Benedict Collins, Political Reporter @rnzbenedict
Environment Minister Nick Smith has been accused of blatant scaremongering as he moves to stop local councils from controlling genetically modified organisms (GMOs) in their districts.
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/312414/environment-minister-accused-of-gmo-beat-up
Dr Smith said the government was acting because it was worried local councils would stop important medical trials that use GMO technology from going ahead, and the government was looking to change the law.
The High Court this week upheld the Environment Court's decision that local councils could have control over the use and release of the technology in their districts.
Farming lobby group Federated Farmers has been challenging the right of local councils to regulate GMOs in the courts.
Minister eyes law change to end councils' control over GMOs
Northern Advocate
5 Sep, 2016 10:59 AM
A landmark High Court decision backing Northland councils' right to make regulations about genetically modified organisms (GMOs) is already under attack from the Environment Minister, who says the ruling could hamper medical research.
Last Thursday, Justice Mary Peters ruled in the High Court in favour of the Whangarei District and Northland Regional councils, Soil and Health, GE Free Northland and other groups' argument that local governments have that right under the Resource Management Act (RMA). Justice Peters dismissed Federated Farmers' appeal against a prior Environmental Court judgment to the same effect.
Federated Farmers' argument was that local government had no role legislating on GMOs as they came under the over-arching Hazardous Substances and New Organisms Act (HSNO) laws.
Local authorities proposing or already with a prohibition on GMOs in their plans are the Northland Regional, Far North, Whangarei, Hastings and Auckland District councils.
In her decision, Justice Peters said the Environment Court was not persuaded an overlap between the RMA and HSNO meant GMOs should be excluded from regional policy statements or plans.
GE Free from the Bombays to Cape Reinga
20 September 2016
GE Free Northland/ Soil & Health Association NZ joint Press Release
GE Free Northland and the Soil & Health Association are celebrating the Far North and Whangarei District Councils’ decisions to retain precautionary and prohibitive genet...
Maori Party says no way to Nick Smith's power grab
Monday, December 19, 2016 Media Release
The Soil & Health Association congratulates the Maori Party for standing up for New Zealanders who want to live in a GE-Free community and saying no to Nick Smith’s attempt to ride roughshod over local demo...
GE Free Northland Media Release
21 December 2016
NATIONAL PARTY POWER GRAB STRIKES A ROCK- PRAISE FOR MAORI PARTY
GE Free Northland congratulates the Maori Party for resisting the National Party's attempt to strip councils of their ability to create enforceable GE Free Zones.
The Environment Min...
Bay producers want to be able to compete
Hawke's Bay Today, January 19 2017
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/hawkes-bay-today/news/article.cfm?c_id=1503462&objectid=11784509
Just before Christmas, the Maori Party took a stand that is hugely important for Hawke's Bay.
The party told Environment Minis...
Brilliant new video from Pure Hawke's Bay
Enjoy! and share :)
www.facebook.com/PureHawkesBay/videos/1849740625239604/
GM FREE growing regions are calling on the Māori Party to stop the Government from removing local powers that protect their GM FREE status
Our GM FREE regions (like Northland...
27 January 2017
GM Free growing regions are asking the Maori Party to stop the Government from removing local powers that protect their GM Free growing status.
GM Free Growing regions in Hastings District, Far North, Whangarei and Auckland are all under threat if the Maori Party sides with N...
Opposition to powers overhauled RMA would give Smith 16 February 2017 National Radio
www.radionz.co.nz/news/top/324614/opposition-to-powers-overhauled-rma-would-give-smith
There is overwhelming opposition to the new powers the Environment Minister will receive if the government succeeds in over...
REGIONS HIT BACK AT MINISTER’S CONTINUED CRUSADE TO QUASH GM FREE ZONES
Posted on 6 March 2017 · Leave a Comment
Pure Hawke’s Bay Media Release
March 6: The Environment Minister is continuing his crusade to strip regions of the ability to be GM Free – despite his ongoing struggles to get back...
GE Free Northland Press Release
10 March 2017
Northland and Auckland say NO to National Party Minister's Arrogant Power Grab
Whangarei, Far North, and Auckland communities are calling on the Maori Party to deny the Government the votes required to pass controversial changes to the RMA that wou...
https://organicnz.org.nz/media-releases/maori-party-says-no-way-to-nick-smiths-power-grab/
Maori Party says no way to Nick Smith’s power grab
The Soil & Health Association congratulates the Maori Party for standing up for New Zealanders who want to live in a GE-Free community and saying no to Ni...
Dear Friends,
I just signed a petition for 'Māori Party: Stand by your pledge to protect GM Free Regions'.
Please add your name to this important issue. By signing this petition you support this call to action :)
Every name that is added builds momentum around the campaign and makes it more li...
Mike Williams: Smith's GE stance puts him on thin ice
26 March 2017 Hawke's Bay Today
Hawke's Bay featured in Television One's Sunday programme last week and watching it, I felt a sense of déjà vu.
One of the Sunday stories concerned the Hasting District Council declaring its territory a G...
Pure Hawke’s Bay Media Release 5 Aril 2017
http://purehawkesbay.org/win-for-gm-free-regions/
Hawke’s Bay exporters, growers and farmers who have worked hard to protect the region’s GM free status are happy the environment minister has had to back down from controversial amendments to the RMA he ...
GE-FREE ZONE VICTORY AGAINST NICK SMITH'S ARROGANT POWER GRAB
GE-Free Northland 6 April 2017 Media release
Whangarei, Far North, and Auckland communities are thankful that the Maori Party has successfully blocked the Government's attempt to pass controversial changes to the RMA that the Minister...
Submission - A1139 - GE potatoes.
Food Standards Australia New Zealand
Template below and suggested points to make. Please cut and paste into a new document.
Please personalise your submissions with your own words and add other points (further below).
Submissions close 7 July at 8 pm (NZ...
Update from GE Free Northland :)
We now have a date for the Court of Appeal case (Federated Farmers of NZ latest appeal, still trying to force Northland Regional Council to remove the valuable precautionary GMO provisions from our Northland "Regional Policy Statement").
fixture date: 22 November...
GE-free stance sets example for the world
Wairarapa News-Age l3 July 2017
http://times-age.co.nz/ge-free-stance-sets-example-world/
Professor Don Huber, a plant pathologist, at a workshop in Wairarapa on Monday. PHOTO/SUPPLIED
By Hayley Gastmeier
hayley.g...
The National Environmental Standards - Plantation Forestry released today [1] gives both plantation businesses and communities clear guidelines on how to protect the environment.[2]
GE Free NZ welcomes the removal of an alarming draft clause that permitted the planting of GE rootstock.
“We are p...
GE Free Northland
13 August 2017 Media Release
MORE THAN 16,000 NEW ZEALANDERS SAY 'NO' TO GE TREES
Pressure on the Ministry for Primary Industries over the last two years has resulted in MPI removing controversial clause 6.4 (GE trees) from the new National Environmental Standards for Plantation...
www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1708/S00550/protecting-ge-free-advantage-makes-economic-sense-for-nz.htm
Protecting GE-Free Advantage Makes Economic Sense For NZ
Monday, 28 August 2017, 9:22 am
Protecting GE-Free Advantage Makes Economic Sense For New Zealand
There is growing political consensus...
GE FREE NZ Press release
1 October 2017
http://press.gefree.org.nz/press/20171002.htm
Food Standards Approval Ignores Possible Dangers Of GE Potatoes.
Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ), a trans-Tasman regulatory body, has approved 6 lines of GE potatoes (A1139) carrying genes from...
GE-Free Northland
4 October 2017 Media Release
ALARM BELLS RING OVER GE POTATO DECISION BY AUSSIE DOMINATED FOOD REGULATORY BODY
GE-Free Northland is appalled but not surprised by the latest deeply flawed decision by Food Standards Australia NZ, in which the agency approved an American applicati...
Food regulator ignores health risks of GE potatoes
Soil & Health Association 4 October 2017
Media release
New Zealanders could soon be eating crisps and hot chips made from GE potatoes, with little idea of the added health risks from genetic engineering. Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSA...
GE Free Northland action alert:
submissions needed on GE/GMO issue in response to Northland Regional Council's proposed New Regional Plan
Have your say! :)
The Proposed Regional Plan sets out new rules and policies for how people use fresh water, land, air and the coast in Northland and is no...
new National Environmental Standards for Plantation Forestry
by Zelka Linda Grammer
The Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) released the new Environmental Standards (NES) for Plantation Forestry in August 2017, after putting out the draft NES-PF two years ago.
The new NES-PF (1) gives foresters...
new National Environmental Standards for Plantation Forestry
by Zelka Linda Grammer
The Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) released the new Environmental Standards (NES) for Plantation Forestry in August 2017, after putting out the draft NES-PF two years ago.
The new NES-PF (1) gives foresters...
A win for clean, green, GE-free New Zealand
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
31 October 2017
The Soil & Health Association is celebrating the decision by Federated Farmers to abandon its appeal against the right of councils to control the use of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) in their territories....
GE-FREE NORTHLAND VICTORY AGAINST FEDERATED FARMERS OF NZ
GE-Free Northland
1 November 2017 Media release
GE-Free Northland, hundreds of Northland primary producers, and other submitters are celebrating the decision by Federated Farmers of NZ (FFNZ) to finally abandon its crusade to force Northla...
GE Free Northland action alert:
submissions needed on GE/GMO issue in response to Northland Regional Council's proposed New Regional Plan
Have your say! :)
The Proposed Northland Regional Plan sets out new rules and policies for how people use fresh water, land, air and the coast in Northland...
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11952990
CONSERVATION MINISTER OPPOSES GM-RODENT PLAN
5 December 2017 NZ HERALD
A group of conservationists and scientists with US military funding eyeing up New Zealand islands for gene testing have been given the elbow by Conservati...
IMPORTANT- call for further submissions, in response to the Northland Regional Council proposed new "Regional Plan" for Northland
**
Deadline for further submissions: 3pm, Monday 26 March 2018.
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This is the next round of public consultation about the new Regional Plan for Northland, pl
...Community support for a GE-free Northland
22 March 2018 Media release: GE Free Northland
GE Free Northland is encouraging the Northland Regional Council to place precautionary and prohibitive GE/GMO provisions in the new Regional Plan for Northand, to support local District Councils and Auckland...
*SUBMISSION PERIOD NOW CLOSED
GE Free Northland Action Alert
There is an opportunity to make submissions in response to the Northland Regional Council draft Long Term Plan 2018-28.
https://www.nrc.govt.nz/Your-Council/Council-Projects/long-term-plan-2018-2028/
The NRC needs your feedback to m...
The Soil & Health Association welcomes a decision released today by the Environment Court declining Federated Farmers’ attempt to challenge regulation of genetically modified organisms under the RMA.
In the latest case before the Environment Court, Whangarei District Council appealed the Northland...
https://organicnz.org.nz/uncategorized/soil-health-celebrates-federated-farmers-drop-legal-action-around-gmos/
25 May 2018
MEDIA RELEASE
Soil & Health celebrates: Federated Farmers drop legal action around GMOs.
Following years of court action for a precautionary approach to genetically modif...
Story at-a-glance
- In 2015, the IARC classified glyphosate as a probable human carcinogen based on limited evidence showing it can cause Non-Hodgkin lymphoma and lung cancer in humans, and convincing evidence linking it to cancer in animals
- Recent research by the respected Ramazzini Institute s...
Upcoming AGM - details soon.
VICTORY FOR RURAL COMMUNITIES- FEDERATED FARMERS OF NZ DROP CONTROVERSIAL GMO APPEAL
GE-FREE Northland
26 May 2018 Media release
GE-Free Northland are celebrating the news that Federated Farmers of NZ have finally withdrawn their controversial GE/GMO appeal against Whangarei District Council and...
Annual General Meeting
Thursday 9 August 2018 7.00pm
Ora Ora Retreat, 28 Landing Road Kerikeri
http://purehawkesbay.org/its-official-hastings-is-now-a-gm-free-food-producing-district/
IT’S OFFICIAL: HASTINGS IS NOW A GM FREE FOOD PRODUCING DISTRICT
Posted on 2 August 2018 · Leave a Comment
Hawke’s Bay food producers have won a major battle to keep the Hastings District GM Free.
Federa...
Farmers delighted three-year battle over GM-free status dropped
Anusha Bradley, Hawke's Bay Reporter
@AnushaBradley anusha.bradley@radionz.co.nz
2 August 2018
Federated Farmers...
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/hawkes-bay-today/news/article.cfm?c_id=1503462&objectid=12099940
HAWKE'S BAY TODAY 3 August 2018
Hawke's Bay food producers win genetic modification free battle
The battle to keep the Hastings District GM-Free has been won.
In 2015 the Hastings District Council b...
"Gene editing is unacceptable" 22 October 2018 NZ Farmers Weekly
by Hawke's Bay primary producers/ exporters
Bruno Chambers, David Cranwell, Phyllis Tinchinin and John Bostock
https://farmersweekly.co.nz/topic/virtual-publication/view/farmers-weekly-nz-22-10-2018
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12144132
NORTHERN ADVOCATE 20 OCTOBER 2018
"GMO FREE POLICY NOT IN NORTH'S DRAFT AIR, SOIL, WATER PLAN"
BY LINDY LAIRD
There could be a small break in the ring fence meant to keep genetically modified organisms out of Northland's...
GE Free Northland
2 November 2018 Media Release
Gene edited organisms are GMOs and are unacceptable in Northland
Northland communities urge Northland Regional Council to protect the region's valuable GE free status
More than one hundred submissions (lodged in response to the Northland Regional...
| GE FREE NZ Media Release 14/01/2019 http://press.gefree.org.nz/press/20190114.htm | Pipped at the Post - 'GE Forbidden Fruit' Developers beaten to market |
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Scientists at Plant and Food have been beaten to market for sale of red-fleshed apples, despite mounting a campaign to pro...
GE Free Northland action alert
Have your say and protect our existing valuable GE Free status!
Northland Regional Council proposed new Regional Plan for Northland
(over arching 10 year plan for the Region)
There is an important GE/GMO agenda item at the NRC full council meeting this Tuesday, 1...
GE Free Northland
17 July 2019 Media Release
"Casting vote on GE a slap in the face for community"
After a 4-4 tied vote by Northland Regional Councillors on the critically important GE/GMO issue, NRC Chairman Bill Shepherd used his casting vote to secure a controversial decision that fails to p...
https://press.gefree.org.nz/press/20190716.htm
| 16/07/2019 | Council Vote Leaves Northlanders Feeling Betrayed |
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The Northland Regional Council (NRC) has voted to exclude all GM/GE precautionary provisions in its regional plan, despite years of community engagement showing support f...
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Cr Mike Finlayson: Hijacked by Federated Farmers- 18 July 2019 Northland Age
Many Northlanders share serious concerns over letting loose genetically...
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ENVIRONMENT POLITICS
25 Jul 2019
Conservationists dispute genetic modificatio
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https://www.nzherald.co.nz/the-country/news/article.cfm?c_id=16&objectid=12251870
23 July 2019
Northland Age
by editor Peter Jackson
"Flawed Northland Regional Council decision bound for court"
Northland Regional Council chairman Bill Shepherd's use of his casting vote to break a 4-4 deadlock...
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/395173/gmo-vote-by-northland-regional-council-chair-challenged
25 July 2019
RADIO NZ Morning Report
NEW ZEALAND NORTHLAND
25 Jul 2019
GMO vote by Northland Regional Council chair challenged
10:43 am on 25 July 2019
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23 July 2019 Northern Advocate article
"Northland Regional Council's GMO decision and process met with outrage"
by reporter Lindy Laird
Environmental groups and individuals have been scathing about the regional co...
GE FREE NZ 14 August 2019 Media Release
https://press.gefree.org.nz/press/20190814.htm
Trust in the Royal Society will be undermined, after the FDA scientists found gene editing errors were being overlooked. The latest was in gene edited (GE) “hornless” cattle where the gene editing accidentally...
GE FREE Northland (in food & environment)
16 August 2019 Media Release
WIDESPREAD SUPPORT FOR PROTECTION AGAINST GE TRIGGERS LEGAL APPEAL
GE Free Northland welcomed the news yesterday of Whangarei District Council's unanimous vote to lodge an appeal with the Environment Court against Northland...
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/northern-advocate/news/article.cfm?c_id=1503450&objectid=12258949
Whangārei council to appeal Northland Regional Council GMO policy
16 Aug, 2019 7:00am
2 minutes to read
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Whangārei District Council has agreed to appeal the Northland Regional Council's controversial...
GE Free Northland (in food & environment) May/ June 2020
PUBLIC APPEAL FOR FUNDS
GE Free Northland became a s274 (interested) party in support of Whangarei District Council and Far North District Council's appeal against Northland Regional Council, due to the NRC's controversial 16 July 2019 GE/...
GE FREE Northland (in food & environment)
30 August 2019 Media Release
"Another Northland council joins appeal against controversial GMO decision"
GE Free Northland welcomed the news yesterday of Far North District Council's unanimous vote to lodge an appeal with the Environment Court against...
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/northland-age/news/article.cfm?c_id=1503402&objectid=12260812
Northland Age
22 August 2019
by Peter Jackson
GE Free Northland is appealing for financial support for its legal challenge against the Northland Regional Council's decision to exclude precautionary and proh...
GE Free Northland (in food & environment)
February / March 2020
PUBLIC APPEAL FOR FUNDS
GE Free Northland became a s274 (interested) party last year, in support of Whangarei District Council and Far North District Council's appeal against Northland Regional Council, due to the NRC's controver...
https://www.nrc.govt.nz/news/2020/january/council-to-take-back-seat-on-gmo-appeal-unlikely-to-call-evidence/
notice how NRC Clr Martin Robinson has ethically stood aside, given his conflict of interest (Martin is both a Regional councillor for Northern Coastal Ward and spokesperson GE Free Northlan...
GE FREE NZ action alert
Submissions needed to Food Standards Australia NZ (FSANZ)-
deadline: 21 May 2020
What's at stake:
Australian dominated FSANZ has assessed and is set to approve an Application made by Monsanto Australia Proprietary Limited
seeking approval for food derived from a herbic...
GE Free Northland (in food & environment) June / July 2020
PUBLIC APPEAL FOR FUNDS
GE Free Northland became a s274 (interested) party in support of Whangarei District Council and Far North District Council's appeal against Northland Regional Council, due to the NRC's controversial 16 July 2019 G...
Breaking news:
There was an important GE/GMO agenda item at the Northland Regional Council full council meeting (Tuesday 16 June 2020)
An excellent motion was passed, supporting precautionary and prohibitive GE/GMO provisions in the proposed new Regional Plan (in the Coastal Marine Area). Well d...
item from the Northland Age, 16 June 2020, prior to the NRC 16 June 2020 GE/GMO excellent decision later that day
this item for background information:
The Northland Age
"Supporters of council GE decision withdraw"
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/northland-age/news/article.cfm?c_id=1503402&objecti...
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/northern-advocate/news/article.cfm?c_id=1503450&objectid=12340319
Victory for GMO opposition: Northland Regional Council votes to reverse position
17 June 2020 Northern Advocate
GMO protesters celebrate a victory after NRC votes to reverse its no-provision position. Pho...
GE Free Northland (in food & environment) November 2020
PUBLIC APPEAL FOR FUNDS
GE Free Northland became a s274 (interested) party in support of Whangarei District Council and Far North District Council's appeal against Northland Regional Council, due to the NRC's controversial 16 July 2019 GE/G...
GE-Free Northland
11 August 2020 Media release
All of Northern peninsula (land and sea) protected from GE/GMOs
"A bouquet for Northland Regional Council"
GE-Free Tai Tokerau welcomes the news that Northland Regional Council
has placed precautionary and prohibitive GE/GMO wording into the ne...
GE FREE NZ Media Release
13 August 2020
The Environment Court has upheld the appeal by the Whangarei District and Far North District Councils and others on the management of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) in the coastal Marine Area (CMA) in Northland. [1]
The Environmental Court decision...
Here it is- new GE Free Northland newsletter (October/ November 2020) edition. If you are already a member, please fill out the Membership Renewal form...new members and donations most welcome!
https://putiputira.weebly.com/gefreenorthlandnews
Notice of GE-Free Northland Annual General Meeting)
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| 14/03/2021 | March 17th: 'D-Day' for Deregulation of Gene Edited Organisms" (which are GMOs) GE FREE NZ |
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Consultation on global proposals to deregulate Gene Editing will end on March 17th, with the public and food producers largely in the dark about the major implications. Th...
GE FREE NZ Tai Tokerau call to action!
Submissions are needed in response to DOC's/Toitū Te Whenua (Land Information NZ) controversial public consultation on gene editing/ CRISPR and other controversial and risky new genetic technologies, including "gene drive").
DOC's question:
“How can innovati...
GE Free Northland action alert!
Great news and a great opportunity to make a submission (it's easy!) in response to the excellent precautionary and prohibitive GE/GMO policies in the recently released Kaipara District Council "Exposure draft"
(you do not need to reside in Kaipara District to su...
There is an opportunity to make submissions in response to the Therapeutic Products Bill (this governments 3rd go at pushing through controversial and undesirable changes in many ways)
Submissions are now being accepted, one day left
closing date: 5 March 2023 NZ time
GE Free Northland
4 September 2023
Media release
"Community urges Kaipara to remain GE-free"
GE-Free Northland was among a number of original submitters urging the Kaipara District Council last week to continue precautionary and prohibitive rules and policies regarding outdoor GE/ GMO experime...
Kaipara’s tougher GE stance at risk of being diluted, campaigners say
By
Susan Botting
Local Democracy Reporter
26 Sep, 2023
GE Free Northland...
