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Hovering over the crevasse: Urgent open letter to NZ First – the Gene Tech Bill

Mary Hobbs -

To ignore evil is to become an accomplice to it. — Martin Luther King At a public meeting in early August it was heartening to...

The NZ First intention to reach a compromise on the terms of the Gene Technology Bill would be a grave mistake

Guy Hatchard -

The NZ First intention to reach a compromise on the terms of the Gene Technology Bill would be a grave mistake. Associate Minister for Agriculture...

Glyphosate, kidneys, and cancer: Why regulators can’t keep ignoring the evidence

Daily Telegraph NZ -

Full text of NoMoreGlyphosate NZ press release: For years, regulators have repeated the same tired line: …glyphosate is safe when used as directed, residues in food...

A Long Essential Read: On the brink of disaster—A watershed moment

Guy Hatchard -

If enacted, the Gene Technology Bill will take us further away from our Kiwi foundational principles and our cultural heritage of independence and care. The...

Manufactured fear or valid concern? Cutting through the rhetoric around glyphosate

Daily Telegraph NZ -

Full text of press release of NoMoreGlyphosate NZ. On August 20, Federated Farmers lashed out at Greenpeace, accusing them of “manufacturing outrage” over glyphosate. Their chair...

What are they actually putting in our food? Genetic modification in the low fat food marketing megabusiness

Guy Hatchard -

You may have noticed a profusion of packaged goods which claim to be healthy because they are ‘low fat’. Weight loss products command a massive global...

OIA confirms no independent glyphosate monitoring in NZ

Daily Telegraph NZ -

Full text of press release from NoMoreGlyphosate.nz. If you've been following our campaign, you'll know we've been pushing for one thing the New Zealand public...

Australian meat producer warns against mRNA jabs in livestock

Daily Telegraph NZ -

Australian-owned meat company Stockman Steaks has issued a public warning over the introduction of mRNA vaccines into the nation’s livestock industry, following a $20...

Bill Gates-backed fake butter set to hit U.S. stores in 2027

Daily Telegraph NZ -

Illinois company 'Savor' has unveiled a lab-made fake “butter” that uses carbon dioxide and hydrogen to synthesise fat molecules, eliminating the need for plants...

“If it’s in their water, what’s in ours?” What a U.S. pesticide study means for NZ

Daily Telegraph NZ -

A new study out of the United States has just confirmed what many suspected, say NoMoreGlyphosate NZ. "Even with stricter regulations and greater public awareness,...

How the A.I. and Biotech alliance will affect New Zealand

Guy Hatchard -

An article published in Nature on July 30 entitled CRISPR-GPT for agentic automation of gene-editing experiments explains how genetic modification of human and plant cell lines...

An urgent open letter to all New Zealand First Members of Parliament – Updated July 2025

Mary Hobbs -

It is easy to stand with the crowd. It takes courage to stand alone. — Mahatma Gandhi This month, your Party will require you to...

Ministry slammed for failing to seek expert advice on glyphosate risks

Daily Telegraph NZ -

Public interest campaign group NoMore Glyphosate NZ has accused the Ministry for the Environment of failing in its duty of oversight after revealing the...

Government investment in AI & biotech includes research into “insect larvae-based food development”

Daily Telegraph NZ -

The Government has announced a $24 million investment into artificial intelligence and biotechnology research, partnering with Singapore on projects aimed at healthy ageing and...

Concerns grow over use and transparency of ‘Apeel’ coating on NZ produce

Daily Telegraph NZ -

An article on The Green Goddess wellness website has renewed concerns about the potential use of the Apeel food coating on fruit and vegetables...

Hamilton woman jailed for stealing nearly $500K from her employer

Daily Telegraph NZ -

Ariana Thompson-Bell has been sentenced to 27 months in prison after stealing just under $500,000 from her employer, a Hamilton-based work skills programme. Over two...

An urgent Open Letter to all Members of Parliament

Mary Hobbs -

If people let the government decide what foods they eat and what medicines they take, their bodies will soon be in as sorry a...

“We can identify the illness — but not what caused it.”

Daily Telegraph NZ -

That quote, buried in a formal OIA response to NoMoreGlyphosate.nz, reveals a disturbing public health blind spot, says NoMoreGlyphosate NZ. No Data, No Codes, No...

Coke to swap key ingredient – Trump

Daily Telegraph NZ -

Replacing high-fructose corn syrup with cane sugar in Coca-Cola drinks will lead to economic problems, farmers argue. The Coca-Cola company has agreed to replace high-fructose...

Open Letter To the Hon. Winston Peters, Party Leader and NZ Foreign Minister, and NZ First MPs

Guy Hatchard -

Dear Winston Peters and NZ First MPs I understand the Health Select Committee is due to report on the Gene Technology Bill in the next...

What if Your ‘Natural’ Food isn’t? The glyphosate nobody told you about

Daily Telegraph NZ -

When the label says “natural,” but the laboratory tests tell a different story! When Canadian consumers reached for a box of Nature Valley granola bars...

HelloFresh pleads guilty to misleading customers in ‘subscription trap’ scheme

Daily Telegraph NZ -

HelloFresh New Zealand has pleaded guilty to five charges of misleading conduct under the Fair Trading Act, admitting in Auckland District Court that it...

‘Insect Apocalypse’: Common Aussie fungicide destroying insect fertility, study finds

Daily Telegraph NZ -

A new study from Macquarie University has found that chlorothalonil, a widely used fungicide on Australian fruits and vegetables, severely harms insect fertility and...

When Sciencing is all we need

J. R. Bruning -

No wonder public trust in government is in freefall. This week the Farmers Weekly in a poll asked readers ‘Should the government be showing more...

Bayer’s Roundup retreat: Is the Glyphosate Empire finally crumbling?

Daily Telegraph NZ -

More than a decade after investigative journalist Carey Gillam first pulled back the curtain on Monsanto's controversial weedkiller, the global giant now finds itself...

UK orders emergency recall of popular lollies over ‘DNA-damaging and cancer-causing contaminants’

Daily Telegraph NZ -

UK health authorities have issued an urgent recall of several Jolly Rancher brand sweets after discovering they contain harmful mineral oils linked to DNA...

Rethinking mental health: Is nutrition the missing piece?

Richard Vernall -

In her concluding comments on a BBC Podcast – What can we do about the world’s mental health problems – in November 2019, Grace...

“It’s not science. It’s industry propaganda.” — NZ glyphosate debate demands fresh media attention

Daily Telegraph NZ -

International professor speaks out as glyphosate debate heats up in New Zealand. As global scientists raise renewed concerns about the safety of glyphosate, a widely...

U.S. court awards $611m in Roundup cancer case — NZ faces questions over rising glyphosate limits

Daily Telegraph NZ -

A U.S. appellate court has upheld a $611 million verdict against Bayer's Monsanto unit, finding the company liable for failing to warn consumers about...

Two roads diverged in a wood

Guy Hatchard -

Sometimes life is actually very simple and the answers are staring us in the face, but someone is being highly paid to make the...

Shellfish warning issued for Western Firth of Thames due to paralytic toxin risk

Daily Telegraph NZ -

New Zealand Food Safety has issued a warning against collecting or consuming shellfish from the Western Firth of Thames after routine tests at Waimangu...

Meat companies fined $1.6m for illegally altering exported tallow

Daily Telegraph NZ -

A group of New Zealand meat processing companies and their directors have been fined a total of $1.6 million for illegally altering tallow exports...

Ārepa drink recalled after glass injury linked to faulty bottles

Daily Telegraph NZ -

Alphagen NZ Limited has recalled two batches of its Ārepa "Brain Drink" after a customer was injured by a chipped glass bottle. The affected 300ml...

A Licence To Kill

Guy Hatchard -

The average number of sunshine hours in NZ is above 2,000 per year. In the UK it averages around 1,350. Incredibly, the Telegraph reports that the British...

Give us our daily bread, but please stop genetically modifying the yeast

Guy Hatchard -

There is a poem written by Harry Baker. If ever I die and thee be not sure that I’m dead Just put butter and jam on...

Text of our oral presentation to the Health Select Committee on the Gene Technology Bill

Guy Hatchard -

The following is the text of our oral submission to the NZ Health Select Committee on the Gene Technology Bill made on Monday. We were...

HelloFresh NZ faces criminal charges over misleading subscription reactivations

Daily Telegraph NZ -

The Commerce Commission has filed criminal charges against HelloFresh NZ, alleging the company misled former subscribers during cold calls between February 2022 and July...

The Gene Tech Bill – What’s the rush?

Mary Hobbs -

From caring comes courage. — Laozi The Gene Tech Bill had its first Reading on 17 December 2024, the last day that Parliament sat before...

The failure of the parliamentary process in the age of biotechnology

Guy Hatchard -

This article has two parts: the problem and our response. Authoritative mathematical biologist Alex Washburne has published an article on Substack entitled “The Strength of...

High Court rules crayfish catch decision unlawful

Daily Telegraph NZ -

The High Court has ruled that the 2023 decision by the then-Oceans and Fisheries Minister on crayfish catch limits was "unlawful" as it failed...

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