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Alert: A convergence of risk to mental and physical health is occurring as a range of modern technologies are implemented

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In this article we will look at the different ways a range of recently introduced technology is impacting our body and mind creating a...

Government trials AI to ‘speed up’ biosecurity import approvals

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The Government is trialling a new artificial intelligence tool aimed at speeding up the development of New Zealand's import health standards while maintaining existing...

An unwanted future is taking shape as biotechnology experimentation proliferates

Guy Hatchard -

The media needs to cover new research findings Regular readers will be aware that for the last five years we have been warning of serious...

High risk biotechnology experimentation is gathering pace

Guy Hatchard -

Much loved Kiwi actor Sam Neill has died suddenly. In March 2023 Neill announced he had been diagnosed with Stage 3 angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma (a rare...

How does DNA actually work?

Guy Hatchard -

You have probably heard computer analogies used to explain how DNA works. Computers have properties that are fixed by precise programming and hardware. In these...

EU greenlights GMO crops, New Zealand watches closely

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An agricultural Pandora’s box has been opened, with the European Union’s approval of new rules that deregulate gene-edited-crops. This week the European Parliament voted to...

Peters says gene technology overhaul unlikely before election

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NZ First leader Winston Peters said a major overhaul of genetic modification laws would not pass before the election and was likely to become...

HSNO submissions close today

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A reminder that submissions on the proposed amendments to the Hazardous Substances and New Organisms Act close TODAY 15 June. To have your say, go...

AI rivals back DNA rules to limit bioweapons risk in rare show of unity

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Sam Altman, Dario Amodei, and other executives have said AI advances could weaken biosecurity barriers. Executives from leading AI companies have joined biotechnology experts in...

A decade of lies: The US-funded biolab denial saga

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Washington for years rejected Russian allegations of the existence of the secret program, before finally admitting it. Russia’s allegations that the US-funded clandestine biological laboratories...

Government moves to fast-track hazardous substance and new organism approvals

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The Government is proposing changes to New Zealand’s hazardous substances laws aimed at speeding up approval processes for new agrichemicals and crop protection products,...

How on earth did this happen to us?

Guy Hatchard -

In our latest release “The Fall of the House of Biotechnology, I began by saying it was among the most important articles we have...

Open Letter warning the leaders of Intelligence Services

Guy Hatchard -

Growing dangers from biotechnology experimentation We understand that the security services are charged with protecting a nation from internal conflict and foreign interference. You have...

Lifting the lid

Mary Hobbs -

Single acts of tyranny may be ascribed to the opinion of a day, but a series of oppressions, begun at a distinguished period, unalterable...

Hundreds of secretive high-risk biolabs operating globally – study

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A newly published global analysis has identified 3,625 'high-containment' biological laboratories operating worldwide, raising fresh questions about transparency, safety oversight, and biosecurity preparedness. The research,...

Has the Age of Devolution begun?

Guy Hatchard -

2019 heralded the start of a new era, but not perhaps the new age that many had hoped for. The advent of mass biotechnology has...

Warning – a Great Flood

Guy Hatchard -

The proliferation of genetic technologies is not containable. Genetic sequences are globally mobile, they can integrate with host organisms and spread without any practical possibility...

Government assurances of biotech safety are worthless. Here is the evidence

Guy Hatchard -

Technological power holds a perennial fascination for leaders of every persuasion. The supposed ability to alter the genes of whole populations is the ultimate dream...

GMOs and genetic engineering are drivers of health and environmental decline – Expert

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Physician and educator Dr Zach Bush has delivered a wide-ranging presentation outlining his views on genetically modified organisms, chemical-intensive agriculture and modern genetic engineering...

‘Stop the Gene Technology Bill’ event at the Kapiti Food Fair, Saturday 6 December 2025

Daily Telegraph NZ -

On Saturday 29th November, people across New Zealand came together to protest the Gene Technology Bill at community events in over 25 centres across...

Stop the Gene Tech Bill: Nationwide protest on Saturday

Daily Telegraph NZ -

A nationwide protest is set for Saturday, 29 November 2025, as opposition mounts against the Government’s Gene Technology Bill, which is approaching its second...

Urgent: Provisions of the Gene Tech Bill are being introduced by stealth

Guy Hatchard -

Frustrated by questions being raised by some political parties which are currently stalling the Gene Technology Bill, government appointed regulators have gone ahead to...

Viral video shows Aldi supermarket stocked full of bioengineered “fake food”

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A video posted online has sparked widespread discussion after a woman shopping at an Aldi supermarket in the U.S. claimed that “almost everything” on...

Extreme agendas of biotechnology are being put on the table

Guy Hatchard -

ChatGPT founder Sam Altman has joined a clutch of tech billionaires contributing to the US$30 million funding of a biotechnology business called Preventive which aims to “correct...

What did an MP say about the giant alarming cancer study?

Guy Hatchard -

Tom Rutherford, National MP for Bay of Plenty, is described by his party as an exciting young political prospect who is bringing experience and fresh insights...

NZOFP leader Sue Grey urges Collins to halt Gene Tech Bill

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New Zealand Outdoors & Freedom Party (NZOFP) leader Sue Grey has written an open letter to Science, Innovation and Technology Minister Judith Collins, calling...

All Members of Parliament who intend to vote for the Gene Tech bill must stand down

Mary Hobbs -

A ‘no’ uttered from the deepest conviction is better than a ‘yes’ merely to please. — Mahatma Gandhi It was reported that 97% of the...

Scientists warn MPs Gene Tech Bill is ‘built on promises, not evidence’

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New Zealand charity the Physicians and Scientists for Global Responsibility (PSGRNZ) have emailed an open letter to New Zealand Members of Parliament highlighting that any vote...

I am not afraid of those asking questions, but of those who believe they know all the answers

Guy Hatchard -

This article examines what we know about heredity, health and genetics. It draws out the implications for intelligence and the applicability (or rather risks) of...

Rally at Parliament on 4 November to oppose Gene Tech Bill

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A public rally is set to take place outside Parliament on Tuesday, November 4, as campaigners call on MPs to stop the government’s proposed...

It is time to start thinking about the big picture

Guy Hatchard -

Last night we watched A House of Dynamite on Netflix. The plot revolved around a nuclear missile strike on Chicago by an unnamed rogue nation putting the...

Confronting news: Gene Drives are being produced in NZ

Guy Hatchard -

Five patients have been hospitalised in Queensland after ingesting the rat poison brodifacoum. ABC reports that the authorities do not know the source of the cluster...

New laws are urgently needed to outlaw biotechnology experimentation

Guy Hatchard -

NZ First have admitted they voted to progress an amended version of the Gene Technology Bill out of the select committee stage and return...

ACT and NZ First voice serious reservations over Gene Tech Bill

Daily Telegraph NZ -

ACT and New Zealand First have both expressed major concerns about the government’s Gene Technology Bill, even though they supported the amendments recommended by...

Major Alert—The Health Select Committee recommends the passage of the Gene Technology Bill

Guy Hatchard -

The Health Select Committee has reported back to Parliament with its recommendations on the Gene Technology Bill. Their 25 page report begins with the...

Gene Tech Bill advances despite opposition

Daily Telegraph NZ -

The Health Select Committee has recommended passing the Gene Technology Bill, which would overhaul New Zealand’s 1996 GMO regulations and introduce a risk-based system...

Give us our daily bread

Guy Hatchard -

This article examines genetically modified yeast in detail and shows how the biotech food industry is deceiving even consumer activists. An article in the UK...

The modern age cannot be an age of biotechnology

Guy Hatchard -

There are turning points in history when the direction and destiny of the human race shifts. These times are characterised by new experiences, ideas, choices,...

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...

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