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Analysis of misinformation in the Gene Technology Bill

A Long but Necessary Read—Analysis of misinformation in the Gene Technology Bill and suggestions for submissions and discussions New Research Findings on Dangers of Gene...

Public submissions open for controversial Gene Technology Bill

The Health Committee is calling for public submissions on the Gene Technology Bill 2024, a piece of legislation that has already sparked backlash across...

Major Alert: NZ Government is enshrining ‘Medical Mandates’ in law

There is a revolution in progress and it is not a bloodless revolution. The Gene Technology Bill introduced to Parliament this week includes the following provisions:— ...

Calls to pause Gene Technology Bill amid concerns over deregulation and European policy developments

An open letter from Physicians and Scientists for Global Responsibility (PSGR) urges Members of Parliament to pause the Gene Technology Bill until the European...

The risks of biotechnology deregulation are unquantifiable

The Gene Technology Bill currently being introduced into the NZ parliament and fast-tracked will allow for the appointment of a regulator to categorise gene...

Formal Response to the Expert Opinions Issued by the Science Media Centre in Support of the Gene Technology Bill introduced to Parliament.

For the Attention of: Media, Biotech Researchers, Members of Parliament and Cabinet. A Public Resource Author: Guy Hatchard PhD was formerly Director of Natural Products at Genetic...

Judith Collins’ new Gene Technology Bill – A sticky, unconstitutional mess?

The Hon Judith Collins the Attorney General’s Gene Technology Bill has just been published. Collins claims that the Bill will: ‘create an authorisation framework to...

Collins announces introduction of ‘mainstream’ Gene Technology Bill

Science, Innovation and Technology Minister Judith Collins sparked a wave of negative responses after announcing the introduction of the Gene Technology Bill in Parliament. Taking...

Guy Hatchard: The truth will out

For millennia humankind has been plagued by a succession of people and groups who thought they knew the secret of life. Their views have been...

Fed up with hearing about Covid? Think again, there is more to come

New information reveals the truth is a lot darker, but there are also paths to healing. Have you noticed a proliferation of websites promoting ‘cures’ for long...

One can’t escape the truth

A message for Dr Shane Reti, Minister of Health, PM Chris Luxon and Judith Collins, Minister for Science, Technology and Innovation. The media gauge and...

DNA testing giant 23andMe faces financial and privacy challenges

DNA-testing company 23andMe was once a market leader with a valuation surpassing even Apple’s but now finds itself fighting for survival. The company's share price...

Do white coats make you more intelligent?

This week we were subjected to a piece of biotech propaganda from the Hon. David Seymour MP, leader of the ACT Party and soon...

Vaccine whistleblower Andrew Wakefield makes shocking claims against CDC in MMR-Autism study cover-up

In a bombshell revelation during an interview on AskTheCouncil.live, vaccine whistleblower Dr. Andrew Wakefield accused the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) of...

Over half of ‘peer reviewers’ for top medical journals have financial conflicts, study reveals

A recent study has found that more than half of peer reviewers for four leading medical journals received payments from drug and medical device...

From agrarianism to transhumanism: The long march to dystopia

“A total demolition of the previous forms of existence is underway: how one comes into the world, biological sex, education, relationships, the family, even...

Why stopping the deregulation of biotechnology matters so much

In October 2012 Dr Anthony Fauci was writing for the American Society for Microbiology about scientists conducting gain of function research: “In an unlikely but conceivable turn...

Is our food safety authority failing the fairness and impartiality test?

Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) have held two consultations to gauge public opinion on gene edited ‘new breeding techniques (NBT) organisms, but have...

Urgent: Government Plans To Remove Gene Food Labelling

As you may have heard or read from numerous sources circulating widely, FSANZ (Food Standards Australia and New Zealand) is proposing to end any...

Fact checking the incredible claims of Prime Minister Chris Luxon, Judith Collins and the NZ Biotech lobby

Unfortunately none of the above are ever likely to publicly debate their policy to deregulate biotechnology, instead they are saturating a compliant media with...

Bloomfield appointed interim CEO at ESR

ESR Board Chair Sarah Young has announced that Ashley Bloomfield, former Director-General of Health, will assume the role of Interim Chief Executive at ESR...

The Government of the Bio-Technocrats

Governments are deregulating biotechnology, what will that mean for us? An article in the UK Daily Mail entitled “The wave of new £2m-a-dose NHS drugs...

Breakthrough claimed in ‘cow fart vaccine’

Scientists at ArkeaBio, a US-based start-up in collaboration with AgriZeroNZ from New Zealand, claim they have achieved a 'breakthrough' in developing a methane-reducing 'vaccine'...

Agricultural and horticultural products regulatory review: Is the review set up to fail?

The Agricultural and horticultural products regulatory review is open for comment until 8 September 2024. The review will focus on the approval path for...

A week in politics that stole our rights and changed our nation forever

This week Judith Collins, Minister for Science and Technology, and Chris Luxon, Prime Minister, decided to introduce a policy change with a Laurel and Hardy...

Bipartisan support for changes to Genetic Engineering laws a possibility – report

The government plans to overhaul the country’s genetic engineering laws by scrapping the effective ban on gene editing by the end of next year. The...

Facebook deletes account of famous scientist over male Algerian Olympic boxer post

Renowned UK scientist and evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins has had his Facebook account deleted after he posted a statement condemning the International Olympic Committee...

How did MPs respond to my open letter and what to do about it.

Last week we published an open letter to parliamentarians which was personally sent to every MP and marked URGENT. So what happened? We got some responses.  You...

Guy Hatchard – URGENT: Open Letter to Parliamentarians

Meeting the post-pandemic challenges facing the nation I am writing to you on a matter of urgency that affects us all. Following on from the...

The Long Read: Is this the end of the materialist paradigm?

A few weeks ago we published an article “Can Biotechnology Control Human Behaviour?”. A study found that transplant recipients routinely acquire the memories of the...

Guy Hatchard: What has become of our country?

The University of Auckland has announced that it is joining a research project of national significance co-hosted with Victoria University of Wellington and supported by the...

Guy Hatchard: The fundamental flaw in biotech medicine

The biotechnology industry has grown over the years since 1953 when the structure of DNA was unravelled. Its growth has been due to a combination...

Government announces biotechnology deregulation is coming to New Zealand very soon. What will it mean for us?

The Government has announced that during the next three months it will take Cabinet decisions on new regulations to remove the ban on genetic engineering...

Guy Hatchard: The post-biotech world

In 1972 Stanley Cohen, a Stanford medical professor and Herbert Boyer a biochemist sat down to dinner in a deli in Hawaii. They discussed how...

The true extent of biotechnology experimentation—It’s happening now

The New Zealand government plans to deregulate biotechnology, what does that mean for our food supply and our health? A comprehensive presentation by Kate Mason...

Game Changing Initiative: The International Genetic Charter

The World Health Assembly of WHO has announced that agreement has been reached on an amended version of the proposed International Health regulations to take effect...

Guy Hatchard: Can biotechnology control human behaviour?

Every so often you find a study that breaks new ground and advances human understanding. The journal Transplantology has published a paper entitled “Personality Changes...

Large number of new primary teachers lack basic maths and science qualifications – study

Recent research by the Institute of Economic Research reveals a concerning trend among newly appointed primary school teachers. The study, which analysed the school qualifications...

Some people are planning a new future for us all. What sort of future should we be planning for ourselves?

You may remember a couple of months ago that a man in the US received a kidney transplant from a genetically modified pig. This was...

Mind control, polypharmacy, and biotechnology, a looming disaster and a dead end

An article in the UK Daily Telegraph entitled “The ‘black sheep’ brain chip start-up backed by Bezos and Gates" and a fascinating Tucker Carlson...

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