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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...

Science writing is rarely journalism

The Covid pandemic created some of the worst science writing in our lifetimes. Major media outlets failed at providing readers with accurate and balanced news...

You can make science say whatever you want it to say

Technical and scientific information is like any resource. It can be used for special purposes, it can be shaped and moulded to ensure an outcome...

Guy Hatchard: What is life?

In 1953, the same year that DNA was discovered, Mount Everest climbed and Queen Elizabeth crowned, a graduate student in Chicago passed an electrical...

The “Boys Will Be Boys” of Science

The history of the Covid-19 pandemic started long before 2019. If I were to put a start date on the series of events leading to...

Science or Magic?

It seems to me that there has always been a fine line between science and magic, medicine and quackery. We are told that there is...

The year that expertise collapsed

Getting sick and getting well is part of the human experience at all times in all places. As with other phenomena of human existence, that...

MBIE strengthens ties with leading Chinese science agencies

MBIE officials met with two major Chinese science agencies in Wellington recently, recognising a continued commitment to collaborative research and innovation between New Zealand...

DNA found on discarded fruit busts prolific thief

A scene of crime officer's attention to detail has helped put the squeeze on a prolific offender. It started in September when a woman returned...

Guy Hatchard: The Big Picture – We have jumped off an evolutionary cliff

Post-pandemic we have found ourselves living in a considerably changed world. A polarised world with elevated levels of social and international conflict. How did we...

Guy Hatchard: The coalition teeters on the brink of some dangerous decisions

With the announcement of an impending policy deal between the coalition partners, it is a time to reflect on where we are as a...

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