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Steffan Browning MP
Steffan Browning MP
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Kiwis have a right to know that our food is safe and healthy, and free from cruelty.

We have opposed the release of GE into the environment and have worked in Parliament to improve legislation covering GE organisms.

The Green Party remains committed to keeping the Aotearoa/New Zealand environment free of GE organisms.

GE needs to stay in lab, releasing it would destroy our clean green image which is so important to our economy.

Recent news about Genetic Engineering

Steffan Browning's maiden speech to the House

15 Feb 2012 | Speech | Steffan Browning MP

Kia ora tatou katoa

I give my acknowledgement to this House, those that have gone before, to the Tangata Whenua of this region, and indeed Aotearoa. More

Green Party critical of Ag Research censorship

23 Jun 2011 | Press Release | Sue Kedgley MP

Attempts by Crown Research Institute Ag Research to stifle a scientific report critical of its practices are disturbing and verge on censorship, the Green Party says. More

Inquiry into AgResearch GE experiments needed

21 Feb 2011 | Press Release | 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. More

HART Amendment Bill - Kevin Hague's third reading

12 Oct 2010 | Speech | Kevin Hague MP

We urge that the Minister now takes the opportunity to institute a review of the operation of the Act, to consider the recommendations of the Law Commission, to consider all of the other issues that have arisen subsequently, and to ensure that this Act is fit for purpose.

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GE clover doesn’t have four leaves

16 Jun 2010 | Press Release | Russel Norman MP

New Zealand does not have to resort to using genetic engineering to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, the Green Party said today.

AgResearch today announced they may be able to genetically engineer a strand of clover which, when digested by cattle, may release less methane than regular clover. More

Parliamentary inquiry needed into Ruakura animal experiments

03 May 2010 | Press Release | Sue Kedgley MP

An urgent parliamentary inquiry is needed into the ethics and animal welfare issues of GE trials at AgResarch's Ruakura facility, Green Party Animal Welfare spokesperson Sue Kedgley said today. More

Former top spy paves way for Frankenstein animals

15 Apr 2010 | Press Release | Sue Kedgley MP

The decision by the Environmental Risk Management Authority (ERMA) to approve genetically modified goats, sheep and cows at AgResearch's Ruakura research facility is a decision Dr Strangelove would be proud of, said the Green Party's GE spokesperson Sue Kedgley. More

Genetic Modification Revisited

02 Jul 2009 | Speech | Jeanette Fitzsimons MP

A landmark speech on genetic modification from Jeanette Fitzsimons, Green Party GE Spokesperson, delivered at the NZ Institute of Agricutlural and Horticultural Science (NZIAHS) convention at Lincoln University on Wednesday 1st July. More

Kevin Hague speaks to the Regulatory Improvement Bill, 1st Reading

19 May 2009 | Speech | Kevin Hague MP
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Kevin Hague speaks to the Regulatory Improvement Bill, 1st Reading

07 May 2009 | Speech | Kevin Hague MP

Firstly we do have concerns about the implications of some of the proposed changes to the HSNO Act. Some of these changes do meet the criteria Government has set out, while others do not - for example the proposed changes to delegations. More

Kevin Hague speaks to the First Reading of the Patents Bill

05 May 2009 | Speech | Kevin Hague MP
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Patent law has been an important area of law that was long overdue for an overhaul. As such, the Bill has quite a number of helpful developments embedded within it. For example, the Green Party is supportive of the tougher “absolute novelty” test, and the specific exclusions from patent protection for: More

Stop acting like Muppets and cancel all GE trials

11 Feb 2009 | Press Release | Jeanette Fitzsimons MP

"The scientists off the Muppet Show, Dr Bunsen Honeydew and his assistant Beaker, would have more luck in containing a GE field trial than Crop and Food Research," said Green Party Co-Leader Jeanette Fitzsimons. The latest botch up at Crop and Food has led to a 10 year vegetable genetic modification trial being cancelled. More

Food security and GE

02 Feb 2009 | Speech | Metiria Turei MP

Food insecurity and food scarcity has been a feature of human existence since time immemorial, but in recent times food price increases are now affecting wealthy countries and wealthy communities in these countries. More

Unsafe food allegations point to massive breach of trust

10 Oct 2008 | Press Release | Jeanette Fitzsimons MP

The Green Party is calling for an independent review into the New Zealand Food Safety Authority's decision-making processes following allegations the agency hushed-up its own report which questioned the safety of GE Corn variety MON863 for human consumption. More

How Safe Is Our Food?

Event | Sue Kedgley MP

Sue Kedgley gives a public talk on how safe our food is - includes all the major issues covered by the Greens' food policy, including food safety issues following free trade arrangements. More

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