The Gene Technology Bill allows exempted and unregulated genetically engineered organisms (GE) into NZ with no assessment of risk.
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GE Free NZ
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Genetically engineered organisms of all kinds must be prevented from being let loose in the environment with no controls, monitoring or public knowledge, says the Soil & Health Association of New Zealand.
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Soil & Health Association of New Zealand
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Farmers, exporters, consumers and animals are the big losers in the proposed Gene Technology (GT) Bill which excludes from regulation a whole category of Gene Edited (GE) plants, animals and microorganisms.
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GE Free NZ
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The government is set to "water-down" protection from harassment in a new law supposed to keep people safer from stalking, say violence-prevention experts.
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Auckland Women's Centre
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Amnesty International’s research has found sufficient basis to conclude that Israel has committed and is continuing to commit genocide against Palestinians in the occupied Gaza Strip, the organisation said in a landmark new report published today.
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Amnesty International Aotearoa New Zealand
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The Government’s move to stop carbon credits being earned on productive farmland is welcome news, but changes must also be made to the way we set our international emissions targets, Federated Farmers says.
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Federated Farmers of New Zealand
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Hamilton — The Animal Justice Party (AJP) is extremely concerned by the mass cull following New Zealand’s first confirmed outbreak of bird flu at an Otago egg farm.
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Animal Justice Party
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With one of the lead organisers of Hīkoi - Eru Kapa-Kingi - being a paid Parliamentary staffer working for Te Pāti Māori, Taxpayers’ Union Policy and Public Affairs Manager, James Ross, said “if taxpayer money is being spent, we need to see the receipts.” “Parliamentary budgets are for helping constituents, not political campaigning.
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New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
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Tauranga — Tauranga-based ACT MP Cameron Luxton has written to the Auditor-General, raising concerns about the Council’s recent sale of the Tauranga Marine Precinct and requesting an investigation.
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ACT New Zealand
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ACT is calling for an end to the “broadcast allocation” for election campaigns that sees taxpayer money given to political parties to buy television and radio ads.
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ACT New Zealand
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The Taxpayers’ Union is launching a major campaign for Kiwis to demand MPs’ expenses no longer enjoy a special carve out from the Official Information Act.
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New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
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Hamilton — Today’s Otago Daily Times reports that the government was advised of serious concerns about Waikato University’s ability to fund its contribution to the new medical school and with the assumptions used in the cost-benefit analysis that had been prepared.
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New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
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The number of general electorates in New Zealand will decrease from 65 to 64 at the next general election.
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Statistics New Zealand
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Auckland — A new study emphasises the need for tailored approaches that balance migration’s economic and social complexities.
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University of Auckland
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The Taxpayers’ Union can reveal through the Official Information Act that the Reserve Bank has spent more than $2 million on its digital cash programme so far. The ongoing project explores the introduction of an electronic currency, and has an approved total budget of $4.7 million.
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New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
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The Prime Minister must take action on his Government’s disastrous tobacco control policy after the latest in a long series of pro-tobacco industry moves by Associate Minister of Health Casey Costello that are likely to cause more harm - at the tax-payer’s expense.
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Health Coalition Aotearoa
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Mana Wāhine Kōrero was told last week that their 12 September submission to the Petitions Committee in relation to the Midwifery Scope of Practice will not be publicly available.
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Women's Rights Party
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Energy Resources Aotearoa welcomes the introduction of the Crown Minerals Amendment Bill to the House, which will include reversing the 2018 ban on new gas exploration outside onshore Taranaki.
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Energy Resources Aotearoa
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Political pundits across the country spat out their coffee this morning upon turning to the NZ Herald's front page splash that Andrew Coster "speaks out on being dragged into political debate".
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New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
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Wellington City — After almost a year of consistent pressure from the student body, the Victoria University of Wellington (VUW) Foundation announced its divestment from all Israeli government bonds and shares of companies listed in Israel.
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Student Justice for Palestine Pōneke
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Aotearoa New Zealand's historically low levels of corruption have encouraged complacency and a reactive approach to policymaking at top levels of politics and the public service.
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Transparency International New Zealand
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“Having a period is not a feminine thing, and people of all genders menstruate, including non-binary people, agender people and even plenty of men”, or so says Health NZ | Te Whatu Ora in its new draft ‘gender diversity’ policy.
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Women's Rights Party
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