NZ First says overhaul of GMO laws unlikely before election

NZ First offers gene tech carrot to sceptical voters

Winston Peters has pushed the genetic engineering bill back beyond the election, turning it into a campaign wedge for sceptical voters. Fox Meyer reports.

NZ First says overhaul of GMO laws unlikely before election

The Gene Technology Bill seeks to end an effective 30-year ban on the use of technologies like gene editing outside the laboratory.

Peters says gene technology overhaul unlikely before election

NZ First leader Winston Peters said a major overhaul of genetic modification laws would not pass before the election and was likely to become an election issue. As part of National’s coalition agreements with ACT and NZ First, the proposed Gene Technology Bill would end an effective 30-year ban on gene editing outside the laboratory and open the door to releasing modified organisms. Speaking in Cambridge on Sunday, Peters said the coalition deal…

Gene Technology Bill unlikely to pass this term: Peters

New Zealand First leader Winston Peters says the government's proposed genetic modification reforms are increasingly likely to become an election issue.