Reimagining Fuels Resilience, and How To Get It
Tuesday, August 22, 2023
New Zealand is more exposed to fuel supply disruption than comparable countries and urgently needs a resilience plan, yet proposed legislation just tinkers with fuel stocks.
Cyclone Gabrielle has left …
Radical genetech bill ignores global standards at Kiwi producers’ peril
Friday, July 18, 2025
Failing to recognise Europe’s role as standards setter for gene edited foods would set NZ up for needless trade losses .
Economic growth is the stated …
Gene Tech Law Fails to Protect Against Big Economic Risks
Monday, February 10, 2025
Planned law bundles widely supported applications of gene science with much more risky uses in the outdoors, without properly protecting NZ Inc from their economic risks. Time to split …
An Oil Supply Crisis Could Trigger a Sovereignty Crisis for NZ
Tuesday, November 5, 2024
If middle east oil flows were seriously disrupted, the multibillion dollar costs and geopolitical impacts would hit New Zealand harder than most other OECD countries. Yet we are less …
What’s at Risk if GMO Regulation Goes Light?
Monday, October 7, 2024
New Zealand’s unusual degree of exposure to the economic risks posed by GMOs is the first signal that well founded regulation of their outdoor use is needed. GMOs are …
GMO Conversation Needs Good Analysis
Saturday, April 1, 2023
The conversation on GMOs MPI has proposed via a food sector planning process needs to be grounded in good analysis.
The draft Food and Beverage Sector Transformation Plan gives undue …
Open Source Detection Test for First Gene Edited Crop
Tuesday, September 8, 2020
Today’s release of an open source test for detecting the first “gene edited” crop is a game changer.
It refutes claims by GMO developers suggesting that new GM foods are …
‘Un-Terminating’ the Smelter, and Unlocking a Manapouri New Deal
Thursday, July 16, 2020
Rio Tinto’s latest threat to close its smelter came with the news that it had terminated its power supply contract – something that had “never been done before”.
However the …
A New Carbon Accounting Unit for Permanent Sequestration
Wednesday, January 15, 2020
The creation of a new unit of carbon currency to recognise the permanent sequestration of greenhouse gases would provide a clear way for exporters to meet international standards for …
