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The coalition government has announced plans to lift the nearly 30-year ban on genetically engineered organisms outside labs, aiming to pass legislation and establish a gene tech regulator by 2026. Science Minister Judith Collins called it a “major milestone” for advancing health, climate adaptation, and economic growth. “These changes will bring New Zealand up to global best practice,” Collins said.
The current setup has become “arbitrary as to who’s covered and who’s not covered”.
A “textbook negative supply shock”.
The Act’s purpose is to increase the availability of official information and promote accountability, not simply to reduce workload.
A global shock could still hit New Zealanders at the pump well before it shows up as a shortage in storage tanks.
Investors are thinking about “stability first”.
“How they and the 28 other businesses and associations could have signed up to support the India FTA without knowing what is in it is an appalling commentary on them all.”
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The events at Albert Park in March of 2023 look less like the high-water mark of an unstoppable cultural consensus, and more like the moment the consensus began to crack.
If the media wants to be trusted on COVID, then stop recycling misleading numbers, quoting the same local “experts”, and treating one narrow public health line as the only respectable view.
Editorial independence protects TVNZ from political interference, but it does not remove accountability when bias occurs. Ministers cannot direct coverage, but the board still has responsibility through leadership, oversight and senior appointments.
If you use private life to polish your public image, don’t be shocked when people start asking whether the image was real.
Allowing a former minister to run again who insulted voters, abused basic conflict rules, and was rejected at the ballot box is not a good look.
