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Media Releases

Wake-up call on the environmental and human health harms of toxic agrichemicals

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Soil & Health joins call for immediate action on farming emissions

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Glyphosate risk assessment urgently needed

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Bayer Fails to Overturn European Ban on Bee-Harming Pesticides

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Japanese glyphosate scare highlights lack of regulation in New Zealand

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Submissions

Submission of the Soil & Health Association on the Therapeutic Products Bill

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Submission of the Soil & Health Association on definitions for gene technology and new breeding techniques

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Submission of the Soil & Health Association on the Emissions Reduction Plan

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EPA Call for Information on glyphosate, September 2021

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Climate Commission draft advice to government, Autumn 2021

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Campaigns

Our submission on the National Organic Standard

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Letter to Ministers and MPs: Seizing the opportunities of organic regenerative farming

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Heavy rain, soil and waterways – what’s the effect and what we can do about it?

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Goodbye Glyphosate! Rethinking Weeds

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Japanese glyphosate scare highlights lack of regulation in New Zealand

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GE & GM

Community support for a GE-free New Plymouth

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Community Support for a GE free Waikato – submissions needed by Monday 22nd January 2018

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A win for clean, green, GE-free New Zealand

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GE potatoes set to sneak into our food

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GE-Free Zones partially protected in RMA amendments

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Glyphosate

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Assoc. Meetings & Events

Special General Meeting – Saturday 4 May 2024, 10am to 12pm

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Report of the 2023 AGM

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Genetic Engineering Webinar: What do Consumers Want? Navigating GE Issues with Jon Carapiet

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Genetic Engineering Panel Discussion: Where are we at in Aotearoa New Zealand

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2023 AGM Remits

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Organic Community

Honouring the Warrior Queen of Organics

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Together we can keep Aotearoa GE-free!

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Celebrating 75 years of organics in NZ

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New wave of GE-free activism

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RMA reforms undermine communities and the environment

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Organics

Law change can support organic dairy and revitalise waterways

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Christmas comes early for the Organic Sector

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Health not herbicides: time to phase out glyphosate

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GE potatoes set to sneak into our food

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Organic dairy farmers reaping just rewards

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Project Gro

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Soil4Climate

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Health & Food

The ‘dirty dozen’ – latest update

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Wake-up call on the environmental and human health harms of toxic agrichemicals

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Bayer Fails to Overturn European Ban on Bee-Harming Pesticides

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Japanese glyphosate scare highlights lack of regulation in New Zealand

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Concerns remain on improved Organic Products Bill 

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Water

Organic practices will improve water quality

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Polluted waterways pose threat to children

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Hamilton joins 30 other councils who don’t fluoridate

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Methyl bromide gas seeps through Picton’s Ferry Terminal

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Farming

Green Party organics policy adds vital ingredient to national debate on the environment

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Let’s go organic, Jacinda!

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Law change can support organic dairy and revitalise waterways

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A win for clean, green, GE-free New Zealand

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Nitrogen fertiliser: the elephant in the room

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Videos & Books

Dee Pigneguy’s organic home garden

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Wayne Hill talk 2018

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Minette Tonoli talk

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Vic Barret talk 2018

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Kelmarna Gardens talk from Julie Keats

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