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NEWSFLASH: GM Royal Commission Report Presented

Published: Fri 27 Jul 2001 05:47 PM

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PHOTO STORY: http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0107/S00172.htm

CAPTION: Dame Sylvia Receives Royal Commission Report On GM

The Governor-General, the Honourable Dame Silvia Cartwright, receives the report of the Royal Commission on Genetic Modification from the commission chair, the Right Honourable Sir Thomas Eichelbaum, at Government House. See... Images: Sylvia Cartwright Receives GM Report

GE Free Rallies Mark Royal Commission Report Hand-over

In more than 42 towns and cities across the country, New Zealanders are gathering to show the Government they want a GE-Free nation. The nationwide gatherings are being held to mark the handover of the recommendations of the Royal Commission on Genetic Modification to the Government.

See... People Gather For A Ge-Free Nation [1]

and IMAGES: GE Free NZ Rally At Parliament Today [2]

and the Royal Commission's own release GM Royal Commission Completes Its Task [3]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PO0107/S00120.htm

[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PA0107/S00479.htm

[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/SC0107/S00079.htm

SCOOP HAS FULL COVERAGE OF TODAY'S DEVELOPMENTS....

- Royal Commission - Governor-General to receive report on GM [4]

- ACT - Greens' Preferential GM Treatment Appalling [5]

- Nats - Green Party Protest Shows Contempt For Commission [6]

Life Sciences Network

- Government Risks Inflaming The GM Debate [7]

[4] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/SC0107/S00071.htm

[5] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PA0107/S00474.htm

[6] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PA0107/S00480.htm

[7] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PO0107/S00121.htm

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