NEWSFLASH: GM Royal Commission Report Presented

Friday, 27 July 2001, 5:47 pm
Article: Alastair Thompson

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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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