MEDIA RELEASE
Green Party gets it all wrong
The Green Party and its leader, Jeanette Fitzsimons, have obviously misunderstood the gravity of the error made by Dr
Elaine Ingham in the evidence she presented on their behalf, the Chairman of the NZ Life Sciences Network, Dr William
Rolleston, said today.
“To make an error about the end of all terrestrial plant life is not some ‘minor glitch’. This is the expert witness
presented by the Green Party to substantiate its claims of the horrendous consequences if even the tiniest GM organism
was to be released into the environment.
“The Green Party should now acknowledge to the Royal Commission that one of the major planks of its evidence has fallen
through the floor and its assertions about the consequences of field trials of GM plants can’t be substantiated.
“If the Green Party was acting honourably and to the same ethical standards as they expect from others they would
apologise for having misled the Royal Commission and the public,” concluded Dr Rolleston.
For further information, contact:
Dr William Rolleston Francis Wevers
Chairman Executive Director
Phone 03 612 6688 Phone 04 916 0100
Mobile 025 246 0634 Mobile 021 916010
Date: Tuesday, 20 February 2001