Why New Zealand Must Ban Genetic Engineering – No Compromise
- Gary Moller
- Oct 28
- 3 min read
Published 16th October 2025: updated 28th October
Good morning everyone
The Health Select Committee report did not offer any significant recommendations for altering the draft Gene Technology Bill.
Upcoming event
Several groups concerned about the bill have come together to organise a rally at Parliament on Tuesday, 4th November. Flyers are attached.
Tuesday, 4th November - Parliament will be in session that day. The goal is for some MPs to engage with the attendees.
Begins at 11:30am. Bring a picnic — to promote inclusivity and emphasise that the bill will affect the food chain, the environment, and agriculture.
The house begins its session at 2pm.
Alofa and I won't be there because we will be in the Philippines, but we will be there in spirit.
This rally focuses on the bill (which could significantly alter NZ without proper safeguards), not on the groups organising it. To be effective, people need to stand up and show their concern.
Please share through your networks.
Rally
Stop the Gene Tech Bill: Tuesday, 4th November 11:30–2pm, 1 Molesworth Street, Parliament Steps, Wellington.
New Zealand is on the brink of becoming the world's next genetic engineering playground — a so-called "safe haven" for biotech and gain-of-function experimentation. Since the Wuhan scandal and the collapse of Ukraine as a hub for US biolabs, global eyes have turned to our isolated islands. Why? Because any accident or release here can be more easily contained, and because New Zealand is not seen as a likely theatre of war. That should terrify every thinking person.
Please read this excellent article: https://flagnfix.substack.com/p/rally-stop-the-gene-tech-bill
All our political parties, in one form or another, are signalling support for liberalising GE laws. Some say they want "safeguards," others talk about "modernising regulations" or "compromise." A compromise on GE is not progress, it's surrender. The risks are too great, the history too damning. To allow this kind of research and tech into NZ turns us all into lab guinea pigs. They threaten to tank our economy and trash decades of marketing NZ as a "clean and green" destination, and producer of high-value food.
Just who are they working for? Who is behind this crazy push for GE that the people of NZ soundly reject? Who's pulling the strings of our politicians? Not the people who they are supposed to serve — obviously! Why are they gas-lighting us? Why are they ignoring the evidence that GE is nothing but bad news for clean, green NZ?
Guy Hatchard has spelled this out in detail in his latest article. He shows how every party is edging towards opening the floodgates for GE, despite the obvious lessons from COVID and biotech disasters overseas. I urge you to read his full piece here:https://hatchardreport.com/laws-needed-to-outlaw-biotechnology-experimentation/
Don't be fooled by glossy PR and empty promises of "safe" biotech. Look instead at what the world has already suffered – excess deaths, chronic illness, fractured societies, bankrupt economies — all tied to the reckless pursuit of biotechnology. Are we really prepared to let New Zealand become the next experiment?
My goal is for New Zealand to be the world's organic market leader. We want to make high-quality products, instead of cheap products like milk powder and pine logs. Are you with me on this?
This is not a time for silence. Every letter, every email, every conversation counts. Tell your MP, regardless of party, that you will not accept any compromise on GE in New Zealand. Urge your friends, family, and colleagues to do the same. We must insist on a complete ban on all forms of genetic engineering and gain-of-function research. Our health, our food, and the integrity of our land are not negotiable.
Lobbying NZ First:
NZ First remains our best hope. Email contact details for Ministers and MP's, and go the step further of joining the party and lobby from within:
Our isolation and relatively high level of technology means we are ideally suited for use as a real-life trial for any mad-cap idea that so-called world leaders like to try because, if/when it goes wrong, we can easily be isolated and not infect the world. We must take responsibility for ourselves, both individually and as a nation, so we can develop our own beneficial practices, e.g. organic farming instead of lab-based 'food' production. Eat according to nature and grow your own food whenever possible.