[pf] Royal Commission on Genetic Modification will deliver its report

· {To all Greens, sent by The NZ Greens' Parliamentary secretary. I'll be
at the rally; one of the half-dozen times per decade that I go in to
Auckland. D}

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12 noon, Friday July 27, at YOUR town hall
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    GE-Free Nation. It's NOW or never
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On Friday July 27, the Royal Commission on Genetic Modification will
deliver its report to the Government. The Government will then have just
one month to decide whether we become a GE-Free (environment) nation or
whether genetically engineered organisms are released into our environment
and their introduction into the food chain continues.

-- IT REALLY IS NOW OR NEVER -- 
Many of you have been involved in the petition to get a Royal Commission,
in writing submissions, in organising the Green MP Tour and in sending off
postcards. We need to keep the pressure up for the next few weeks, as the
Government makes a decision on the place of GE.

At 12 noon, July 27, New Zealanders across the country will congregate at
their town halls, or other central spot, to usher in our GE-Free future. 

A number of environmental and organic agriculture organisations, among them
Soil and Health, Bio-Gro, Greenpeace, GE Free NZ, ECO are supporting a
nationwide rally for a GE-Free nation.

-- Presence, no matter how small, is important --

Of course, it's good to get as many people along as possible, but even if
you have 6 people outside YOUR town hall at that hour, that counts. It's
just as much the fact that across the country, in as many towns and cities
as possible, people went to their town hall to show the Government they
want a GE-Free environment and food chain.

You can look up http://www.gefree.net.nz & see details of the venues &
contact people for over 30 rallies that we know are happening. Contact:
green.party@parliament.govt.nz or call Stephanie Howard at 04-4706767 to be
a local contact and organiser for the day if your town is not mentioned there.

-- What does GE-Free mean? --

GE-Free means that no genetically engineered organisms are released into
our environment or the food chain, and that any experimentation or product
development of genetically engineered organisms is confined to the laboratory.

N.B. The Wellington rally will be at Parliament. The Christchurch one will
be in the Square
 
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