The National Party is proposing to update New Zealand’s biotechnology rules and open up access to gene editing and genetic modification. The proposed benefits include climate and pest resistant crops, technologies to treat cancer and cardiovascular .
Aotearoa New Zealand, the Land of the Long White Cloud, is the first place to see the sunrise on a clear day. New Zealanders pride themselves on other firsts as well – the first country in the world to give women the vote (1893), implement social security for everyone (1938) and remove farm subsidies (mid-1980s).
The world is struggling. The United Nations (UN) has calculated that the number of severely food insecure people had doubled in just two years. There are