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Quotations and macrons
This volume includes numerous direct quotations from our consultation process.
Many quotations are sentence fragments. Minor changes have been made to
direct quotations for the sake of readability and consistency. Thus:
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realize, eg, 1990's, GMO's have been changed to realise, eg, 1990s, GMOs
respectively, in line with the Report style
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abbreviation of NZ in quoted material has been replaced by New Zealand
and biotech by biotechnology, but other abbreviations (such as GE, GMO, IP)
have been retained
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punctuation has sometimes been altered so that an initial capital is replaced
by a lower-case letter when the direct quotation functions as a sentence
fragment in the text, rather than a complete sentence
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ellipses (...), normally indicating the omission of words or sentences
within the quotation, are used at the opening or closing of the quotation
only if it is relevant to signal a continuing argument or theme.
No changes to quotations affect the meaning intended by the submitter.
The format for quotations depends on their extent or context in the Report
structure. Two formats have been used:
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Short quotations, including sentence fragments, are incorporated in normal
paragraphs and are indicated by quotation marks.
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Longer quotations, usually passages of several sentences or paragraphs, are
presented as an indented paragraph or paragraphs below a colon. They are
in a smaller type size and indented on the left. These quotations do not use
quotation marks.
The choice of format is determined by the context and does not indicate that one
quotation is considered more important than any other.
The printed version of the Report of the Commission adopts the common
modern usage of macrons over long vowels in Maori terms.
Notes for readers
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Interested Persons
The Report uses the term `Interested Person' to refer to those who were entitled to
take part in the formal hearings because, in terms of section 4 of the Commissions
of Inquiry Act 1908, they satisfied the Commission they had an interest in the
Inquiry apart from any interest in common with the public (see Appendix 1:
Section 3.3 for further details).
Abbreviations
This Report uses the title of an organisation in full at first mention in each chapter
of the Report and thereafter uses any designated abbreviated form or acronym.
This procedure is repeated for each chapter. Thus, in chapter 3, under "Religious
world views from the Judaeo-Christian tradition", "Anglican Church in Aotearoa
New Zealand and Polynesia" is subsequently referred to as "Anglican Church",
and where the "Environmental Risk Management Authority" (ERMA) appears,
it will be followed in that chapter by "ERMA". The choices for abbreviated forms
of Interested Persons are listed in table 1 of Appendix 2. A few names of Interested
Persons were abbreviated further in this volume for the sake of readability.
References
Endnotes to chapters in this Report often make reference to transcripts,
submissions and other documents received by the Commission during the course
of its inquiry. Many of these are available on the Commission website,
www.gmcommission.govt.nz, which will be maintained until 30 June 2002.
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