PO Box 13402
Wellington, New Zealand

GE-Free New Zealand

in food and environment (RAGE Inc.)

About GE Free NZ

GE-Free New Zealand in food & environment (Rage Inc.) is a non-profit organisation.

Your membership subscription & donations will help to finance the following:

Our activities include:

  • Newsletter which includes the newest information about developments concerning Genetic Engineering - local - national - international.
  • Monitoring applications for GE-crops or foods, writing submissions to and attending hearings at Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) or Food Standards Australian New Zealand (FSANZ).
  • Advice and assistance with GE submissions to Councils and Government bodies.
  • Writing and presenting submissions & calling expert witnesses - on the problems of Genetic Engineering in New Zealand
  • Legal challenges
  • Enlisting public support for boycotts & petitions requesting major food producers to label/go GE-free.
  • Provide valuable information resource to member & the public (e.g. website, info for public libraries, public meetings, public awareness activities)
  

GE Free NZ CONTACTS including regional branches:

Office BranchContact PersonPhone / FaxEmail
Head Office GE-Free New Zealand
PO Box 13402, Wellington
027 479 4195 info@gefree.org.nz
Press contacts
Spokesperson Jon Carapiet   021 050 7681 spokesperson@gefree.org.nz
Transgenic animal/health issues Claire Bleakley 027 348 6731 president@gefree.org.nz
Secretary Jon Muller 027 479 4195 secretary@gefree.org.nz
Newsletter Kara Vandeleur  022 3456 121 gefreenz.membership@gmail.com
Regional Branch Contacts
GE FREE NORTHLAND in Food & Environment Zelka Linda Grammer   linda.grammer@gmail.com
Auckland GE Free NZ (Coalition) Lisa or Jon  021 050 7681 https://www.facebook.com/groups/1394176327487798/
GE Free Hawke's Bay   Phyllis Tichinin 0274651906 https://www.facebook.com/PureHawkesBay/
Wairarapa Claire Bleakley 027 348 6731 claire@gefree.org.nz
GE Free Wellington Kara or Jon 022 3456 121   
GE Free Kapiti Vicki McCaffrey or Barbara Mountier   n.mountier@clear.net.nz
GE Free Bay of Plenty Jodie or Karen   https://www.facebook.com/groups/599567166750686/  
GE Free Christchurch Elvira Domissee 021 057 5123   
Dunedin Coalition for a GE Free Environment Ruth Lawson      lawbrad@clear.net.nz
GE Free Manawatu Susan Galea    susangalea@hotmail.com
          

  There are various other groups with whom we work together to achieve our goal: GE-Free New Zealand in food and environment.