Election 2026
Two Parties Got Seven Questions About Organics. They Didn't Answer Any Of Them.
Organics Aotearoa New Zealand put the same seven questions to seven parties this election. Two didn't answer. Here's where the other five actually stand.
government
New Zealand Keeps Asking About Food Labelling. It Keeps Getting the Same Answer.
"Just buy organic." That's the government's answer when people worry about gene-edited food losing its label. New Zealand already ran this exact experiment, on alcohol and pregnancy, and it took nine years and a body of research to prove it doesn't work.
pork
The Government Was Asked to Fix the Bacon Label. It Just Said No.
A parliamentary committee found bacon labelling could mislead consumers. Three years on, the government has confirmed nothing will change. Here's the regulatory fight, and what compliant welfare standards actually cost a NZ pig farm.
