Election 2026
Five MPs had their say in October. On the last Vote Organic webinar, OANZ handed the questions to a market gardener, a dairy farmer, a garden educator and a business owner. One wanted an organic prescription scheme. Another wanted no money spent on organics at all.
england
England has a shortage of its own organic food and a new ten-year plan to fix it. New Zealand has the opposite problem, a rulebook, and no number. What the English plan actually promises, what it leaves out, and where New Zealand stands.
Vote Organic 2026
National created the world's first organics minister, then told OANZ it has no specific policy for growing organics. Mike Butterick explained why on the last Vote Organic webinar, and had a go at other parties over market access while he was at it.
Vote Organic 2026
Daniel Eb finished his Vote Organic interview by telling organic voters his party probably isn't their best option. Here's what the Opportunity Party offers growers anyway, where it stands on GE, and what it said on the scorecard.
Vote Organic 2026
NZ First ticked six of seven boxes on OANZ's organic scorecard. Mark Patterson was asked about the one it didn't, why NZ First backed the ACVM bill, and what he'd do as organics minister. His written answers promise more than he did on the call.
Election 2026
The Greens were the only party to tick all seven boxes on OANZ's organic scorecard. So OANZ opened by asking Steve Abel why the word "organic" hardly appears in Green policy. Here's what he said on that, GE, small growers and exports.
Election 2026
ACT didn't fill in the organic sector's election scorecard. On 29 September its minister Andrew Hoggard showed up to explain why, and to set out what ACT will and won't do for organics: no money, no minister, and a Gene Technology Bill he still backs.
Politics
In August, the organic sector told every party the same thing: nobody has a policy for us. On Sunday, one of them finally did.
News
No political party has a policy for growing organics in New Zealand. OANZ took a five-point manifesto to Parliament to change that. I read all six pages: here's what the asks mean at the checkout, and why the coming scorecard is the real story.
