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Gene Technology Bill Process

15 items · 12 aliases · peaked week of 10 May 2026 · first seen 29 Apr 2026

Labour supports farmers' calls for a slower, more transparent process on the Gene Technology Bill, citing concerns over public sentiment, trade implications, and the risk to New Zealand's green reputation.

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Alias drift

How this topic has been named, week by week. A new alias winning out is usually a framing shift.

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In the press Methodology →

How the news corpus has covered this same topic over the last 12 weeks. 3 articles from RNZ, Stuff, NZ Herald, ODT, 1News, Newsroom and The Spinoff. Click through to the press view for the full panel.

12-week press volume 3 articles
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Heard on radio

Verbatim segments from politicians speaking on podcasts and radio shows about this topic. Sourced via the voice-reference library — each speaker has been confirmed manually from their voice clip. Click play to stream the original audio from the publisher, pre-seeked to the moment the quote starts.

  • G'day, New Zealand. Good afternoon. I'm Jamie McKay. This is the country. Brought to you by Rabobank. That's the best of the country on Saturday morning. Farmlands and I Suzu, get it right. If you're looking for a good vehicle, trust me. Have a crack at that Isuzu MUX Seven CETA. It is a cracker. We were going to kick off the show with um, excuse me, Labor's Ag, a spokesperson, Damian O'Connor. Uh lots of debate about the gene technology laws in this country. And also um he wanted to talk about the sale of farms to foreigners. Unfortunately, we're having a bit of trouble tracking Damian O'Connor down. So we're going to kick off the show very shortly with Emma Higgins. It's Dairy Week here on the country. Um so we're going to have a look at the bank's May Agribusiness Monthly report. Hot off the press. We'll have a look at dairy, beef, sheep, fuel, furt. We really want to go there. Interest in exchange rates. When's our I think we've got another OCR later this month. Uh when can we expect interest rates to rise? Rocky Hawkins. Hawke Spay, out of Hawks Bay, a legend of the sport of dog trialing. New Zealand champs are coming up later this month in Hawke's Bay, May 25 to 29. We'll preview those. And earlier this morning, I caught up with farmer Tom Martin, our U for uh UK farming correspondent, is Sakir Starmer on his way out. How's he faring as an arable farmer with poor prices and sky high prices for fuel and fertilizer? And believe it or not, it's their spring. It's uh what the equivalent of our November over there, and they are in a stinker, stinker of a spring drought. Had 30 mills since February. We'll talk to farmer Tom Martin about that. Michelle will have rural news for you and we'll update sport as well. But up next, it is Emma Higgins from Rabobank.
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Sample framings

Up to 12 framings spread across orientations. Each framing is a short phrase the topic extractor generated to characterise the piece's stance — not a quote from the source. Click through to read the original.

controversial legislation stalls amid party-level negotiations

News Briefing: 12 May 2026
11 May

rushing the process is risky and unwise

Release: Labour backs farmers’ call for better process on GE
28 Apr
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How the public reacted

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