People’s Inquiries 2006 & 2020
THE PEOPLE’S INQUIRY 2020 Webinar on NZ’s Toxic Legacy.
A Panel Discussion by PI2020 Committee on New Zealand’s Toxic Legacy and Pathways Forward. New Zealand is known as “clean and green” but in reality that is a myth and the country’s toxic legacy is continues to harm people, wildlife and the environment. The government agencies charged with protecting our people and environment have in fact been enabling harm for decades. This discussion covers a basic overview from the past through to the present and looks at solutions for the future.
To jump ahead in the discussions: 00:00 Introduction
5:55 Hira Hunapo O’Callaghan – Te Ao Maori
13:45 Stephanie McKee – The Past & NZ’s Legacy Poisoning
30:40 Hana Blackmore – People’s Inquiry 2006 & Auckland Glyphosate
39:07 Asha Andersen – Glyphosate
42:25 Dr. Ursula Edgington – Present Toxic Practices & Legal Flaws
1:04:20 Asha Andersen – Pathways and Solutions
The People’s Inquiry 2020 into the impacts and effects of toxic chemicals and poisons on our people, wildlife and environment is accepting submissions from those who have been harmed, witness to harm as well as scientists, researchers and those working on non-toxic solutions. www.peoplesinquiry2020.nz
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Brook Valley Sanctuary , Nelson.
Protest against aerial brodifAcoum.
West Auckland, Aerial Spraying 2005
An informative documentary on the health effects of Foray 48B (Btk) pesticide spraying in New Zealand. A scientist questions the safety of aerial spraying of pesticides over populated areas, as several anectodal accounts are presented. New Zealand sprays for painted apple moths, but this type of pesticide spraying is widely used for gypsy moths and other lepidopterae around the world. For more info, see www.peoplesinquiry.co.nz
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245-T and Dioxin:The story of Paritutu and Ivan-Watkins Dow
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POisoning Paradise
For over 25 years the New Zealand government has been aerially spreading a deadly poison, concealed in food, across its forests and waterways to kill rats and possums. But the poison is killing far more than rats and possums. There is no antidote for the poison, and animals killed are toxic, and poison the next feeder – scavenger – up the food chain. This documentary has won 4 international environmental awards, but New Zealand’s national TV channels are barred from screening it. Here’s your chance to learn about this extraordinary practice, and the consequences that follow …
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Coromandel Our Backyard 