1 Sep 2016

GE court decision bad for science says biotech industry

From Nine To Noon, 9:08 am on 1 September 2016

Kathryn Ryan speaks to Will Barker, the chief executive of NZBIO - the lobby group representing New Zealand's biotech industry. It says the country is at risk of becoming a bioscience backwater after a High Court ruling which upholds the right of local and regional councils to ban the release of genetically modified organisms in their district.

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