No More Glyphosate NZ is an independent, community-funded project focused on transparency around glyphosate use, residues, and regulation in New Zealand. We investigate how pesticides, food production, and policy decisions affect public health and consumer clarity — so New Zealanders can make informed choices in a system that often hides the detail.
Waimate District Council confirmed it uses glyphosate-based herbicides in parks, berms, footpaths, cemeteries and other public spaces, with herbicide management guided by operational procedures, contractor requirements and national standards rather than a standalone policy.
Marlborough District Council's LGOIMA response outlines the herbicides used across public spaces, how spraying is managed through maintenance contracts, notification practices, and the council's approach to reviewing herbicide use.
Every food label makes a series of claims, but how do we know they are accurate? We explore why independent laboratory testing plays an important role in verifying what's really in the food we buy.
Stratford District Council outlined the herbicides used in public spaces, non-chemical weed management methods, operational procedures, public notification practices, and measures introduced following its 2020 review.
No More Glyphosate NZ asked Hurunui District Council about herbicide use in public spaces under LGOIMA. Here’s what the council told us about glyphosate use, spraying locations, and treatment frequency.
South Taranaki District Council provided details of herbicides used across parks, reserves, sports fields, roadsides, and cemeteries. The response included application frequencies, operational procedures, and a 2023 Standard Operating Procedure governing herbicide use.
Two independent studies — one linking glyphosate exposure to preterm birth, another to disrupted pregnancy hormones — have landed within weeks of each other. Yet no New Zealand parent has any way of finding out their own exposure level. Shouldn't that change?
Commercial herbicides contain far more than glyphosate alone. A 2018 study found some formulations were substantially more toxic in laboratory tests than glyphosate itself, raising questions about the role of co-formulants and how New Zealand assesses the safety of glyphosate-based herbicides.
Following a devastating Motor Neurone Disease diagnosis, one New Zealand family began asking difficult questions about environmental exposures, regret and the uncertainty that remains. This is their story, shared with permission.
New Zealand Food Safety keep glyphosate residue limits at 0.1mg/kg for wheat, barley and oats. But most of what New Zealanders eat is imported — under Australian limits up to 200 times higher. Here's why the "win" barely touches what's actually on the shelf.
Following our recent flour testing, No More Glyphosate NZ independently tested two more wheat products—Edmonds Wheat Bran and Edmonds Wheat Germ. Both were purchased through normal retail channels and analysed by Hill Laboratories using LC-MS/MS. This article publishes the laboratory results in full, continuing our commitment to independent food testing and transparency.
Every time No More Glyphosate NZ publishes independent food testing results, one question comes up: who actually does the testing, and can they be trusted? This article explains why we use Hill Laboratories, what IANZ accreditation means, why LC-MS/MS is considered the gold standard for glyphosate analysis, and what laboratory results can—and cannot—tell us about glyphosate residues in New Zealand food.
