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.
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.
Independent testing commissioned by No More Glyphosate NZ found low levels of glyphosate in two of five honey products tested. Three samples were below the laboratory reporting limit, while no AMPA or glufosinate was detected in any sample. The results highlight how independent testing helps reveal what is actually present in foods New Zealanders buy.
Flour has been one of the most requested foods in our independent testing programme. Four supermarket flour products were independently tested by Hill Laboratories for glyphosate, AMPA and glufosinate. Three samples returned non-detect glyphosate results, while one contained a measurable residue. This article presents the laboratory findings in full and explains what the results do—and do not—tell us.
Correlation doesn't equal causation" sounds like a rule of science. It isn't — it's a caveat, turned into a conversation-ending weapon by whoever's losing the argument. NMGNZ investigates who actually reaches for that phrase, and when, tracing the same pattern from the tobacco industry's decades-long denial of the smoking-cancer link to the glyphosate debate playing out today.
