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New Zealand First leader Winston Peters.
New Zealand First says a major overhaul of the country's genetic modification laws is unlikely to pass before the election and will become an issue for the campaign trail.
The Gene Technology Bill seeks to end an effective 30-year ban on the use of technologies like gene editing outside the laboratory.
It's part of the National party's coalition agreements with both ACT and New Zealand First, and was intended to have passed by the end of 2025, but cross-party disagreements were slowing the reform.
