On Monday, at midnight - submissions will close on the government's Gene Technology Bill.
It was pitched by the government as a vehicle for economic growth for scientists - with much of the focus on how gene modification could create high yielding crops and be used to seek solutions to agricultural emissions.
But opponents of the bill are warning against it.
Groups like Greenpeace and GE Free NZ say there are serious environmental and health risks, that there won't be enough controls and that our GE free reputation will be ruined.
Sean Simpson is a founder of LanzaTech - a company which moved offshore to use genetic modification to turn pollution into ethanol and raw chemicals.
He spoke to Susie.
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