Welcome

Toi te Taiao: New Zealand's Bioethics Council, was formed with the aim of enhancing New Zealand's understanding of the cultural, ethical and spiritual aspects of biotechnology, and ensuring that the use of biotechnology has regard for New Zealanders' values.

Nau mai piki mai ki tenei paetukutuku o Toi te Taiao!

He paetukutuku tēnei hei whakamārama ki a kōutou ngā mahi o Toi te Taiao. I whakaturia tēnei rōpu kia āta kōrero tahi me te iwi whānui i ngā āhuatanga o te Taiao, pēra i te ao wairua me ōna tikanga me te matatika e pā ana ki te hangarau koiora.

Ko te tumanako ma tātou e kōrero tahi i ngā kaupapa hou i ahu mai i te Taiao, hei kimi tikanga, māramatanga rānei  i  ēnei āhuatanga hou o te Taiao, kia kite ai  tātou me pehea tātou e whakāro ana ā kia whakamārama pai a tātou  nei whakatipuranga e haere tonu mai ana.

On this website you can learn about bioethics, and about the Council and its work. You can also join our mailing lists.

Pre-birth testing

The Council has reported its advice to government on pre-birth testing. The Who Gets Born? report has sections on the public deliberation process used for the project, what the Council heard, and what the Council thinks and recommends.

See the pre-birth testing webpage for more details.