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Burdening NZ with $22 billion debt for Uncle Sam’s Wars?
Do we really want to spend $22 billion on warships whose only function is to slot into the US war machine?
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Raiding the IVL again to pay for the bed tax
The International Visitor Conservation and Tourism Levy (IVL) is being raided yet again by the Government, this time to replace the bed tax it had previously promised to consider.
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Dairy corporations have poisoned the well in Canterbury
Notes for my presentation to the Canterbury Regional Council
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Don’t put a luxury resort on Rangitoto Island
The Conservation Amendment Bill would allow the Minister of Conservation to open up Rangitoto Island for luxury resorts.
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The conservation areas I care most about are under threat
Tadhg is working on the beautiful West Coast on conservation land threatened by the Conservation Amendment Bill.
Breaking news, updates, and commentary from Greenpeace campaigners and issue experts.
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Updated numbers: 35k marched for nature
More than 35 thousand people joined today’s March for Nature, to demand that the Government scrap the Conservation Amendment Bill.
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Opportunity climate policy a step in the right direction
Greenpeace Aotearoa has welcomed Opportunity’s policy to cut agricultural methane as a vital step toward tackling NZ’s biggest source of pollution.
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ADVISORY: Thousands set to March for Nature in Auckland tomorrow
Thousands are expected to take to the streets of Auckland tomorrow to march for nature, in protest of the Conservation Amendment Bill.
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New election scorecard shows parties with worst environmental policies are also taking donations from polluting industries
National, ACT and NZ First have taken over $1 million in political donations from agribusiness-linked donors since 2022, new Greenpeace analysis reveals. The finding is part of Greenpeace’s 2026 election scorecard, which exposes a stark divide between the parties over the future of New Zealand’s rivers, oceans, climate and conservation land.
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Trawl industry spin exposed as latest data reveals 35 tonne coral bycatch
New fisheries data has reinforced the disastrous impact of commercial trawling, showing New Zealand trawlers reported hauling up more than 35,000kg of protected coral and sponges over a six and a half year period – despite the fishing industry claiming they avoid coral habitats.
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Labour’s climate announcement is a cop-out
Greenpeace says the Labour Party is copping out of tackling the climate crisis.
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AI is worse for the environment than you think – here’s why
The System Shift podcast dives into one of the biggest climate blind spots of AI: the energy hunger behind AI chipmaking.
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Watch the documentary: Something in the Water
Something in the Water tells the story of people in Canterbury, NZ who are standing up for safe drinking water and swimmable rivers.
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Rainbow Warrior bombing: Call to continue fight against nuclear weapons
Samantha Hayes visited the Rainbow Warrior in Auckland this week.
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40 Years on: The Legacy of the Rainbow Warrior & Indigenous Resistance
Forty years after the bombing of the Rainbow Warrior, the spirit of resistance sails on. From anti-nuclear activism to climate justice, the push for transformation is inextricably tied to tino…
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Oral submission on the Regulatory Standards Bill
Greenpeace campaigner Gen Toop delivers the Greenpeace submission on the Regulatory Standards Bill.
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VIDEO Taking action to stop bottom trawling
Over the past two weeks the Rainbow Warrior has been at sea off the coast Aotearoa, documenting bottom trawlers and standing up for ocean protection.Greenpeace activists confronted two bottom trawlers…
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