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Get on board – Auckland Open Days
The Rainbow Warrior will be in Auckland from the 9th July and we will be open to the public for free tours on the weekends of 12th – 13th and 19th – 20th July.
We’d love to have you on board!
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Letter to Prime Minister Luxon urging sanctions on Israel over Gaza genocide
Dear Prime Minister Christopher Luxon and Rt Hon Winston Peters,
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Take a free tour of the Rainbow Warrior: a symbol of resistance and hope in action
The Greenpeace flagship, Rainbow Warrior, is in Auckland on a rare visit to Aotearoa New Zealand. When it arrived a few weeks ago, you could see the smiles of recognition…
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NZ must put real sanctions on Israel now to help stop the genocide in Gaza
Since October 2023, violence by Israeli authorities has claimed more than 55,000 Palestinian lives – half of them women and children. The ongoing blockade of aid to Gaza has placed…
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Why is coral so important?
Why is coral so important? Find out more about these unique species – the backbone of the oceans – and learn how you can help protect coral.
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Regulatory Standards Bill submission guide
This is a handy guide to help you make your submission before 1pm Monday 23 June. It covers what the bill is, why you should make a submission and how you can do it.
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Greenpeace submits against the Regulatory Standards Bill and its far-right fringe ideas
Greenpeace Aotearoa has today filed its submission opposing the Regulatory Standards Bill and calling for it to be rejected in full.
Breaking news, updates, and commentary from Greenpeace campaigners and issue experts.
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Govt moves to further weaken freshwater protections as new report highlights poor state of NZ drinking water
Greenpeace is deeply disturbed by the Luxon Government’s decision to weaken freshwater protections as a new report highlights poor state of NZ freshwater.
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Official documents reveal widespread opposition to Seymour’s Regulatory Standards Bill
Documents released to Greenpeace Aotearoa under the Official Information Act reveal that both the Ministry for the Environment (MfE) and Treasury have joined the growing list of bodies issuing strong…
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Greenpeace activists confront second “ocean killer” at sea, as vessels turn off AIS
For a second time, Greenpeace Aotearoa activists have confronted a bottom trawler off the East Coast, rebranding it an “ocean killer” in protest at its destructive fishing activities.
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Greenpeace activists rebrand NZ bottom trawler “ocean killer” at sea
Greenpeace Aotearoa activists have confronted a bottom trawler on the Chatham Rise, rebranding it “ocean killer”, after bearing witness to it hauling in a net straining with marine life.
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New Zealand becomes first country to back out of Beyond Oil and Gas Alliance
The New Zealand Government has lost its last shred of climate credibility as it becomes first country to withdraw from the Beyond Oil and Gas Alliance
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MPI lets illegal pesticide-laced food hit the shelves in NZ
An investigation by Greenpeace Aotearoa has revealed that for at least five years, New Zealand Food Safety has failed to recall food products or prosecute suppliers when food has tested…
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What’s at stake: The beauty of the Tasman Sea
Marine scientist Kat Goddard visited the Lord Howe Rise area, along with a Greenpeace team, to document the abundant marine life around Lord Howe Island, a small exposed portion of…
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The true story behind the bottom trawling photo that shocked the world
20 years ago today, Greenpeace captured an image of bottom trawlers hauling up a giant piece of ancient coral in the Tasman Sea. The image sent shockwaves around the world – but how did we get it? And 20 years later, where are we at with the campaign to ban bottom trawling?
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Messages to Fonterra
We asked people from across Aotearoa to send messages that they wanted to share with Fonterra. And we received an overwhelming number of messages from people who are deeply concerned about Fonterra’s environmental destruction.
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Oral submission on the Treaty Principles Bill
Russel Norman delivers the Greenpeace Aotearoa submission on the Treaty Principles Bi
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VIDEO: The world is on the edge, but together we can still turn the tide
With a world on fire, at war, and underwater, we face great challenges together, but we’ve shown that with action, courage and solidarity, we can turn the tide.
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Confronting the seabed miners
Representatives from Taranaki iwi Ngāti Ruanui and Greenpeace activists from Aotearoa and Australia interrupted and shut down the Annual General Meeting of Manuka Resources in Sydney. Manuka Resources owns Trans-Tasman…