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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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Luxon’s freshwater regulation changes are bad news – here’s why.
The Luxon Government is introducing a raft of freshwater regulation changes to make it easier for intensive dairy to pollute lakes, rivers and drinking water.
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The Metals Company: 5 things to know about the company trying to start deep sea mining
What makes The Metals Company (TMC), a little-known company that isn’t even making any money, a threat to the ocean, international conventions, transparency and the clean energy transition? While deep sea mining has not begun at commercial scale anywhere on Earth – and we’ve built a global movement of millions of people and political support…
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Stop Luxon’s freshwater pollution plan – submit before 27 July!
Right now, the Government is pushing ahead with plans to rewrite the rules that protect our lakes, rivers and drinking water. Their proposals would give more power to corporate polluters…
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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. Come on board, experience this iconic ship first hand and meet the crew!
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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…
Breaking news, updates, and commentary from Greenpeace campaigners and issue experts.
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A Dirty Deal for Dirty Water – Government’s $56m irrigation subsidy blasted by Greenpeace
Greenpeace is blasting the Government’s latest $56 million irrigation subsidy, calling it a ‘dirty deal for dirty water’.
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Greenpeace International begins groundbreaking Anti-SLAPP case to protect freedom of speech
In a landmark test case of the European Union’s new legislation to protect freedom of expression and stop abusive lawsuits, Greenpeace International has overnight challenged the US oil pipeline company,…
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Wildly inaccurate figures used to justify ‘Shane’s $200 million fossil fuel slush fund’
A Cabinet paper justifying the Government’s $200 million subsidy for new gas fields used wildly inflated and inaccurate gas price figures.
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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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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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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.