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Seabed mining in the South Taranaki Bight: Trans-Tasman Resources’ fast-track bid is too risky
The latest in the fight to stop seabed in Aotearoa before it starts. Campaigner Juressa Lee talks about what Trans Tasman Resources are up too – including updates on the Fast Track process.
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The Polluters Get Paid Plan: AKA Regulatory Takings
How the Government is pushing an extreme idea that would block environmental protection and reshape our democracy.
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Power struggle: why fixing NZ’s ‘broken’ electricity market is such a formidable challenge
The growing view that New Zealand’s energy market is “broken” has brought with it a stream of suggestions for piecemeal changes that nibble at the edges of the problem, without…
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Luxon’s gas letter is a political stunt to hide his own Government failure
Families are cutting back on heating, small businesses are struggling to pay their bills, and manufacturers are shutting their doors — while the Prime Minister plays political games.
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What Environment Canterbury’s Nitrate Emergency Declaration means for the region
Regional council Environment Canterbury has declared a Nitrate Emergency. But what does this mean for drinking water protections?
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Why we took part in the March for Humanity
Thousands gathered in central Auckland on Saturday 13 September to call on the Luxon government to impose sanctions on Israel. Greenpeace Aotearoa and many other organisations supported the March for…
Breaking news, updates, and commentary from Greenpeace campaigners and issue experts.
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‘Nitrate emergency starts here’: Greenpeace brings water crisis back to Fonterra’s HQ
Greenpeace has taken rural New Zealand’s nitrate emergency straight to the top, by projecting a modified Fonterra sign reading “The nitrate emergency: It starts here” onto the dairy giant’s Auckland…
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Bottom trawling a triple threat to marine environments – new report
Greenpeace is calling for urgent action to restrict bottom trawling after a new government report highlights the compounding effects the destructive fishing method has on climate change, habitat degradation and biodiversity.
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‘Nitrate emergency starts here’: Greenpeace pins blame on Canterbury dairy conversions
‘The Nitrate Emergency: it starts here.’ That’s what a freshly-installed Fonterra farm sign said outside Canterbury’s first complete dairy conversion this morning. Greenpeace installed the modified Fonterra sign saying that…
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Luxon’s Trump-like energy policy heads down a fossil fuel dead end
The latest energy policy initiatives announced by the Luxon Government are a desperate attempt to revive fossil fuels.
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International organisations condemn ‘no additional warming’ approach as NZ methane target decision looms
Nearly 100 organisations have launched an open letter to governments calling for binding targets to cut industrial agricultural emissions.
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Seamount protection considered to protect crashed fish stock
A decision to dramatically reduce catch limits in the world’s largest orange roughy fishery is being welcomed by environmental groups, while they assert further protection is needed to prevent habitat and population collapse.
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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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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?