Our planet is being suffocated by plastic pollution. Plastic waste is clogging landfills, it gets shipped offshore and incinerated in developing countries like Thailand, chokes our waterways, coasts and oceans. Plastic never goes away, it just breaks down into smaller and smaller pieces. It’s in the air we breathe, the food we eat and has even been found in our blood and breast milk.
Single-use plastic bottles are the worst culprits and they can be replaced. Every year in Aotearoa, big corporations like Coca-Cola sell around one billion throwaway plastic bottles.
We’re calling for a ban on single-use plastic bottles in Aotearoa. Will you join us?
Ban the bottle petition
Sign on now to call on the government to ban throwaway plastic bottles and mandate for reusable alternatives:
More Greenpeace actions you can take
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Tell the government to protect hoiho penguins
Speak up today to support the call for zero bycatch of endangered hoiho penguin and protect their habitat.
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Don’t invest in ocean destruction
This is a warning to all potential investors in Manuka Resources: Don’t bankroll ocean destruction! Seabed mining will never take place in Aotearoa.
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Contact your electorate MP
Our local Member of Parliament (MP) represents us, and acts in our name. Use the list of MPs below to contact your own local MP on the environmental issue that you’re passionate about.
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PETITION: Stop the corporate power grab RMA reforms
Add your name now to demand Chris Bishop abandon his dangerous RMA reform plan.
Get involved with Greenpeace
There are lots of ways to get involved with Greenpeace. Create your own campaign, contact the Greenpeace office to see if you can volunteer or find a job in an office or onboard a ship.
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Rainbow Warrior Auckland Open Days 2025
This July, the Greenpeace flagship Rainbow Warrior returned to Aotearoa, 40 years after French Government agents bombed the original ship in Auckland.
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Volunteer with Greenpeace
Join a team of passionate volunteers & demand change today. Find out about volunteering in one of New Zealand’s largest environmental organisations.
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Greenpeace desktop and mobile calendar downloads
Here’s a small gift for June 2024 – a digital calendar you can use on your desktop or phone. This month, we’ve chosen a beautiful shot of a humpback whale in the Indian Ocean.
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Monthly wallpaper downloads
For January’s digital wallpaper, please enjoy featuring a vibrant pink peony flower
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Greenpeace desktop and mobile calendar downloads
Here’s a small gift to start 2023 – a digital calendar and wallpaper you can use on your desktop or phone. For October, we’ve chosen a majestic polar bear, photographed north of Svalbard.
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Become a Greenpeace volunteer
Put your hand up to volunteer for Greenpeace Aotearoa! Sign up today and take action for the planet
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Donate
Donate to Greenpeace today. We take no money from corporations or governments. Our independence and ability to speak and act freely is our greatest strength. To maintain that freedome, we rely on the generosity of people like you to keep us in action.
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2025: A year of wins, action and resistance
2025 was a year of people power, hard-fought wins, and standing up against political and corporate harm.
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Luxon’s putting Aotearoa up for sale – in the dead of the night
What is the Overseas Investment Amendment Bill and why have you barely heard of it?
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Speaking up for the hoiho penguin
Hoiho, the New Zealand yellow eyed penguin, is one of the rarest penguins in the world. But its South Island population is collapsing.