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Trending Petitions
By signing a petition, you demand solutions and show that you want change. Check out some of our current petitions below. Add your name today!
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PETITION: Clean drinking water now!
Join us in calling on Environment Canterbury to commit to enduring freshwater protections that ensure safe drinking water and swimmable rivers for all.
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GAZA: Call for sanctions on Israel
Join the call for sanctions on Israel over Gaza genocide.
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Say no to increased glyphosate food residue limits
The Govt is trying to allow 100 times more glyphosate residues on our food and rewrite the rulebook to fast-track more toxic agrichemicals into our food system.
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Call on Chris Hipkins to take a stand against seabed mining
Any political party that takes environmental protection seriously must stand against Trans-Tasman Resources’ plan to seabed mine in the South Taranaki Bight.
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PETITION: Stop the corporate power grab RMA reforms
The Luxon Government has launched another attack on nature and Te Tiriti o Waitangi. Former Big Tobacco lobbyist turned Minister, Chris Bishop, is planning to rewrite our core environmental protection law – the RMA – to gut protections for nature, erase the Treaty of Waitangi, and turn land ownership into a license to pollute. And…
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PETITION: Time to resist
Billionaires and corporations are attempting a takeover of democracy to stifle dissent and limit our efforts to protect nature and the climate. Using their vast fortunes, they lobby to weaken regulations meant to protect people and the planet, fund candidates who serve their interests, and gain control of the media to shape the stories we…
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PETITION: Tax the super-rich to pay for climate action
We urge governments to tax the super-rich now and use those funds to support people and protect the planet.
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PETITION: Stop Fonterra using Palm Kernel
Call on Fonterra to end the use of rainforest destroying palm kernel on its farms by banning palm kernel in the Farmers’ Terms of Supply.
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PETITION: Choose a Clean Energy Future
We call on the Govt to embrace New Zealand’s Clean Energy Future, invest in solar and wind, and reject new fossil fuel electricity generation and a new fossil gas import facility.
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Open Letter to Stop the Fast Track
Sign on to this open letter to industry now to help push more of them to opt out of the Fast Track.
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PETITION: Hands off the water protections
Call on Christopher Luxon to leave New Zealand’s freshwater protections alone
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Tell Prime Minister Christopher Luxon to stop the rollback of freshwater protection
Every New Zealander should be able to swim in clean rivers and know that the water coming out of their kitchen tap is safe to drink.
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Say no to new oil exploration
Sign the open letter to the oil industry – We will resist oil exploration
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PETITION: Create global ocean sanctuaries
Call on the Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Peters to create new global ocean sanctuaries and protect our blue planet.
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PETITION: Ban bottom trawling in the Hauraki Gulf
Call upon the Minister for Oceans and Fisheries to ban all forms of mobile bottom-contact fishing including bottom trawling, scallop dredging and Danish seining within the Hauraki Gulf Marine Park.
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PETITION: Make big agri-polluters pay for their emissions
Join our call to make companies like Ravensdown and Ballance pay directly for their fertiliser emissions.
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PETITION: Keep corporate sponsors out of COP climate talks
Join the call on the United Nations to reject corporate sponsorship of international climate negotiations.
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PETITION: Reject fishing industry greenwash
Right now, the commercial fishing industry is desperately trying to undermine ocean protection once again.
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PETITION: Stop deep sea mining
It’s time for New Zealand to take a stand. Join our call on the New Zealand government to back a global moratorium on seabed mining.
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PETITION: Halve the dairy herd
Call on the Government to halve the dairy herd to reduce the impacts on freshwater, biodiversity, climate and people’s health.
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PETITION: Freeze russian oligarch assets in Aotearoa
In the name of peace, call on the New Zealand Government to freeze the assets of Russian billionaire oligarchs to pressure Vladimir Putin to call off the Russian Military invasion of Ukraine.
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PETITION: Demand a Global Plastics Treaty
Call on the NZ Government to stand firm and support a strong global plastics treaty.
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PETITION: Ban seabed mining in Aotearoa
Seabed mining is a new threat to the oceans. Now is our chance to prevent the destruction before it’s too late.
Free nitrate testing
Everyone should be able to trust that the water from their tap is safe to drink.
We’re offering free, mail-in water testing so you can check your water for nitrate contamination linked to bowel cancer and preterm birth and caused by synthetic nitrogen fertiliser and too many cows.
Other ways to get involved
Whatever taking action looks like to you – from signing a petition, to attending a protest or non-violent direct action – together they’re all a vital part of creating the green and peaceful future we all need.
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A guide to campaigning
Everyone has the power to win campaigns and create a just, fair and sustainable world. Learn about how to start your own campaign.
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Community events
Check out the community events hosted by grassroots groups around New Zealand.
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Writing a submission for the environment
How to make your voice heard to your local council in support of a thriving environment.
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Meeting your elected representative
Here are a few tips on how to contact, meet and lobby your local representative for the health of the environment
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Letters to the editor
How to write an effective letter to the local paper or media platform and inspire others to action for Papatūānuku.
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Contact your local Electorate MP
Contact your local New Zealand Government electorate MP. A list of MPs and their electorates with email addresses and twitter handles.
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Host a movie night for the Earth
How to organise a movie night event in your home and inspire your friends for action!
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Making strategic choices acting for the environment
A great plan on its own won’t win a campaign, but it can become a map to refer to as we chart our course.
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Tips on getting media
Alert the media whenever you’re organising an event or action during your campaign.
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Petitions
By signing a petition, you demand solutions and show that you want change. Check out some of our current petitions. Add your name today!