For two years, we’ve been telling industry and Government that NZ has too many cows, and that big irrigation is killing our rivers and ruining our soil. We’ve fought for an end to Government funding for big irrigation schemes, and this year we won. Take a look at the history of our agriculture campaign.
A timeline of the early days of the Greenpeace agriculture campaign
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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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Three Greenpeace activists removed by police from Fonterra nitrate pollution protest during shareholder meeting
Three Greenpeace activists have been removed by police from Fonterra’s downtown Auckland offices for protesting nitrate pollution.
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Greenpeace dumps 2 metric tonnes of slime at Fonterra HQ before shareholders meeting
Greenpeace activists have upset Fonterra’s Shareholders’ Fund meeting at the dairy giant’s Auckland HQ this morning, establishing a ‘nitrate emergency quarantine zone’ around the building and dumping 2000 litres of…
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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.
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Govt abandons NZ’s climate credibility with shameful methane bill
“Utterly shameful”. Greenpeace Aotearoa condemns the Government’s new methane targets following first reading in Parliament.