All articles by Amanda Larsson
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Government repeal of Te Mana o Te Wai condemning rural communities to unsafe drinking water
Greenpeace Aotearoa is slamming the Government’s announcement today that it plans to remove intensive winter grazing rules and Te Mana o Te Wai in the next Resource Management Act amendment…
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Elevated levels of nitrate contamination found in Canterbury drinking water
Almost a quarter of the drinking water samples Greenpeace has tested for nitrate contamination in Canterbury over the last three days were above the 5 mg/L level of contamination associated…
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‘Our Land’ report highlights dire state of NZ’s freshwater
Greenpeace Aotearoa is calling on the Luxon Government to stop the rollback of freshwater protections following the release of the Ministry for the Environment’s Our Land 2024 report.
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Luxon bulldozes on in war on nature with 90-day ‘hit list’
Greenpeace is calling the Government’s new policy priority list “the next onslaught in the war on nature” following Christopher Luxon's announcement this morning.
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Greenpeace releases concerning nitrate contamination test results, announces new Canterbury water testing
Greenpeace Aotearoa is announcing it will run free drop-in water testing days in Darfield, Rangiora, and Culverden in April following recent test results indicating high levels of nitrate in the region.
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Testing finds nitrate contamination in Tokoroa drinking water could pose health risks
Greenpeace Aotearoa is warning that high levels of nitrate in the town drinking water supply at Tokoroa could pose health risks, following a free drinking water testing event that the…
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Greenpeace brings free nitrate water testing to Taranaki and Waikato
This weekend, Greenpeace is conducting free drop-in water testing days to enable Taranaki and Waikato households to check their drinking water for nitrate contamination.
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COP28 signals end of fossil fuels, leaves Luxon’s Government looking exposed as climate extremists
As COP28 ends with a historic signal that the era of fossil fuels is ending, Greenpeace Aotearoa says the New Zealand government has been left exposed as “climate extremists”
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More international embarrassment expected for New Zealand over oil and gas ban u-turn
New Zealand’s new Government created international headlines this week for reversing the smoking ‘generation ban’. Now a major u-turn on oil and gas is on the cards, as COP28 kicks off in Dubai.
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Offshore oil and gas exploration in NZ? Here’s all you need to know
Offshore oil and gas exploration could return to New Zealand, thanks to Chris Luxon's new Government. If you’re wondering what that means or what the problem with fossil fuels is, we have the answers!