All articles by Emma Page
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Full ban on bottom trawling in Hauraki Gulf needed
Greenpeace is renewing its call for a complete ban on destructive bottom trawling in the Hauraki Gulf marine park, following a government announcement today that trawl methods will continue in parts of the Gulf.
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Hauraki Gulf Alliance Petitions Parliament to Protect Marine Park from Destructive Fishing Practices
Today, a diverse range of recreational fishing, environmental, law, corporate and business organisations united as the Hauraki Gulf Alliance will deliver a petition calling for bottom trawl methods to be banned from within the Hauraki Gulf Marine Park.
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New Zealand blocks deep sea protection for South Pacific
The South Pacific Regional Fisheries Management Organisation (SPRFMO) has given the green light to destroying up to 30% of vulnerable deep-water corals and sponges, following repeated lobbying from New Zealand against higher levels of protection.
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Let’s make 2023 the year for ocean protection
This year holds unprecedented opportunities for ocean protection. These exciting and future-defining moments don’t come around often, so let’s make the most of them.
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Greenpeace slams shock decision to green-light deep sea mining
Deep sea mining could begin in the Pacific as early as this month after a shock decision from regulators to allow The Metals Company to start mining the seafloor.
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UN Ocean Treaty talks falter, as the ocean crisis deepens
Greenpeace is calling on the New Zealand government to keep pushing for a Global Ocean Treaty as international negotiations falter at the last minute.
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Back strongest Global Ocean Treaty: Greenpeace urges NZ government
Greenpeace Aotearoa is urging the New Zealand government to back the strongest possible Global Oceans Treaty as the latest round of negotiations for the long-awaited treaty kick off in New York.
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Why I sat on a raft for 10 hours to protest Talley’s continued bottom trawling on seamounts
Jessica Desmond talks about why she took direct action, blocking a Talley’s bottom trawler from leaving Port Nelson, to protest bottom trawling on seamounts.
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Sealord’s paper-thin seamounts ‘white paper’ trying to fool New Zealanders
Environmental groups are roundly rejecting a proposal re-released by Aotearoa bottom trawling company Sealord today, saying the so-called “white paper” proposal is yet another attempt by the company to continue trashing seamounts
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Greenpeace welcomes members bill to ban seabed mining
A members bill from Te Pāti Māori Co-leader Debbie Ngarewa-Packer has been drawn from the ballot at Parliament today proposing legislation that would ban seabed mining in Aotearoa