All articles by Nick Young
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2012 Compliance Risk Profile of the Sub-Antarctic Southern Blue Whiting Fisheries
“2012 Compliance Risk Profile of the Sub-Antarctic Southern Blue Whiting Fisheries” (dated December 2013) by the Ministry of Primary Industries Compliance and Response Branch. This report was based largely on…
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Another leaked MPI report reveals industrial scale underreporting of fish
Greenpeace is renewing its call for a full and independent inquiry into New Zealand’s Fisheries Management System after releasing yet another leaked internal Government report, this time showing industrial scale…
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NZ investigators expose slavery and human trafficking at sea
Investigators from New Zealand are behind a global operation that has exposed shocking incidents of human trafficking, slavery and abuse at sea aboard international fishing fleets. Over the past two…
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2011 Compliance Risk Profile of the West Coast/East Coast South Island Hoki Fisheries
The leaked ‘2011 Compliance Risk Profile of the West Coast/East Coast South Island Hoki Fisheries’ report was produced by the compliance division of the Ministry of Fisheries in 2012, and…
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Beware false solutions to plastic bag crisis
Greenpeace is warning that NZ retailers’ enthusiasm to find replacements for single-use plastic bags may result in worse outcomes for the environment. Countdown and New World have begun removing conventional…
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Budget 2018: Greenpeace asks why Govt is to spend $800m subsidising agricultural pollution
This Coalition Government has made a number of good decisions for the environment recently but it is set to continue to spend over $800 million a year subsidising greenhouse gas pollution from the agriculture sector by not bringing agriculture into the Emissions Trading Scheme.
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Creating the World Park Antarctica
How a few pioneers went to one of the most remote regions on Earth just to get a seat at the bargaining table of Antarctic Treaty Nations, then proceeded to…
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Pure Dairy. Pure Fiction – A Parody
How Greenpeace used satire to call out NZ Dairy Bosses on their outrageous dairy is life billboard.
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Activists scale Parliament House to expose National failure
Four Greenpeace campaigners have evaded security and climbed to the roof of Parliament House with a delivery of eight solar panels. They also plan to unfurl a large banner targeting…
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Arctic Sanctuary
Arctic coastal states are keen to lay claim on the valuable resources found beyond their national boundaries, and they have all submitted applications to extend their polar seabeds. Governments and…