All articles by Russel Norman
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Fonterra is just a corporation, and it needs to be regulated to protect freshwater and the climate
Fonterra is just a corporation. It is a corporation owned by other corporations. Fonterra, and the corporations that own it, all have a single purpose: maximising financial returns to its…
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NZ Food Safety is working for agribusiness not food consumers
Pesticides are dangerous. They are dangerous for the farm workers applying them, they are destructive of the natural world, and they harm the people who eat the food. But agribusiness…
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NZ Food Safety told the public pesticide residue levels were safe, while internal assessments said the opposite
Documents released by Greenpeace today show that the NZ Food Safety agency failed to raise alarms over unsafe levels of pesticide residue on food.
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Luxon ’s Three Years of War on Freshwater 2023-2026
Weakening freshwater policy has been a constant focus of the Luxon Government. Fonterra, Dairy NZ , Beef and Lamb have demanded changes to allow more freshwater pollution and the government has delivered, in spades.
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State of the Climate vs War on the Climate
The NZ Government is systematically introducing policies which are increasing emissions or slowing down emissions reductions.
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Luxon’s Three Years of War on Nature 2023-2026 – updated timeline
When the Luxon-led coalition took office nearly three years ago, its war on nature started within days. In the next three years the government made a bewildering number of changes…
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Luxon ’s Three Years of War on the Climate 2023-2026 – updated timeline
Christopher Luxon, the NZ Prime Minister, often says he takes climate change seriously and is committed to the Paris Accord. But what he does is a different matter, as demonstrated by his record of climate policy.
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Greenpeace Aotearoa joins complaint to EU over NZ’s climate policy regression
The complaint addresses Government reversal of climate policies, which Greenpeace has labelled a 'race to the bottom on environmental regulation'.
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We love nature and we will fight to protect what we love
Russel Norman, Greenpeace Executive Director, spoke to thousands at the March for Nature on 19 September 2026. This is his speech.
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Burdening NZ with $22 billion debt for Uncle Sam’s Wars?
Do we really want to spend $22 billion on warships whose only function is to slot into the US war machine?