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There’s a giant oil rig on the horizon
Thursday, June 13: A drill rig commissioned by oil giant OMV has arrived in New Zealand, a little over a year after the Government issued a ban on new oil…
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Government fails on dairy and climate again
The Government has announced changes to the national dairy industry regulations (DIRA) but has kept a controversial legal requirement on Fonterra to pick up milk from new dairy conversions, angering…
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Not just Māui: cameras on fishing vessels needed nationwide
Greenpeace welcomes the Government announcement this morning to put cameras on all commercial fishing vessels within the Māui dolphin habitat, but says more needs to be done if we’re to protect our ocean life from fishing industry harm.
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System Change needs People Power
Russel Norman’s talk to Public Service Association Staff Conference – May 28, 2019 In this short talk I want to make three points before opening it up for discussion and…
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The wellbeing of still being here
There’s an old saying isn’t there: “everything’s a nail to a hammer.” And it seems that’s the whole thinking behind the so-called “Wellbeing Budget” due out this week. We need…
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Farmers have been mollycoddled long enough
The way the Federated Farmers have been speaking recently I can’t help but wonder if a few of their lobbyists have been sneaking into meetings of Extinction Rebellion. Trading their…
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Way more stuff like this, please – Greenpeace to Govt
Greenpeace says the announcement this morning that the Government will establish a clean energy centre in Taranaki is a small step in the right direction. From the Just Transition Summit…
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State of Environment report reveals dairy is NZ’s dirtiest industry
The new State of the Environment report paints a “comprehensively damning” picture of the dairy industry. The cornerstone report out today says the industry is not only degrading biodiversity, rivers…
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“Biggest conservation effort yet” launches to save world’s oceans
Today, Greenpeace is launching one of its biggest conservation efforts yet, calling for a network of ocean sanctuaries to be created across the globe.
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West Coast dump disaster prompts calls for new bottle deposit scheme
The West Coast dump disaster and newly released information about dozens of landfills nationwide being susceptible to failure from sea level rise has prompted further calls from environment and zero…