Protect
At the heart of our work is the knowledge that a healthy environment is essential to a green and peaceful world. We work to protect biodiversity in all its forms, from great global forests and oceans, to mighty rivers and plains. We aim to safeguard and restore the essential ecosystems for a healthy planet and all who call it home.
What you can do
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Election 2026: environment scorecards
Use Greenpeace’s election scorecards to compare where political parties stand on the biggest environmental issues facing Aotearoa.
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OPEN LETTER: No coal-powered fertiliser factory in Southland
To Victorian Hydrogen: We will resist any attempt to build a coal-powered fertiliser factory in Aotearoa.
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PETITION: Make cameras on boats footage public
Sign the petition for camera footage on boats to be publicly accessible & keep the fishing industry accountable.
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SEND A MESSAGE: Tell political leaders to ban bottom trawling
Tell political leaders to commit to a ban on bottom trawling in sensitive habitats before the 2026 election.
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PETITION: Environment Southland, declare a nitrate emergency
Call on Environment Southland to protect rural drinking water from dirty dairy nitrate contamination.
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SEND A MESSAGE: Chris Bishop, protect fresh water!
Tell Chris Bishop to protect fresh water and keep the fertiliser cap in place – for the health of drinking water, lakes, and rivers.
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PETITION: Stop intensive meat and dairy expansion
Call on world leaders to stop intensive meat & dairy expansion.
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PETITION: STOP THE LNG TERMINAL
We call on the Government to reject plans for an LNG facility, invest in renewables & embrace a Clean Energy Future for NZ
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PETITION: End oil sponsorship of the Olympics
Tell the International Olympic Committee to commit to ending fossil fuel sponsorship for good.
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PETITION: Stop dairy expansion!
Call on the NZ Parliament to end dairy expansions now to protect public health and fresh water.
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Don’t invest in ocean destruction
This is a warning to all potential investors in Manuka Resources: Don’t bankroll ocean destruction! Seabed mining will never take place in Aotearoa.
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Stop corporate intimidation!
Tell Energy Transfer and other corporate bullies: Stop your attacks on free speech.
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Contact your electorate MP
Our local Member of Parliament (MP) represents us, and acts in our name. Use the list of MPs below to contact your own local MP on the environmental issue that you’re passionate about.
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PETITION: Stop the corporate power grab RMA reforms
Add your name now to demand Chris Bishop abandon his dangerous RMA reform plan.
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PETITION: Time to resist
Now is the time to resist. Will you join the fight against the billionaire takeover?
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South Pacific Seamounts Expedition
We embarked on an exciting journey to uncover the secrets of the deep. Find out more here and see what’s at stake!
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I’m with Greenpeace
Greenpeace needs your support against Big Oil.
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PETITION: Tax the super-rich to pay for climate action
We urge governments to tax the super-rich now and use those funds to support people and protect the planet.
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PETITION: Stop Fonterra using palm kernel
Call on Fonterra to end the use of rainforest-destroying palm kernel on its farms.
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Open Letter to Stop the Fast Track
Sign on to this open letter to industry now to help push more of them to opt out of the Fast Track.
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PETITION: Hands off freshwater protections
Call on Christopher Luxon to leave New Zealand’s freshwater protections alone
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Tell Prime Minister Christopher Luxon to stop the rollback of freshwater protection
Every New Zealander should be able to swim in clean rivers and know that the water coming out of their kitchen tap is safe to drink.
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PETITION: Create global ocean sanctuaries
Call on the Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Peters to create new global ocean sanctuaries and protect our blue planet.
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PETITION: Ban bottom trawling in the Hauraki Gulf
Call upon the Minister for Oceans and Fisheries to ban all forms of mobile bottom-contact fishing including bottom trawling, scallop dredging and Danish seining within the Hauraki Gulf Marine Park.
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Election candidates to debate fresh water in Christchurch
Greenpeace has announced that it will host an election debate on fresh water in Christchurch on October 19th, titled ‘the Great Freshwater Debate’.
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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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Vote for the environment this New Zealand election 2026
Keen to vote for the environment in the upcoming 2026 New Zealand election but don’t know how? We’ve got you!
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The stakes are high for the ocean this election – your vote will count
In Aotearoa we have more ocean than most, and the vast majority of us feel insanely lucky to share it with such diversity of life. But as election day approaches I can’t stop thinking about how this coalition government steered ocean protection off course. On November 7 we have a chance to vote for ocean…
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Halfway through 2026: Here’s how we’re shaping the future of our planet, together
Thanks to your incredible support, Greenpeace Aotearoa has been working relentlessly to defend nature. From preventing ocean destruction, taking action for forest protection, and defending all the amazing life thatthe…
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STATEMENT: Fonterra admits to breaching Fair Trading Act
Fonterra Brands and Greenpeace Aotearoa have agreed to settle Greenpeace’s lawsuit over Anchor Butter packaging.
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Greenpeace Aotearoa Submission on GCSL’s resource consent applications to build and operate a waste-to-energy incinerator in Te Awamutu
This is a submission by Greenpeace Aotearoa on the publicly notified application by Global Contracting Solutions Limited (GCL) to establish and operate a waste-to-energy incineration power station in Te Awamutu.
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How the Global Ocean Treaty can boost climate action
In December 2019, Greenpeace International released 30×30 In Hot Water: The climate crisis and the urgent need for ocean protection. This makes the scientific case for creating a network of marine…
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Achieving the 30×30 target through the Global Ocean Treaty
Through the Global Ocean Treaty, the global community can deliver the 30×30 target and ensure the long-term health and sustainability of the ocean beyond borders.
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Gambling with the deep sea: Those betting on mining the Arctic
The Norwegian government has announced a decision to open up a vast area of its continental shelf in the Norwegian and Greenland Seas to deep sea mining.
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EXPERT BRIEFING: Govt undoing protections for drinking water safety
After the world’s largest recorded campylobacteriosis outbreak occurred in Havelock North in 2016, the National-led Government established a formal inquiry into what went wrong and lessons for the future. This…
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30×30: From Global Ocean Treaty to Protection at Sea
This report details the cumulative threats facing our oceans and includes a new global analysis of high seas fishing activity. It details how ocean warming, acidification, pollution and the emerging…