Resist
We challenge the power of big polluters. We expose and counter corporate influence over governments. We resist those who seek to trap us in old stories, and stop us from creating a fairer and greener world.
What You Can Do
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PETITION: Time to resist
Billionaires and corporations are attempting a takeover of democracy to stifle dissent and limit our efforts to protect nature and the climate. Using their vast fortunes, they lobby to weaken regulations meant to protect people and the planet, fund candidates who serve their interests, and gain control of the media to shape the stories we…
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Say no to new oil exploration
Sign the open letter to the oil industry – We will resist oil exploration
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Fortieth anniversary of the Rainbow Warrior bombing
On July 10, 1985, at 11:48 p.m. and 11:51 p.m., two extremely powerful bombs planted by the French secret services sank the Greenpeace ship Rainbow Warrior in Auckland Harbour in…
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You can’t sink a rainbow and you can’t silence hope
40 years since the bombing of the Rainbow Warrior.
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The Metals Company: 5 things to know about the company trying to start deep sea mining
What makes The Metals Company (TMC), a little-known company that isn’t even making any money, a threat to the ocean, international conventions, transparency and the clean energy transition? While deep sea mining has not begun at a commercial scale anywhere on Earth – and we’ve built a global movement of millions of people and political…
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Take a free tour of the Rainbow Warrior: a symbol of resistance and hope in action
The Greenpeace flagship, Rainbow Warrior, is in Auckland on a rare visit to Aotearoa New Zealand. Come on board, experience this iconic ship first hand and meet the crew!
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Luxon’s freshwater regulation changes are bad news – here’s why.
The Luxon Government is introducing a raft of freshwater regulation changes to make it easier for intensive dairy to pollute lakes, rivers and drinking water.
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Greenpeace submission on the Regulatory Standards Bill
We thank the Select Committee for the opportunity to submit on The Regulatory Standards Bill. Greenpeace strongly opposes the Bill and recommends that it be rejected in its entirety.
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BRIEFING Methane and GWP*: how the livestock lobby’s creative accounting undermines equity and threatens to derail climate action
Agribusiness lobby groups are running a coordinated global campaign to cripple efforts to reduce methane emissions
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GWP*: how the livestock lobby’s creative accounting threatens to derail climate action
A Greenpeace Aotearoa media briefing outlining the issues with the use of GWP* to measure methane emissions.
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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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Greenpeace Submission to the Methane Review Panel on the Review of Methane Science and Target
Given that nearly half of New Zealand’s greenhouse gas emissions come from agriculture, the main source of which is methane from the livestock sector, it is imperative for methane emission reduction to occur in this sector in order for New Zealand to achieve its climate commitments under the Paris Agreement.
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REPORT: Turning down the heat
Pulling the climate emergency break on big meat and dairy
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Greenpeace submission on the Fast-track Approvals Bill
Greenpeace strongly opposes the Fast Track Approvals Bill. The draft legislation is anti-democratic, anti-transparency and creates vulnerability to corruption. It lacks any semblance of environmental protection, and in fact, removes existing protections.
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Greenpeace notice of appeal against Hiringa hydrogen-to-urea Energy
Have a read of Greenpeace’s appeal, backed by the hapū of Ngāruahine in South Taranaki.