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News & Stories - Greenpeace Aotearoa

  • Protestors hold up a banner reading Sanction Israel Stop the Genocide
    Story
    Peace

    Why we took part in the March for Humanity

    Thousands gathered in central Auckland on Saturday 13 September to call on the Luxon government to impose sanctions on Israel. Greenpeace Aotearoa and many other organisations supported the March for…

    Reza Azam •
    18 September 2025
    2 min read
  • Press release
    Food&Farming Freshwater

    Greenpeace applauds ECan for declaring nitrate emergency, calls for candidates to pledge real action

    Greenpeace is welcoming Environment Canterbury’s decision to declare a nitrate emergency, calling it a long-overdue acknowledgement of a worsening health crisis. But the organisation warns that real action must follow,…

    Rhiannon Mackie •
    17 September 2025
  • Press release
    Food&Farming Freshwater

    Cantabrians say “enough”: Nitrate-polluted tap water returned to ECan

    Fed-up locals are rallying outside Environment Canterbury this morning, handing back nitrate-contaminated drinking water in protest.

    Rhiannon Mackie •
    17 September 2025
  • A person in a white hazmat suit spraying crops.
    Press release
    Food&Farming

    “Tough on crime” Government lets repeat pesticide offenders off the hook

    Greenpeace is calling the Government’s “tough on crime” rhetoric a complete sham after official documents reveal companies repeatedly breaking food safety laws are escaping prosecution

    Gen Toop •
    16 September 2025
  • Fonterra methane cooks the climate
    Story
    Climate Change Food&Farming

    Luxon’s methane target gamble risks farmers’ future

    Luxon's methane target decision is looming. But backtracking on climate commitments would risk the New Zealand farming industry's future.

    Amanda Larsson •
    15 September 2025
    2 min read
  • Press release
    Coal Oil&Gas Clean Energy

    Damning MBIE report: Coal imports skyrocket, power prices remain high

    MBIE’s latest quarterly energy report, released today, shows electricity prices remain stubbornly high. The report comes amidst a string of manufacturing and mill closures where high energy costs were cited…

    Gen Toop •
    11 September 2025
  • Piece of paper with water samples
    Press release
    Food&Farming Freshwater Health

    “Will they protect freshwater?” – Greenpeace reveals Environment Canterbury candidate scorecard

    Greenpeace has asked candidates standing for the Environment Canterbury regional council whether they'll protect fresh water. Here are their responses.

    Rhiannon Mackie •
    10 September 2025
  • Story
    Food&Farming Freshwater

    Environment Canterbury freshwater scorecard – what do your candidates think?

    Curious what Environment Canterbury’s regional council election candidates really think about freshwater protections? We’ve got you covered.

    Will Appelbe •
    10 September 2025
    4 min read
  • A Greenpeace activist dressed as Ronald McDonald is arrested after locking himself to the gates of McDonalds' South Auckland distribution centre in Golden Arches Place, Wiri. Greenpeace is calling on McDonalds to stop using chickens fed on genetically engineered (GE) soy meal. Imported GE soy feed is the biggest source of GE contamination in the New Zealand food chain. McDonalds chicken is supplied by Australian poultry giant Inghams which brings in around 50,000 tonnes of GE contaminated soy annually.
    Story
    Food&Farming Health

    How the NZ Food Safety agency downplays pesticide residue results, and then does nothing to enforce the law

    No prosecutions for illegal pesticide residues in food

    Russel Norman •
    10 September 2025
    2 min read
  • A projection reading Trawl Nets Turn Coral Into Wastelands is projected onto a downtown Wellington building with images of coral rubble
    Press release
    Oceans

    “Bottom trawling kills” message projected onto downtown Wellington building as fisheries meeting starts

    Greenpeace has projected images of destroyed coral onto a downtown Wellington building, highlighting the destruction caused by New Zealand bottom trawlers, as an international fisheries meeting starts in the capital…

    Emma Page •
    9 September 2025
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