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News & Stories - Greenpeace Aotearoa

  • Rata Forest on Enderby Island. © Greenpeace / Dave Hansford
    Publication
    Climate Change Biodiversity

    Greenpeace submission on primary sector national direction – package 2

    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.

    Gen Toop •
    28 July 2025
  • beautiful blue water
    Publication
    Climate Change Biodiversity

    Greenpeace submission on the Overseas Investment Amendment 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.

    Gen Toop •
    24 July 2025
  • A New Zealand Fur Seal Pup at South West Cape, on subantarctic Auckland Island. Greenpeace has been documenting the extraordinary wildlife of the Auckland and Snare Islands, World Heritage areas, to show what is at risk if planned deep sea oil drilling goes ahead.
    Press release
    Oceans Biodiversity

    Latest trawl bycatch numbers a grim wake-up call

    The latest fisheries bycatch data paints a grim picture, with trawlers hauling up thousands of kilograms of coral and killing hundreds of fur seals and seabirds over a 12 month…

    Ellie Hooper •
    24 June 2025
  • Regulatory Standards Bill Submission Guide
    Story
    Climate Change Biodiversity

    Regulatory Standards Bill submission guide

    This is a handy guide to help you make your submission before 1pm Monday 23 June. It covers what the bill is, why you should make a submission and how you can do it.

    Gen Toop •
    19 June 2025
    3 min read
  • Greenpeace submission on the Regulatory Standards Bill
    Publication
    Climate Change Biodiversity

    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.

    Gen Toop •
    19 June 2025
  • Winston Peters, David Seymour and Christopher Luxon
    Story
    Climate Change Biodiversity

    NZ First or ACT first – Will Winston bend the knee to the Regulatory Standards Bill?

    The Government passed the first reading of David Seymour’s Regulatory Standards Bill through Parliament and alarmingly, it appears that NZ First might support it all the way to becoming law.

    Russel Norman •
    29 May 2025
    2 min read
  • Beehive
    Story
    Climate Change Biodiversity

    ACT’s regulatory standards bill threatens to pass, despite Treaty and legal doubts

    With the ACT Party’s Regulatory Standards Bill now before the Finance and Expenditure Committee, having passed its first reading in parliament last week, parallels with the now abandoned Treaty Principles…

    Carwyn Jones, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington •
    26 May 2025
    3 min read
  • The Regulatory Standards Bill (RSB) isn’t just another law - it’s a plan to hand more power to corporations, erase Te Tiriti o Waitangi from lawmaking, and make it harder for any future government to protect people or nature.
    Press release
    Climate Change Biodiversity

    Regulatory Standards Bill inflicts ACT’s far-right principles on Aotearoa

    The Government is facing backlash over David Seymour’s controversial Regulatory Standards Bill which passed its first reading today, under the shadow of the Budget.

    Gen Toop •
    23 May 2025
  • David Seymour
    Press release
    Climate Change Health Biodiversity

    Govt ridiculed over deeply ironic use of urgency for Regulatory Standards Bill 

    The Government’s use of urgency for the first reading of the Regulatory Standards Bill, introduced by ACT leader David Seymour, is being ridiculed by Greenpeace as deeply ironic.

    Gen Toop •
    22 May 2025
  • Open Letter to the Prime Minister of Aotearoa New Zealand, the Rt Hon Christopher Luxon
    Press release
    Climate Change Biodiversity

    Leading Environmental organisations issue joint letter calling on the Prime Minister to reject the Regulatory Standards Bill

    Four of Aotearoa New Zealand’s leading environmental organisations have today issued a joint open letter to Prime Minister Christopher Luxon, urging him to reject the Regulatory Standards Bill in full. 

    Nick Young •
    19 May 2025
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