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    Food&Farming Freshwater

    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.

    Will Appelbe •
    7 July 2025
    4 min read
  • Aerial view of the Ashburton River North Branch, CC BY-SA 4.0
    Press release
    Food&Farming Freshwater

    A Dirty Deal for Dirty Water – Government’s $56m irrigation subsidy blasted by Greenpeace

    Greenpeace is blasting the Government's latest $56 million irrigation subsidy, calling it a 'dirty deal for dirty water'.

    Rhiannon Mackie •
    3 July 2025
  • Aerial view of the Ashburton River North Branch, CC BY-SA 4.0
    Story
    Food&Farming Freshwater Politics

    Stop Bishop’s freshwater pollution plan – submit before 27 July!

    Chris Bishop and the Luxon Govt are removing rules that protect water from polluting companies. Submit against Bishop's freshwater pollution plan.

    Will Appelbe •
    2 July 2025
    2 min read
  • A giant Cancer Fertiliser Banner outside the Kapuni fertiliser factory in South Taranaki, New Zealand. The banner reads: CANCER FERTILISER - CUT SYNTHETIC NITROGEN. © Greenpeace / Ben Sarten
    Press release
    Food&Farming Freshwater

    Govt moves to further weaken freshwater protections as new report highlights poor state of NZ drinking water 

    Greenpeace is deeply disturbed by the Luxon Government's decision to weaken freshwater protections as a new report highlights poor state of NZ freshwater.

    Rhiannon Mackie •
    1 July 2025
  • Silver beet and celery
    Press release
    Food&Farming

    MPI lets illegal pesticide-laced food hit the shelves in NZ

    An investigation by Greenpeace Aotearoa has revealed that for at least five years, New Zealand Food Safety has failed to recall food products or prosecute suppliers when food has tested…

    Gen Toop •
    25 June 2025
  • Press release
    Food&Farming Freshwater

    Damning new groundwater figures reveal growing drinking water crisis

    Damning new groundwater data reveals that New Zealand is experiencing a drinking water crisis, with many monitoring sites contaminated.

    Will Appelbe •
    25 June 2025
  • Story
    Climate Change Food&Farming Oceans PeoplePower Victories Seabed Mining RainbowWarrior Fishing GreenpeaceShips

    This is how you’ve made a difference with Greenpeace so far in 2025

    In this issue of our magazine Kākāriki, you can read how you are how you are protecting our oceans, climate, forests, and communities here in Aotearoa and around the globe.

    Hannah Watson-Frank •
    17 June 2025
    1 min read
  • Greenpeace activists scaled Fonterra’s Te Rapa dairy processing factory, unfurling a 160 square metre banner reading ‘Fonterra’s methane cooks the climate.’
    Publication
    Climate Change Food&Farming

    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

    Amanda Larsson •
    16 June 2025
  • Dairy cows behind bars in a milking shed
    Story
    Climate Change Food&Farming

    Is New Zealand dairy farming the most efficient in the world?

    New Zealand politicians, including the Prime Minister, regularly claim that our country’s dairy industry is “the most efficient” in the world. This is a common refrain, particularly when anyone –…

    Amanda Larsson •
    9 June 2025
    5 min read
  • We asked people from across Aotearoa to send messages that they wanted to share with Fonterra. We received an overwhelming number of messages from people who are deeply concerned about Fonterra's environmental destruction. We took those messages directly to Fonterra, projecting them on the wall for all to see!
    Videos
    Climate Change Food&Farming

    Messages to Fonterra

    We asked people from across Aotearoa to send messages that they wanted to share with Fonterra. And we received an overwhelming number of messages from people who are deeply concerned about Fonterra's environmental destruction.

    Rhiannon Mackie •
    6 June 2025
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