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  • Dairy cows behind bars in a milking shed
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    Govt abandons NZ’s climate credibility with shameful methane bill

    “Utterly shameful”. Greenpeace Aotearoa condemns the Government's new methane targets following first reading in Parliament.

    Rhiannon Mackie
    12 December 2025
  • Giant replica of a Fonterra farm sign reading "Warning! Nitrate Emergency” outside the controversial Wongan Hills dairy conversion in the Kaituna Valley - Canterbury’s first complete dairy conversion this year.
    Press release
    Food&Farming Freshwater Health

    Denmark moves to lower limits on nitrate in drinking water – when will NZ follow suit?

    Denmark’s Environment Minister is making moves to dramatically lower the legal limit for nitrate in drinking water.

    Rhiannon Mackie
    11 December 2025
  • Press release
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    A blueprint for more pollution and environmental harm – Greenpeace reaction to new Resource Management bills 

    Greenpeace says the Government’s rewrite of New Zealand’s core environmental laws includes an outrageous new idea, whereby companies will be able to claim financial compensation when councils introduce rules to…

    Gen Toop
    9 December 2025
  • Press release
    Food&Farming Freshwater

    Nitrate levels in Glenavy dangerously close to Blue Baby risk level

    Almost exactly one year after the Glenavy water supply exceeded the legal health limits for nitrate, the town’s water supply nitrate levels are rising – and fast.

    Rhiannon Mackie
    6 December 2025
  • Press release
    Food&Farming Freshwater Health

    Ashburton town supply water sample nears national health limit for nitrate; almost double levels associated with reproductive risk

    Greenpeace testing on Sunday revealed that a sample of Ashburton town water supply had reached nitrate contamination levels of 9.65mg/L.

    Rhiannon Mackie
    25 November 2025
  • Press release
    Food&Farming Freshwater Health

    Darfield water supplies above nitrate contamination reproductive risk levels

    “Absolutely unacceptable”. That’s Greenpeace’s reaction to water testing results today which revealed more Canterbury public water supplies are contaminated with nitrate at levels above those associated with reproductive risk.

    Rhiannon Mackie
    23 November 2025
  • Press release
    Food&Farming Freshwater Health

    Council-supplied tank water in Waimate District at reproductive risk levels

    Tank water supplied to Glenavy residents by the district council is contaminated with nitrate at levels linked to reproductive risk.

    Rhiannon Mackie
    22 November 2025
  • Nitrate contamination water testing in Darfield, Canterbury
    Press release
    Food&Farming Freshwater Health

    Gore nitrate testing results still reaching reproductive risk levels

    Greenpeace Aotearoa is sounding the alarm over the nitrate level in Gore’s town supply, which has reached levels associated with reproductive risks.

    Rhiannon Mackie
    20 November 2025
  • Rangiora nitrate testing event
    Press release
    Food&Farming Freshwater

    Latest round of Greenpeace free nitrate testing kicks off in Gore

    Greenpeace’s latest round of free drinking water testing for nitrate contamination kicks off today in Gore, Southland.

    Rhiannon Mackie
    20 November 2025
  • Press release
    Climate Change Food&Farming

    New Zealand sinks even further in global climate action rankings

    Fresh off a humiliating “Fossil of the Day” award at COP30, NZ has again been called out on the world stage for backsliding on climate action.

    Rhiannon Mackie
    19 November 2025
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