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News & Stories - Greenpeace Aotearoa

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    Freshwater Politics

    RMA rollback lets agribusiness dump pollution into rivers without consent

    A last-minute change to the Resource Management Amendment Bill would make it easier for companies to dump pollution into rivers and lakes.

    Will Appelbe •
    13 August 2025
  • Story
    Climate Change Food&Farming Politics

    It’s who you know, not what you know in Christopher Luxon’s Council of Cronies

    Luxon's ignoring science and putting lobbyists into positions of power to help out the dairy industry. Here's the full story.

    Amanda Larsson •
    7 August 2025
    2 min read
  • 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
  • Press release
    Climate Change Food&Farming Politics

    Leading international climate scientists rubbish Luxon’s ‘Methane Review’, call on PM to take methane seriously

    Over 25 international climate scientists have written an open letter to NZ PM Christopher Luxon, calling on him to take methane emissions seriously.

    Rhiannon Mackie •
    3 June 2025
  • Story
    Food&Farming Politics Nuclear

    New Zealand’s dirty secret: How dairy industry pollution is threatening rivers, the climate, and democracy

    Aotearoa: famous for beautiful waters and landscapes. But despite our 'green' image, dairy industry pollution threatens water and the climate.

    Amanda Larsson •
    8 May 2025
    5 min read
  • Press release
    Climate Change Food&Farming Politics

    Greenpeace slams PM’s science pick: “Polluters are running the show”

    Greenpeace says appointment of former DairyNZ scientist as PM Christopher Luxon’s Chief Science Advisor shows Govt is handing power to polluters.

    Amanda Larsson •
    7 May 2025
  • Story
    Politics

    The New Zealand tourism conundrum: how the Luxon government simultaneously touts and destroys NZ nature

    It is as alarming to the tourists who come here as it is to New Zealanders ourselves that our Government has launched an all-out war on nature.

    Amanda Larsson •
    27 February 2025
    3 min read
  • Press release
    Climate Change Politics

    Paris Agreement requires urgent action to cut pollution, not just vibes – Greenpeace

    Greenpeace slams climate minister Simon Watts for claiming NZ does not have to meet our climate targets under the Paris climate agreement.

    Rhiannon Mackie •
    27 February 2025
  • Five Greenpeace New Zealand climbers scale the Te Rapa Fonterra milk processing factory to unfurl a 160 square metre banner reading "Fonterra methane cooks the climate".
    Press release
    Climate Change Politics

    NZ climate target under international scrutiny as trading partners raise concerns

    Ahead of NZ Government’s 2025 NDC climate announcement, Greenpeace reveals NZ trade partners are asking questions about climate credibility.

    Rhiannon Mackie •
    30 January 2025
  • Story
    Freshwater Politics

    Milking it: how the intensive dairy industry rewrote freshwater rules in their favour

    Shocking new evidence exposes how the intensive dairy industry lobbied MPs to rewrite freshwater rules in their favour.

    Will Appelbe •
    23 January 2025
    5 min read
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