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The NZ Government has 100,000 reasons to ban single-use plastic bottles
Last week, the Ban the Bottle petition surpassed 100,000 signatures. This a huge milestone for the Plastics campaign and for the movement to ban single-use plastic bottles and mandate refill…
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The world is ditching plastics with reuse and refill laws and practices
Thanks to pressure from millions of people around the world, governments are finally beginning to acknowledge that the only way to tackle the plastic pollution crisis is through shifting towards reusable systems
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Netherlands announces €25bn plan to cut livestock numbers: NZ can do the same
Greenpeace says the announcement shows NZ is falling behind and needs to take bold action
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The case for sinking He Waka Eke Noa
It’s important that we measure and manage dairy industry greenhouse gas emissions in particular, which are 23% of the country’s total. However, He Waka Eke Noa just doesn’t cut it.
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Climate Emergency Fund misses the mark on agriculture
Greenpeace Aotearoa says the Government’s announcement today of a mediocre ‘Climate Emergency Response Fund’ makes a start, but is no substitute for action to tackle the country’s biggest polluter, industrial agriculture.
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New report and map shows Aotearoa’s deep-sea corals vastly unprotected from trawling
A new report and interactive map released by Greenpeace today, details the extent of unique wildlife found on Aotearoa’s seamounts, and how unprotected they are from bottom trawling.
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Report on the Biodiversity of Seamounts in Aotearoa and the Pacific
A new report and interactive map released by Greenpeace details the extent of unique biodiversity found on Aotearoa’s seamounts, and how these habitats are at risk from the commercial bottom…
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Meet 12 climate activists changing the world
The climate crisis is impacting millions around the world unequally and catastrophically threatening future generations. Yet the voices of those most impacted by the climate crisis – particularly Indigenous communities
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Shell in South Africa: fossil fuels at full blast
Just weeks after world leaders failed us at COP26 by not committing to urgent action to end the climate crisis, the controversial South African Minister of Minerals and Energy Gwede…
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Giant toroa full of plastic lands at Mission Bay in Auckland
Greenpeace Aotearoa has renewed its call to ban single-use plastic bottles today by revealing a sculpture of a toroa (albatross) with a ten-metre wingspan, at Mission Bay in Auckland.
