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Protests outside Australian Consulates over bushfires
As the devastating bushfires continue to burn across Australia, Australian Consulates in Auckland and Wellington are being met by protestors demanding more pressure be put on Australian Prime Minister Scott…
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Hollywood stars, Wallace and Gromit creators and Greenpeace team up
Oscar-winners Dame Helen Mirren and Olivia Colman, along with Game of Thrones’ Bella Ramsey and Stranger Things’ David Harbour have teamed up with Greenpeace in a just-released animation about the…
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Christopher Luxon’s wreckless promise to restart oil and gas exploration could mean catastrophic oil spills
Jacinda Ardern’s April 2018 ban on new oil exploration permits put New Zealand's vast EEZ off limits to new oil and gas exploration, except for a few areas where permits were released before the ban.
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Greenpeace condemns Japanese government panel’s draft proposal to discharge radioactive water
Tokyo, Japan – A Japanese governmental subcommittee today submitted its three-part, calamitously drafted proposal for managing more than one million tonnes of radioactive water resulting from the TEPCO (Tokyo Electric…
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Never Buy Gift Paper Again: the Ultimate Guide to Zero Waste Wrapping
At this time of year, New Zealanders generate a lot of extra waste, from Gift wrapping and shopping bags. Most gift wrapping is made out of hard-to-recycle mixed materials and…
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Delay to dolphin rescue plan “irresponsible” during extinction crisis
Greenpeace says further delays to the Māui and Hector’s dolphin Threat Management Plan (TMP) is an irresponsible move that could push the vulnerable species closer to extinction. The Government announced…
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OMV oil drilling consent deeply hypocritical following Madrid climate summit
Greenpeace has slammed the Government for granting a controversial oil and gas drilling consent just days after championing New Zealand’s climate leadership at a global summit in Madrid. The Environmental…
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Systematically disrupting business as usual for OMV in 2019
2019 will go down in history as the year that together we took on Austrian oil giant OMV. From scaling their office building in Wellington to occupying their henchboat: we’ve…
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5 reasons modern slavery at sea is still possible in 2019
It is a sad truth that even now, on the cusp of 2020, slavery is very much alive in the modern context. This is particularly true in the fishing industry…
