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Greenpeace demands release of plastics treaty activists, as global talks enter final stages
Busan, South Korea – British, German, Taiwanese and Mexican activists (1) are being detained by the South Korean police, following a 12 hour peaceful protest against a petrochemical shipment yesterday…
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Greenpeace challenges petrochemical tanker as Busan plastics treaty talks enter final stage
Daesan, South Korea – As the final negotiations for a UN Global Plastics Treaty enter a critical phase in Busan, South Korea[1] Greenpeace International activists have boarded a tanker that…
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Seabed mining AGM disrupted by representatives of Ngāti Ruanui and Greenpeace
Greenpeace activists, along with representatives of Taranaki iwi Ngāti Ruanui, have disrupted the annual general meeting of Manuka Resources, the Australian mining company planning to fast-track seabed mining in the…
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Greenpeace gives Christopher Luxon an F for first year in Govt waging War on Nature
On the one-year anniversary of the current government being sworn in, Greenpeace is giving them a fail for its performance due to what has become known as Christopher Luxon’s War on Nature.
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At Global Plastics Treaty talks, Greenpeace warns leaders that the world watching with giant eye
A flag with a giant eye composed of thousands of portraits from around the world has been unfurled from a 10-storey crane as government representatives in Busan for global plastics treaty talks.
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COP29 ‘bandaid over a bullet wound’, polluters should expect resistance
Greenpeace Aotearoa has labelled the UN climate conference COP29 ‘a bandaid over a bullet wound’ as negotiations wrapped up on Sunday.
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Giant petition demanding strong Global Plastics Treaty delivered to global plastics meeting
Busan, South Korea – A petition signed by almost three million people[1] from over 182 countries calling for a historic, legally binding, Global Plastics Treaty to drastically reduce production and…
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New Zealand drops in global ranking on climate action
Greenpeace accuses the government of 'quiet quitting' on climate change as a new report reveals NZ has dropped in international climate action rankings.
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Rural school drinking water threatened by fast-track
A Government report revealed many rural schools have elevated levels of nitrate, e.coli, and arsenic in drinking water. Greenpeace says the fast-track will make that worse.
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Greenpeace calls on Fonterra investors to consider big picture with giant puzzle
As Fonterra’s external investors meet at the corporation’s Auckland HQ, Greenpeace supporters have pieced together a giant puzzle revealing the cost of Fonterra’s use of palm kernel as cow feed - rainforest destruction and loss of rare wildlife in Southeast Asia.
