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Thousands call on government to drop Hauraki Gulf Bill changes
Alongside our allies, Greenpeace has today handed in a petition to parliament calling for the government to drop amendments that would allow commercial fishing in highly protected areas of the…
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Drinking water at 100 rural schools contaminated with cancer-causing nitrate
Greenpeace says it is deeply concerned about levels of nitrate in rural school drinking water, as a shocking new report has revealed that rural children are twice as likely as…
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Greenpeace confronts Fonterra AGM attendees with rainforest destruction, dying orangutans
Greenpeace has greeted Fonterra with images of deforestation and dying orangutans as shareholders arrive for their annual general meeting at the Devon Hotel in New Plymouth. The organisation is calling…
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Seabed miners lose attempt to limit Greenpeace protest at sea
An appeal court in the Netherlands has rejected attempts by seabed miners in the Pacific to limit the right to protest at sea. The Amsterdam Court of Appeal dismissed a…
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Time to address the cow in the room at COP29
As COP29, the UN climate conference, kicks off in Azerbaijan, Greenpeace says world leaders must hold agri-business to account for its climate pollution.
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The cost of trawling: 3,000kg dead coral in one year
In the wake of news that a New Zealand bottom trawler destroyed coral in the international waters of the South Pacific, Greenpeace and the DSCC are today revealing the cost…
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New Anchor Butter owner must go palm kernel-free
Off the back of today’s announcement that Fonterra will be pushing ahead with plans to sell its customer-facing brands, including Anchor, Greenpeace is calling on potential buyers to commit to…
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Shocking new images illustrate Arctic glacier retreat in last century
Shocking images released by Greenpeace today illustrate the terrifying extent to which Arctic glaciers have retreated in the last century. The images follow up on an iconic photo series by renowned Swedish photographer Christian Åslund, who twenty years ago released a photo that is still being shared in the current day.
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Coral pulled up by NZ trawler “environmental vandalism”
Revelations that a New Zealand trawler has destroyed kilograms of deep sea corals in a region of the South Pacific earmarked for protection, illustrates exactly why New Zealand must stop trawling these international waters.
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New UN climate report highlights climate extremism of Luxon Government
The latest UNEP Emissions Gap Report has warned that if countries do not commit to rapid action to cut rising climate pollution emissions, the Paris Agreement’s goal of limiting global…
