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World’s biggest oil survey ship flouts safety law in NZ waters during 7.8 earthquake
Upon its arrival in New Zealand waters, the world’s largest seismic surveying ship turned off transmission from its mandatory AIS safety device, including throughout the devastating 7.8 magnitude earthquake that hit early on Monday morning and the subsequent tsunami threat.
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Goff’s new Auckland Council takes first vote on oil drilling
A recent change in the balance of power at the Auckland Council could see a vote against the Government’s offshore oil plans succeed today, where it has previously narrowly failed.
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Auckland Council passes historic vote to oppose deep sea oil drilling
Auckland Council has just voted to oppose the Government’s offshore oil agenda in New Zealand, for the first time ever.
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New Zealand’s promise “dead in the water” as Paris Climate Agreement comes into force
Greenpeace New Zealand is calling for a summer of action to highlight what it’s calling the Government’s “sham plan” to meet the Paris Climate Change Agreement, which came into force today.
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Greenpeace teams up with scientists to search for Māui dolphin
Greenpeace New Zealand has teamed up with researchers at the University of Auckland in an effort to discover more about the critically endangered Māui dolphin, including where they go in winter.
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Victory! World’s largest marine protected area established off Antarctica!
Today, the largest marine protected area in the world was created in the Ross Sea, off the coast of Antarctica. This is a HUGE victory for the whales, penguins, and toothfish that live there and for the millions of people standing up to protect our oceans.
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Why we are taking Arctic oil to court
With this historic court case a new generation is now taking action to stop oil companies from kidnapping our future. Nature & Youth and Greenpeace Nordic, alongside a broad coalition, have filed an unprecedented people-powered legal case against the Norwegian government.
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Government urged to better protect Māui dolphin in wake of new population estimate
Greenpeace is calling on further protection for Māui dolphin after the latest population estimate shows the number of the critically endangered dolphin has potentially risen.
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This is not a drill. Greenpeace calls for a summer of action
This is huge. After years of local community opposition and relentless pressure by us, Statoil has pulled the plug on its Reinga basin drilling plans in Northland. This is a momentous victory that thousands of people like you helped make possible. And it’s a huge cause for celebration for the Northland communities, who for years…
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Greenpeace on PCE report into agricultural emissions
In response to the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment's report “Climate change and Agriculture: Understanding biological greenhouse gases”, Greenpeace Sustainable Agriculture Campaigner Genevieve Toop said:
