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Greenpeace welcomes commitment to revoke seabed mining licence, calls for permanent ban
Greenpeace Aotearoa is applauding the Green Party’s commitment to revoke any Fast-track consents, licences, or permits issued for coal, seabed, and hardrock gold mining projects, describing it as a crucial…
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Fast-Track Amendment Bill a Savage Escalation in Government’s War on Nature
The Fast-Track Amendment Bill passed its first reading in parliament today, prompting fierce condemnation from Greenpeace, who have branded it a “savage escalation of the Luxon Government’s war on nature”.
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Pacific activists protest deep sea mining as U.S exploration vessel enters port
Cook Islanders holding a banner reading “Don’t Mine the Moana”, have confronted an exploration vessel as it returned to Rarotonga port today, protesting the emerging threat of seabed mining.
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Greenpeace calls for investors to boycott wannabe seabed miner as they list on NZ stock exchange
Greenpeace is calling on prospective investors “not to bankroll ocean destruction” by investing in wannabe seabed mining company, Manuka Resources, as they list on the NZ stock exchange today.
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Greenpeace activists convicted and discharged over seabed mining action
Four ocean advocates have been sentenced in court in Wellington today, after locking down the Wellington headquarters of the mining industry lobbying firm Straterra (since renamed the New Zealand Minerals…
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KASM, Greenpeace invited to submit on Fast-Track seabed mining application
Kiwis Against Seabed Mining (KASM) and Greenpeace today welcomed the invitation from the Fast-Track expert panel considering the seabed mining application to make a submission on the project.
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Governments must rise to the moment and vote in favour of a moratorium on deep sea mining
The 30th session of the International Seabed Authority (ISA) has ended with Greenpeace saying governments are continuing to fall short in protecting the deep sea.
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Threatened whale species in the Pacific found in areas targeted by The Metals Company for deep sea mining, scientists warn
A scientific survey of two areas targeted by The Metals Company for deep sea mining in the Pacific Ocean has confirmed the presence of whales and dolphins, including sperm whales,…
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Greenpeace protest deep sea mining at UN Ocean Conference
Nice, France, 11 June 2025 – Greenpeace France activists today deployed a large banner reading “three million people stand against deep sea mining” outside the UN Ocean Conference (UNOC) in…
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French authorities block Greenpeace ship from participating in UN Ocean Conference
French authorities have blocked Greenpeace International’s ship Arctic Sunrise from entering the port of Nice, where the “One Ocean Science Congress” and the UN Ocean Conference are being hosted. This…