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Government’s ‘absence of a backbone’ destroying New Zealand’s rivers
Greenpeace is calling on the Government to end public subsidies to think-big irrigation schemes that will create new intensive dairy farms and more freshwater pollution.
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DairyNZ undermining environmental efforts of dairy farmers across NZ
Greenpeace is calling on DairyNZ and other dairy leadership to stop undermining the efforts of dairy farmers to clean up waterways.
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Dairy bosses plot their own demise
You've got to feel sorry for the dairy leadership. Well you do. They're in mourning. Grief is the only way to explain the strange and conflicting messages coming out of DairyNZ and the Federated Farmers over the last six months. Could have been the demise of John Clarke or Murray Ball. More likely to be…
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Havelock contamination scandal not a one off
Greenpeace is warning of more Havelock North’s if New Zealand doesn't start managing the intersection between industrial agriculture and water.
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Nothing new in Ruataniwha review – irrigation dam still a bad idea
The review of the Ruataniwha irrigation dam confirms Greenpeace New Zealand’s view that the dam will pollute local rivers, heighten the risk of further water contamination and is a huge economic gamble.
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Greenpeace accuses Government of aggravating water crisis
Greenpeace says it’s time the Government woke up to its own advice on freshwater and stopped making matters worse.
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Bill English crying crocodile tears over flood devastation
Thursday, 13 April: As the country braces for Cyclone Cook, the latest and the most devastating in a series of extreme weather events, Greenpeace NZ has slammed Prime Minister Bill English for crying “crocodile tears”.
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Greenpeace swimmers stop Amazon Warrior seismic blasting, 50 miles out to sea
Greenpeace activists have thrown themselves into the sea in front of a huge offshore oil exploration vessel off the New Zealand coast.
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Greenpeace NZ sets out in crowdfunded boat to confront Amazon Warrior
Greenpeace has launched its crowdfunded boat ‘Taitu’ this morning from Napier and is heading out to confront the world’s biggest seismic blasting ship.
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Taitu’s first voyage as a Greenpeace boat
I’m writing from on board our new crowdfunded boat Taitu after a night I’ll never forget. We arrived in Napier early this morning, after leaving Wellington on Saturday afternoon where we had a wonderful naming ceremony for Taitu.
