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Vanessa’s blog: seismic events at sea
First Contact We headed out of Whangaparoa at Cape Runaway under a gloomy sky at sunset on Sunday. The wind was building and as were our nerves as the next…
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Jef’s Blog: Toward Whangaparāoa
Jef Ikenn is a crew member of the Stop Deep Sea Oil flotilla crew, which represents a coalition of groups that are opposed to the plans to drill for deep…
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Flotilla calls on seismic vessel to cease operations
The first flotilla boat opposing deep sea oil drilling S/V Infinity encountered the seismic testing ship Orient Explorer in the Raukumara Basin at around 16:45 yesterday, a little over 24…
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Protest flotilla heads out to confront seismic oil exploration ship
Ōpōtiki, Monday 4 April, 2011: The flotilla opposed to deep sea oil drilling entered the zone in the Raukumara Basin where seismic testing is scheduled to begin today.
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600 greet flotilla in a firm opposition to deep sea oil drilling
Opotiki – Skippers, crew and activists from the flotilla of boats, which travelled from around the North Island, were welcomed today at a hui in Whangaparoa Bay, which was attended…
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Fighting spirit at Flotilla send off
Copyright Greenpeace/Malcolm Pullman In speech and in song their rejection of Government approvals to allow oil exploration in their traditional water off East Cape was clear. It sent goosebumps. “This…
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Flotilla heeds iwi’s call to stop deep sea oil
In response to a call to oppose deep sea oil drilling from East Cape iwi Te Whanau a Apanui, a flotilla of ships is to set sail from Auckland, for…
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Save our beaches from oil disaster
Many of us watched dumbfounded as the oil-spill disaster in the US Gulf of Mexico unfolded in 2010. Amazingly, as the oil was gushing from BP’s well, Energy and Resources Minister Gerry Brownlee was issuing permits for deepwater exploration to be carried out here. Mr Brownlee never questioned Petrobras’ environmental record – which happens to…
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Fonterra embarrasses the Government over palm kernel
On Saturday five Greenpeace activists took action on a shipment of palm kernel entering the Port of New Plymouth bound for Fonterra farms. The five of them were able to stay aboard the ship, locked in the crane cabs and on the anchor chain for 12 hours. Their action brought this important issue back into…
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The power of bearing witness
Bearing witness is one of the founding principles of Greenpeace, up there with Direct Action. Unlike direct action, however, it doesn't rely on directly stopping something bad from happening.
