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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.
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The Fonterra PKE milk ad they don’t want you to see
NZ dairy giant Fonterra's industrial dairying approach is driving production beyond the limits. NZ cows can no longer be fed on grass alone, and Fonterra's dairy herds are fed palm kernel expeller (PKE) grown on land in South East Asia where rainforests once stood.
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Oily people point to a dirty reality
The pictures coming from the Gulf of Mexico are horrible; birds covered in oil, enormous plumes of crude lying just below the surface; thousands of barrels worth of oil gushing…
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Remember the Rainbow Warrior and the Marshall Islands
Today is the 25th anniversary of the bombing of the Rainbow Warrior by the French secret service in Auckland’s Marsden Wharf. It is the day we remember our colleague Fernando Pereira who was killed in the attack. He was just 35.
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PETITION: Sign the deep water oil drilling in NZ waters
Imagine if the BP Deepwater Horizon oil disaster happened in NZ waters.
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Brownlee and oil – relics of a dying age
In the film Amazing Grace set in the 19th century there is a scene where the British Parliament is debating the end of slavery. Members of that Parliament argue that the end of slavery would have massive economic impacts that would harm Britain and therefore, as unpleasant as it is, slavery must continue.
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March Against Mining Auckland on May 1, 2010
More than 40,000 people marchup Queen Street against John Key's National Government’s mining plans which include a proposal to open up protected areas within national parks to miners.
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Over 40,000 In March Against Govt’s Mining Plans
Over 40,000 People Turned Out For A March Against The Government’s Mining Plans.
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March Against Mining announced for 1st May in Auckland
A coalition of environment groups including Greenpeace, has announced a public march against the Government’s mining plans on May 1 in Auckland.
