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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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The Hauraki Gulf Marine Protection Act: Turning the tide for the Marine Park
The passing of the Hauraki Gulf Protection Bill into law this month is a significant milestone for ocean protection. It is an important step on the path to restoring the…
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The Gene Tech Bill – Too Risky Even for Fonterra and NZ First
The Luxon Government wants to remove GE safeguards and let GMOs free. Greenpeace isn’t the only one who is ringing the alarm bells.
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Two years on: The cost of the government’s war on nature
Today marks two years since the 2023 election. The environmental cost of the Luxon Government’s war on nature since then has been staggering and is growing by the week.
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Luxon “goes full Trump” with climate-denying methane backdown
The NZ Government will rewrite NZ's once bipartisan climate change law to weaken methane targets and exclude agriculture from the ETS.
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Seabed mining in the South Taranaki Bight: Trans-Tasman Resources’ fast-track bid is too risky
The latest in the fight to stop seabed in Aotearoa before it starts. Campaigner Juressa Lee talks about what Trans Tasman Resources are up too - including updates on the Fast Track process.
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The Polluters Get Paid Plan: AKA Regulatory Takings
How the Government is pushing an extreme idea that would block environmental protection and reshape our democracy.
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‘Nitrate emergency starts here’: Greenpeace brings water crisis back to Fonterra’s HQ
Greenpeace has taken rural New Zealand’s nitrate emergency straight to the top, by projecting a modified Fonterra sign reading “The nitrate emergency: It starts here” onto the dairy giant’s Auckland…
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Bottom trawling a triple threat to marine environments – new report
Greenpeace is calling for urgent action to restrict bottom trawling after a new government report highlights the compounding effects the destructive fishing method has on climate change, habitat degradation and biodiversity.
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Power struggle: why fixing NZ’s ‘broken’ electricity market is such a formidable challenge
The growing view that New Zealand’s energy market is “broken” has brought with it a stream of suggestions for piecemeal changes that nibble at the edges of the problem, without…
