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Conservation Amendment Bill Submission Guide
This is a handy guide to help you make your submission on the Conservation Amendment Bill before the deadline: midday on 13 July.
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Jones fails to force through Fisheries Amendment Bill before election, following public backlash
News that progress on the Fisheries Amendment Bill will be delayed until after the election is being called a win for People Power by environmental groups, who say it proves how united the New Zealand public is against destructive fishing.
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Greenpeace submission on the Hazardous Substance and New Organisms Bill
Greenpeace urges the Committee to reject provisions that weaken scrutiny of hazardous substances or genetically engineered organisms.
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Can we stop saying New Zealand’s dairy farming is the most efficient in the world?
It's time for New Zealand to face the music, and admit once and for all that our dairy industry is not the most efficient in the world. Here's why.
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Why I’ll be marching for Peace on 20 June
Anti-War Aotearoa and Greenpeace are calling on Kiwis to join The March for Peace on 20 June in Auckland. I will be marching. I will be marching for many of…
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LNG terminal will make electricity more expensive, polluting and unreliable
Greenpeace is condemning the Government’s decision to try to force New Zealanders to pay for an LNG fossil gas import terminal, in spite of the evidence from the OECD and…
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Seamount closures for world’s largest orange roughy fishery as population plummets
The New Zealand Government has announced temporary seamount closures in the world’s largest orange roughy fishery, following news that deep sea fish numbers are plummeting. The closures, set for six weeks, will mean that several seamounts will be off limits to bottom trawling. But environmentalists say the closures don’t go far enough.
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Danish Govt to lower drinking water nitrate limit, Greenpeace calls on NZ to follow
The Danish Government has confirmed it will dramatically lower nitrate limits for drinking water, in line with modern health science.
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The biggest attack on conservation land in New Zealand’s history
How the Luxon government plans to gut the Conservation Act and open the door to selling off around 60% of all conservation land.
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When I broke the rules, I got a criminal record. When they break the planet, they just rewrite the rules.
Have you ever noticed that legislation always seems ready to go the moment an industry wants it? It’s almost like someone else… wrote it in advance?