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Community, environmental groups support Te Pāti Māori proposal to ban seabed mining
Kiwis Against Seabed Mining (KASM), Greenpeace and the Deep Sea Conservation Coalition (DSCC) today voiced their support for Te Pāti Māori’s call for a ban on seabed mining in Aotearoa.
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5 reasons we need wildlife in order to survive
Mainly due to human pressures, the planet is losing species – its biodiversity – at an alarming rate, thought to be comparable only to the 5th mass extinction 65 million years ago.
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The biggest little whales
Pygmy blue whales are a tropical subspecies of the blue whale, and though they are only a few metres shorter in length, reaching about 24m as opposed to the 30m, they are often about half of the overall weight of a blue whale in the Antarctic.
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Meet the women fighting to save our oceans
Today is the International Day of Women and Girls in Science, a day to highlight the gender inequality in the scientific sphere and to call for initiatives in which the…
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Government ‘covering tracks’ for NZ bottom trawler that destroyed ancient coral
The government is refusing to release details of an incident where a New Zealand bottom trawler pulled up protected species from a seamount, environmentalists said today.
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Talley’s & Fonterra: polluting our water
What’s with big companies thinking they can have a free pass to pollute our rivers and oceans?
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New Zealand continues to disregard biodiversity targets, lobbies for more bottom trawling
New Zealand is fast developing a reputation as a South Pacific vandal, says Greenpeace, as the government continues to fight against increased ocean protection.
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What’s more mysterious than the deep ocean?
The depths of our oceans hide a unique living world that we have only just started to understand. Filled with ancient coral reefs, underwater mountains and sea creatures have lived for hundreds of years, the deep ocean is a place of mystery - it even gives us clues to where life began!
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Gruesome bycatch Xmas tree installed at Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries
Greenpeace activists have this morning installed a bycatch Christmas tree outside the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries, urging them to give New Zealand the gift of cameras on boats this festive season.
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Spillover: how ocean sanctuaries can be good for people and wildlife
Science tells us fully protected ocean sanctuaries are a key way to bring marine life back from the brink of collapse.
