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Greenpeace briefing to the incoming government on priorities for the environment and building back better in the Covid recovery
It is our view that the following policies would have the most significant, positive impact on New Zealand’s ecological and climate footprint.
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50,000 strong petition calls for an end to bottom trawling on seamounts
Wellington, 18 November 2020: A coalition of environmental groups delivered a 50,000 strong petition to Parliament today, calling on the Government to ban bottom trawling on seamounts.
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I love fugly
So remind me again, what’s so great about oceans? Beaches, yeah great, sunsets, romantic walks, sand between the toes.
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Final battle to prevent South Taranaki Bight seabed mine hits Supreme Court
Kiwis Against Seabed Mining (KASM) and Greenpeace will be in the Supreme Court tomorrow for the last battle in a long fight to oppose a seabed mine in the South Taranaki Bight.
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Talley’s guilty of illegal trawls in world’s “most biologically rich ocean habitat”
Talley’s deepwater fishing division, Amaltal, has today been found guilty of illegally bottom trawling in the Hikurangi Marine Reserve off Kaikōura. This comes eight months after the vessel’s skipper was found guilty of the same offence.
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How to protect the oceans in three steps
The oceans near and far are in trouble. In the face of multiple stressors, from destructive fishing to climate change, the oceans are struggling to recover. But together we can protect them.
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Greenpeace calls Ministerial appointments a boon for the oceans
Greenpeace says today’s Ministerial announcements holds some fantastic news for the sea and everything that lives in it.
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Art, indigenous rights and ocean protection
The kaupapa of this drawing for me was to highlight the basics: our corals are dying, our sea bed suffers, and we need to hold companies like Talley’s accountable. Entwined within this message is a reminder from myself and from the people I had wānanga with that we need to look to māori for guidance…
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Why activists around New Zealand are Telling on Talley’s
For the past few weeks, community activists across New Zealand have been spreading the word about a business that’s been trashing the oceans for years.
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What My Octopus Teacher has to teach us
If a few hours in a submarine can teach us this much about an ecosystem, imagine what can be learned by spending a year getting to know one octopus?
