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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?
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Five ways NZ will be much better if Jacinda makes good on her promise to Build Back Better
Jacinda Ardern pledged, on election night, to build back better. With her landslide election win, there really is no excuse not to. So, what could Aotearoa New Zealand look like in ten years’ time, if the Labour-led Government makes good on this promise?
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No more excuses for Government inaction on climate and nature
This morning New Zealanders are waking up to a fresh Government – one that has no good reason to put off action on nature and climate.
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Bringing New Zealand’s cherished native dolphins back from the brink
Following a ream of new protection measures introduced by the Department of Conservation this year, things are looking up for New Zealand’s most endangered dolphins. The long-overdue measures to save them should serve as a lesson for protecting the rest of the oceans.
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The most northerly youth strike ever!
I’m here in the Arctic to bear witness to the sea ice minimum, the moment in which the Arctic sea ice shrinks to its smallest size each year before expanding out again, and a key indicator of the health of the Arctic. This year it was the second smallest ever, following the pattern of recent…
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Get plastic waste out of our lives
Organisations focused on zero waste and the circular economy have joined forces to support the government’s proposed ban on a range of single-use and hard-to-recycle plastic products, and are encouraging New Zealanders who care about waste issues to do the same.
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The ice is disappearing, BUT a movement is emerging
Today, scientists sounded another alarm on the impacts of the climate breakdown: the Arctic sea ice minimum has reached its 2nd lowest level since measurements began.