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Dairy Bosses’ climate change plan is “all talk and no trousers”
Greenpeace says the Dairy Industry’s new “action plan” on climate change is completely lacking in any form of serious action.
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Greenpeace climbers prepare message above Beehive for US Secretary of State
Four Greenpeace climbers are preparing to hang a large banner from a crane next to the Beehive to protest the arrival of US Secretary of State, Rex Tillerson, who is in Wellington.
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Fossil Fuel President Trump can’t kill Paris Climate Agreement
Greenpeace New Zealand has labeled Trump “morally bankrupt” over his decision abandon the Paris Climate Agreement, and is calling on Prime Minister Bill English to stand with other world leaders and speak out against the move.
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Bill English crying crocodile tears over flood devastation
Thursday, 13 April: As the country braces for Cyclone Cook, the latest and the most devastating in a series of extreme weather events, Greenpeace NZ has slammed Prime Minister Bill English for crying “crocodile tears”.
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Greenpeace swimmers stop Amazon Warrior seismic blasting, 50 miles out to sea
Greenpeace activists have thrown themselves into the sea in front of a huge offshore oil exploration vessel off the New Zealand coast.
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Cut the cows – a double whammy for the environment
It’s often said that domestic opinion doesn’t count for much in this country. Watch though, as heads turn and lattes spill when that same opinion comes from across the water. It’s our endearing lack of self confidence and charming inferiority complex at work. Kiwi artists and musicians will struggle for years for domestic recognition but…
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To save the climate, we must all push beyond our comfort zones
I’ve always been mortified of breaking the rules. Looking back at my childhood and teens, I’m almost embarrassed by how righteously rule-abiding I’ve been. Never once got a detention in school. Never ever handed an assignment in late. Never got yellow-carded in soccer. I come from a family where “don’t stick your neck out” is…
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A view from Waitangi by Mike Smith
Over the last couple of days I’ve been getting calls from friends, colleagues and media organisations wanting to know what was happening at Waitangi this year. Here’s what I’ve been telling them.
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“Burning our future”: Genesis’ plan to burn dirty fuels at Huntly for next 20 years revealed
Genesis Energy has been granted consents to replace Huntly Power Station’s coal-fired Rankine units at any time it likes for the next 20 years.
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New Zealand’s promise “dead in the water” as Paris Climate Agreement comes into force
Greenpeace New Zealand is calling for a summer of action to highlight what it’s calling the Government’s “sham plan” to meet the Paris Climate Change Agreement, which came into force today.
