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Labour makes excuses in seabed mining debate
Greenpeace Aotearoa is disappointed that the Labour Government chose not to support the Seabed Mining Prohibition Amendment Bill.
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Ocean groups slam fishing Industry Transformation Plan as ‘status quo plus subsidies’
Environmental and recreational fishing groups have slammed the government’s draft Fisheries Industry Transformation Plan at a public meeting today, saying the plan does nothing to tackle the threat of destructive…
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The end of offshore oil and gas exploration in NZ was hard won – but it remains politically fragile
Recent news that the New Zealand government has granted an offshore oil and gas exploration permit it had earlier declined demonstrates how fragile the current ban on such activity still…
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Show your heart for the Hauraki
Late last month hundreds of people gathered at Auckland’s Mission Bay for an on-water rally to show some love for the Hauraki Gulf – Tīkapa Moana and send a clear message to decision makers: ban bottom trawling in the marine park.
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State of the Environment: Greenpeace Briefing to Political Parties
Our world is in crisis. As we have seen with the Cyclone Gabrielle tragedy, human-induced climate change is putting our homes, communities, health, food supply and livelihoods at risk through…
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Time to throw He Waka Eke Noa on the policy bonfire
As Aucklanders weather yet another severe storm and brace themselves for more slips and flooding, Greenpeace Aotearoa says it’s time for urgent action to reduce agricultural emissions.
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Labour misses golden opportunity to stop seabed mining
Greenpeace Aotearoa has slammed the Labour Government’s failure to support Te Pāti Māori co-leader Debbie Ngarewa-Packer’s Seabed Mining Prohibition Amendment Bill.
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Why waste-to-energy incineration is a bad idea and not the answer to NZ’s plastic waste crisis
New Zealand is ranked the third-most-wasteful country in the OECD. New Zealanders produce five times the global daily average of waste per person – and they are getting more wasteful,…
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The seabed mining fight is not over: a potential ban and back to the EPA
May 2023 is shaping up to be a busy month on the seabed mining front in Aotearoa, with a bill before Parliament, and the beginning of the next round of…
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Plastic made me anxious during my pregnancy and here’s what I did about it
I never thought the issue of plastic pollution and my pregnancy would be spoken in the same sentence, and yet they are.
