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Luxon ’s Three Years of War on Freshwater 2023-2026
Weakening freshwater policy has been a constant focus of the Luxon Government. Fonterra, Dairy NZ , Beef and Lamb have demanded changes to allow more freshwater pollution and the government has delivered, in spades.
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State of the Climate vs War on the Climate
The NZ Government is systematically introducing policies which are increasing emissions or slowing down emissions reductions.
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Vote for the environment this New Zealand election 2026
Keen to vote for the environment in the upcoming 2026 New Zealand election but don’t know how? We’ve got you!
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The stakes are high for the ocean this election – your vote will count
In Aotearoa we have more ocean than most, and the vast majority of us feel insanely lucky to share it with such diversity of life. But as election day approaches I can’t stop thinking about how this coalition government steered ocean protection off course. On November 7 we have a chance to vote for ocean…
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Luxon ’s Three Years of War on Nature 2023-2026 – updated timeline
When the Luxon-led coalition took office nearly three years ago, its war on nature started within days. In the next three years the government made a bewildering number of changes…
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Luxon ’s Three Years of War on the Climate 2023-2026 – updated timeline
Christopher Luxon, the NZ Prime Minister, often says he takes climate change seriously and is committed to the Paris Accord. But what he does is a different matter, as demonstrated by his record of climate policy.
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Greenpeace Aotearoa joins complaint to EU over NZ’s climate policy regression
The complaint addresses Government reversal of climate policies, which Greenpeace has labelled a ‘race to the bottom on environmental regulation’.
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Greenpeace boards Government-owned vessel in deep sea mining protest
Greenpeace activists are occupying a New Zealand state-owned research vessel in Wellington this morning. The Tangaroa has just finished deep sea mineral exploration work for an American company, Glomar, that is vying to start mining in the Pacific as soon as 2027.
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Fonterra profits, rural families pay the price
Fonterra has announced a whopping $3.4 billion in profits, while rural communities can’t safely drink the water coming out of their kitchen taps.
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Environment Canterbury throws rural NZ ‘under the tractor’
Greenpeace says Environment Canterbury (ECan) has thrown rural households ‘under the tractor’ on the nitrate crisis.
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RMA reaction: Government demolishes cornerstone of environmental protection
The replacement RMA laws will allow companies to cause more pollution, contamination and environmental degradation in Aotearoa.
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Updated numbers: 35k marched for nature
More than 35 thousand people joined today’s March for Nature, to demand that the Government scrap the Conservation Amendment Bill.
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AI is worse for the environment than you think – here’s why
The System Shift podcast dives into one of the biggest climate blind spots of AI: the energy hunger behind AI chipmaking.
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Watch the documentary: Something in the Water
Something in the Water tells the story of people in Canterbury, NZ who are standing up for safe drinking water and swimmable rivers.
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Rainbow Warrior bombing: Call to continue fight against nuclear weapons
Samantha Hayes visited the Rainbow Warrior in Auckland this week.
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40 Years on: The Legacy of the Rainbow Warrior & Indigenous Resistance
Forty years after the bombing of the Rainbow Warrior, the spirit of resistance sails on. From anti-nuclear activism to climate justice, the push for transformation is inextricably tied to tino…
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Oral submission on the Regulatory Standards Bill
Greenpeace campaigner Gen Toop delivers the Greenpeace submission on the Regulatory Standards Bill.
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VIDEO Taking action to stop bottom trawling
Over the past two weeks the Rainbow Warrior has been at sea off the coast Aotearoa, documenting bottom trawlers and standing up for ocean protection.Greenpeace activists confronted two bottom trawlers…
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