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Our charitable status legal marathon
This week the final leg of our charitable status legal marathon will be in the Supreme Court in Wellington. The outcome in the Supreme Court will not decide whether we get charitable status. It will simply clarify further the definition of what a charity can be. Then, based on that, we can decide to re-apply…
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I was targeted by terrorists and I don’t need the GCSB
I have been targeted by terrorists.
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The environmental impacts of coal
Coal is the dirtiest of all fuels. From mining to coal cleaning, from transportation to electricity generation to disposal, coal releases numerous toxic pollutants into the air, water and land. These disrupt ecosystems and endanger human health. Some cause cancer, others damage the nervous and immune systems, and some impede reproduction and development.
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Drinking water nitrate: a ticking time-bomb for public health?
The new Government must put people’s health first, by addressing the growing problem of farm contaminants in our water supply. Just days before our new Government was announced, Canterbury’s Chief Medical Officer of Health warned that increased irrigation in Canterbury is putting newborns at risk from water contamination. Dr. Alistair Humphrey was talking about new…
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Block the offer to stop deep sea oil
From now until the 30th of October local councils, iwi and hapū around New Zealand have the opportunity to take a position on deep sea oil drilling off our coast. Every year the Government via NZ Petroleum and Minerals (NZPAM) proposes “block offers”. The ‘blocks’ are huge swathes of our land, ocean and seabed that the Government…
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End of Govt-funded irrigation a huge win for rivers and for people power
The Government has today announced that it has cut public funding for large-scale irrigation through Crown Irrigation Investments Limited (CIIL).
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“Record shattering” NASA announcement indicates NZ faces extreme weather events
2015 is officially the hottest year on record according to NASA, news which the executive director of Greenpeace NZ calls “disturbing” for an island nation like New Zealand.
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ASA rejects challenge to Greenpeace’s solar tax campaign
Tuesday, December 6: The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has ruled that a complaint about Greenpeace’s use of the word “tax” to describe an extra charge for solar power has no grounds to proceed.
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Greenpeace’s Taitu crew plead not guilty in historic climate court case
Greenpeace and the activists charged under the ‘Anadarko Amendment’ after swimming in front of the world’s largest seismic oil ship, have pleaded Not Guilty.
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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”.