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The Ruataniwha Dam: what is it, and why has it been renamed to the Tukituki Water Storage Scheme?
The Ruataniwha Dam could come back from the dead - but what is the Ruataniwha Dam, and why is it such an environmental catastrophe?
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Seabed mining sinks offshore wind industry
Greenpeace says the decision by an offshore wind developer to cancel its plans for wind farms in New Zealand due to conflict with a seabed mining project included in the…
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What is methane? All about the invisible gas that cooks the climate
Methane you ask? A large chunk of methane emissions come from agriculture, particularly the dairy industry. But what is methane, and why is it so important?
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Confronting Fonterra’s gigantic methane problem
On 9 October 2024, 5 Greenpeace climbers scaled Fonterra’s Te Rapa dairy factory and unfurling a 160 square metre banner reading ‘Fonterra’s methane cooks the climate.’
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Oral submission on Crown Minerals Amendment Bill
Russel Norman delivers the Greenpeace Aotearoa submission on the Crown Minerals Amendment Bill
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Luxon Govt shows total disregard for public concerns about climate
Showing a profound disregard for the people of New Zealand, the Government has allowed only five days for the public to make submissions on the Government’s climate-denying law to restart…
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Fonterra profits at the expense of the rainforest
Greenpeace Aotearoa is calling out Fonterra for ‘profiting from rainforest destruction’ on Fonterra's annual results day announcement.
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Seabed mining protest extends to a second site
After five Greenpeace activists occupied the Wellington offices of mining lobby group Straterra to protest seabed mining by its client Trans Tasman Resources today, two more have scaled a tower…
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State of New Zealand’s waters worsening as Luxon barges ahead with reckless plan to strip freshwater protections
Greenpeace Aotearoa says announcement that the state of New Zealand rivers is worsening should indicate the need for more protection for fresh water – not less.
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Scientists reviewed 7,000 studies on microplastics. Their alarming conclusion puts humanity on notice
Karen Raubenheimer, University of Wollongong
