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NZ trawlers catch thousands of tonnes of coral over 35 years: report
A new report has once again revealed the shocking scale of coral destruction at the hands of the New Zealand bottom trawling fleet. The report outlines over 13,400 recorded incidents of protected coral coming up in trawl nets.
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‘Waste-to-energy’ incineration is blatant greenwash that should be rejected
A Board of Inquiry appointed by Minister for the Environment Penny Simmonds will today begin public hearings in Hamilton’s FMG Stadium on a proposal to build an industrial-scale ‘waste-to-energy’ incinerator…
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Messages to Fonterra
We asked people from across Aotearoa to send messages that they wanted to share with Fonterra. And we received an overwhelming number of messages from people who are deeply concerned about Fonterra's environmental destruction.
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The true story behind the bottom trawling photo that shocked the world
20 years ago today, Greenpeace captured an image of bottom trawlers hauling up a giant piece of ancient coral in the Tasman Sea. The image sent shockwaves around the world - but how did we get it? And 20 years later, where are we at with the campaign to ban bottom trawling?
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NZ has a vast sea territory but lags behind other nations in protecting the ocean
Conrad Pilditch, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau; Elizabeth Macpherson, University of Canterbury; Joanne Ellis, University of Waikato; Karen Fisher, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau; Karin Bryan, University of…
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Coral killers – the bottom trawling image that shocked the world
On June 12 2005 Greenpeace captured evidence that bottom trawling was destroying deep sea coral in the Tasman Sea. This is the story of that photo.
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Did Jacinda Ardern take politics out of climate with the Zero Carbon Act as she claims?
Former New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern gave an interview to the Guardian newspaper recently about her new book in which she says she succeeded in “removing the politics from…
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Legacy of US nuclear weapons tests in the Marshall Islands created global radiation exposure: new study
Nearly seven decades since the US government ended nuclear weapons testing in the Marshall Islands, a new study has revealed the impacts were far greater than what the US…
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Greenpeace lights up Fonterra HQ with NZers’ passionate calls for environmental action
This morning, Fonterra’s Auckland HQ was lit up with messages from New Zealanders calling on the dairy giant to take action on environmental pollution.
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Leading international climate scientists rubbish Luxon’s ‘Methane Review’, call on PM to take methane seriously
Over 25 international climate scientists have written an open letter to NZ PM Christopher Luxon, calling on him to take methane emissions seriously.
