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Reusable Beverage Packaging and Refillable Beverage Delivery Systems in New Zealand: Discussion Document
Executive Summary The New Zealand Government is considering ways to reduce the waste associated with beverages, including designing a container return scheme for beverage containers and contemplating mandatory product stewardship…
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Covid has shown us we don’t need offices to build community at work
Has Covid taught us that office life is actually not the best way to build relationships, innovate and create change? Greenpeace NZ's Camilla Bell on becoming a WFH convert.
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Victory for the oceans, and all of New Zealand
Amid the avalanche of coronavirus-related news, a great beacon of hope beamed out on Friday. A monumental victory was won for New Zealand oceans as the Court of Appeal upheld…
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Greenpeace response to Covid-19 stimulus package
Greenpeace is welcoming today’s sweeping fiscal stimulus package, and hopes the next announcement in May will take things a step further, by using the opportunity to embed New Zealand’s response…
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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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2012 Compliance Risk Profile of the Sub-Antarctic Southern Blue Whiting Fisheries
“2012 Compliance Risk Profile of the Sub-Antarctic Southern Blue Whiting Fisheries” (dated December 2013) by the Ministry of Primary Industries Compliance and Response Branch. This report was based largely on…
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Another leaked MPI report reveals industrial scale underreporting of fish
Greenpeace is renewing its call for a full and independent inquiry into New Zealand’s Fisheries Management System after releasing yet another leaked internal Government report, this time showing industrial scale…
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Misery at sea: human suffering in Taiwan’s distant water fishing fleets
This report makes for shocking and harrowing reading. Its findings should concern everyone connected to the seafood industry – from consumers, to workers and vessel operators, and those who manage…
