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New Zealand needs to lift its game in UN Ocean Treaty negotiations
The first meeting at the United Nations’ headquarters focused on a treaty to protect all the oceans beyond national borders has just come to an end. Greenpeace says the New…
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Making Oil History: Solar for Everyone
I’m writing to you from on board The Rainbow Warrior. Yesterday, we sailed into Auckland, crossing the beautiful Hauraki Gulf and past Rangitoto, before being welcomed with a pōwhiri from Ngāti Whātua on Princes Wharf.
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An Orca mother finally abandons her dead calf that she carried for over two weeks
After 17 heartbreaking days, Tahlequah (J35), the orca mother who captured the world’s attention, has finally stopped carrying her dead calf through the Salish Sea off the Pacific coast of…
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Plastic bag ban proposal a win for people power and the oceans
Greenpeace is celebrating the Government’s announcement on single use plastic bags as a win for people power and the first big step towards addressing marine plastic pollution.
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Greenpeace head and climate activist face court
Friday, July 20: Greenpeace Executive Director, Dr Russel Norman, and climate activist Sara Howell, appeared for sentencing today following action they took to stop the world’s largest oil and gas…
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Kākāriki Magazine Autumn 2018
In this edition of the magazine, we discuss the Government’s decision to end offshore oil and gas exploration permits, the next step in the campaign to save our rivers, as well as updates on our oceans work to protect the Antarctic and eradicate plastic pollution.
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New seabed mining project threatens endangered whales and dolphins
Greenpeace is shocked to discover that a new seabed mining exploration permit has been awarded inside a Marine Mammal Sanctuary, and is calling on the Government to reject all attempts…
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Twelve arrested in Mackenzie dairy expansion protest
Twelve people have been arrested following a peaceful protest at the Simons Pass dairy conversion in the Mackenzie Country. Among those arrested was an 88 year old South Island man.…
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Greenpeace activists unleash giant banner in Mackenzie
As the Greenpeace occupation of a proposed mega farm in the Mackenzie goes into its third hour, activists have laid out a massive message on the tussock. The giant banner…
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Rogue Trader: Keeping deforestation in the family
A new Greenpeace International investigation has revealed that Wilmar International, the world’s largest palm oil trader, is still linked to forest destruction for palm oil almost five years after committing…
