Take action today
Whatever taking action looks like to you – from signing a petition, to attending a protest or non-violent direct action – together they’re all a vital part of creating the green and peaceful future we all need. To change the world, it’s going to take all of us having the courage to stand up for what we know is right. Begin that journey today.

Get involved with Greenpeace
There are lots of ways to get involved with Greenpeace. Create your own campaign, contact the Greenpeace office to see if you can volunteer or find a job in an office or onboard a ship.
We act with hope and determination. We take on the impossible. We are everyday people connected around the world, embarking on a billion acts of courage. Join us today:
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Greenpeace Community: Start your own petition
Create a petition for the environment and lead grassroots change for the health of Papatūānuku. Start your campaign today.
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Donate to Greenpeace
Take action for environmental protection. Please make a donation today. Greenpeace exists because this fragile earth deserves a voice. It needs solutions. It needs change. It needs action.
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Become a Greenpeace volunteer
Put your hand up to volunteer for Greenpeace Aotearoa! Sign up today and take action for the planet
Trending Petitions
By signing a petition, you demand solutions and show that you want change. Check out some of our current petitions below. Add your name today!
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PETITION: Clean drinking water now!
Join us in calling on Environment Canterbury to commit to enduring freshwater protections that ensure safe drinking water and swimmable rivers for all.
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GAZA: Call for sanctions on Israel
Join the call for sanctions on Israel over Gaza genocide.
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Say no to increased glyphosate food residue limits
The Govt is trying to allow 100 times more glyphosate residues on our food and rewrite the rulebook to fast-track more toxic agrichemicals into our food system.
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Contact your electorate MP
Our local Member of Parliament (MP) represents us, and acts in our name. Use the list of MPs below to contact your own local MP on the environmental issue that you’re passionate about.
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Rainbow Warrior returns to Aotearoa New Zealand
This July, the Greenpeace flagship Rainbow Warrior is returning to Aotearoa, 40 years after French Government agents bombed the original ship in Auckland. Get on board and be part of the next chapter in the story of a ship that became a legend.
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Call on Chris Hipkins to take a stand against seabed mining
Any political party that takes environmental protection seriously must stand against Trans-Tasman Resources’ plan to seabed mine in the South Taranaki Bight.
More you can do for Peace
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GAZA: Call for sanctions on Israel
Join the call for sanctions on Israel over Gaza genocide.
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PETITION: Freeze russian oligarch assets in Aotearoa
In the name of peace, call on the New Zealand Government to freeze the assets of Russian billionaire oligarchs to pressure Vladimir Putin to call off the Russian Military invasion of Ukraine.
More you can do on plastics
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PETITION: Ban Single-use Plastic Bottles
Call on the NZ Government to ban unnecessary single-use plastic bottles* in NZ, and to incentivise reusable and refillable alternatives.
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PETITION: Demand a Global Plastics Treaty
Call on the NZ Government to stand firm and support a strong global plastics treaty.
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PETITION: Say no to oil on the All Blacks
Sign on now to stop NZ Rugby from making a sponsorship deal with the devil and smearing the silver fern in oil.
More you can do on oceans
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PETITION: Support the creation of global ocean sanctuaries
From destructive fishing and mining, to climate change – the threats facing our oceans are growing greater by the day. We urgently need a network of ocean sanctuaries across the globe to protect them.
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PETITION: Ban bottom trawling in the Hauraki Gulf
Call upon the Minister for Oceans and Fisheries to ban all forms of mobile bottom-contact fishing including bottom trawling, scallop dredging and Danish seining within the Hauraki Gulf Marine Park.
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PETITION: Stop deep sea mining
It’s time for New Zealand to take a stand. Join our call on the New Zealand government to back a global moratorium on seabed mining.
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PETITION: Ban seabed mining in Aotearoa
Seabed mining is a new threat to the oceans. Now is our chance to prevent the destruction before it’s too late.
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PETITION: Ban bottom trawling on seamounts
Join the call to demand that the NZ Govt bans bottom trawling on seamounts and similar deep sea features, and stop issuing permits for bottom trawling in international waters.
More you can do on climate
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Say no to new oil exploration
Sign the open letter to the oil industry – We will resist oil exploration
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PETITION: Cut climate emissions from Big Dairy
Join our call on the Government to go further than the Climate Commission’s inadequate recommendations and cut climate pollution from NZ’s biggest polluter: industrial dairying.
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PETITION: Keep corporate sponsors out of COP climate talks
Join the call on the United Nations to reject corporate sponsorship of international climate negotiations.
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PETITION: Make big agri-polluters pay for their emissions
Join our call to make companies like Ravensdown and Ballance pay directly for their fertiliser emissions.
More you can do on fresh water
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PETITION: End intensive winter grazing
Join us to call on Prime Minister Luxon and the Government to go further than the Climate Commission’s inadequate recommendations and cut climate pollution from NZ’s biggest polluter: industrial dairying.
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PETITION: Ban synthetic nitrogen fertiliser
Sign on now to call on the New Zealand Govt to ban chemical nitrogen fertiliser.
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Tell Prime Minister Christopher Luxon to stop the rollback of freshwater protection
Every New Zealander should be able to swim in clean rivers and know that the water coming out of their kitchen tap is safe to drink.
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PETITION: Get nitrates out of our drinking water
Call on the Government to lower the limit for nitrates in drinking water to safe levels
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Why is coral so important?
Why is coral so important? Find out more about these unique species – the backbone of the oceans – and learn how you can help protect coral.
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Regulatory Standards Bill submission guide
This is a handy guide to help you make your submission before 1pm Monday 23 June. It covers what the bill is, why you should make a submission and how you can do it.
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This is how you’ve made a difference with Greenpeace so far in 2025
In this issue of our magazine Kākāriki, you can read how you are how you are protecting our oceans, climate, forests, and communities here in Aotearoa and around the globe.