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This week, a flotilla of yachts will be leaving our shores and heading out to the deep waters off the coast of Raglan. Their purpose: to protest at Texan oil giant Anadarko’s plans to drill an exploratory well in our backyard.

A lot has changed in the more than 40 years since Greenpeace started out in Vancouver. From a small group of people with a driving passion for the environment, we've grown into a worldwide movement.

Deep sea drilling will soon commence in the rough waters off the NZ coast. This could mark the beginning of an oil rush in which democratic process, public concern, environmental protection and safety considerations are all swept aside.

  Across the centuries and across cultures, the albatross has captured human imagination. They are just one of the iconic seabirds found in the rich waters surrounding New Zealand. Together…

Oil companies and the Government need to be more open about the potential effects of an oil spill, writes Greenpeace's Simon Boxer.

“There is nothing more frightful than ignorance in action” – Goethe

(Photo: Jereme Aubertin) My name is Mischa Davis. I am the 2013 New Zealand Women’s National Surfing Champion, a title I won in my home of Piha this past summer. I…

David ‘Haussy’ Haussmann is one of the ‘Arctic 30’ detained in Russia and charged with piracy for a peaceful protest against Arctic oil drilling. Below is a letter from David…