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Millions of people, around the world and here in Aotearoa, are working towards a green and peaceful future for our planet and its people — these are some of their stories.

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    YouTube takes down Greenpeace Shell video

    Video of our rather hilarious hijack of Sunday's Shell-sponsored Formula 1 ceremony has been pulled by YouTube following a "Copyright" (AKA "Embarrassment") complaint. While the take down appears to have been ordered by the Formula 1 organisers, we suspect Shell is pleased. They may even be behind it. Now, why would we think that?

    Brian Fitzgerald
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    I was targeted by terrorists and I don’t need the GCSB

    I have been targeted by terrorists.

    Bunny McDiarmid
    2 min read

  • Our charitable status legal marathon

    This week the final leg of our charitable status legal marathon will be in the Supreme Court in Wellington.  The outcome in the Supreme Court will not decide whether we get charitable status. It will simply clarify further the definition of what a charity can be.  Then, based on that, we can decide to re-apply…

    Bunny McDiarmid
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    This really is the Prime Minister of New Zealand. Really.

    The other day we stumbled across a youtube video by the New Zealand Prime Minister John Key, starring Prime Minister John Key.

    Nathan Argent
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  • It’s Simple, Simon

    Minister of Energy Simon Bridges was just the other day branded the “Justin Bieber of the cabinet”. One can only guess that’s either because of his crooning at the Parliamentary…

    Nathan Argent
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  • New Zealand sits idly by as the Maui’s dolphin slips towards extinction

    The back-and-forth on Maui’s dolphins between Government departments, released under the Official Information Act and reported by the Dominion Post over the weekend, is gravely concerning for two reasons. Firstly,…

    Karli Thomas
    1 min read
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    Oil slick politics

    Last week, documents released to the Labour Party revealed that Government Ministers Steven Joyce and Simon Bridges had met with oil giant Shell to thrash out a back-room deal to criminalise protesting at sea.

    Nathan Argent
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    An eyewitness account of the Gulf of Mexico deep sea oil disaster

    John Wathen is an award winning photojournalist who recently toured Aotearoa recounting his experience both on the ground and in the air documenting the catastrophic 2011 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.

    Mike Smith
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  • Sealord’s change of tuna

    Finally, some long-awaited news: New Zealand’s biggest tuna brand, Sealord, has acknowledged that destructive fish aggregating devices are OUT and more sustainable fishing methods are IN. The company announced yesterday afternoon that it will be phasing out the use of FAD-caught tuna by early 2014!

    Karli Thomas
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  • A time for civil disobedience

    The tradition of civil disobedience is being reignited. The need is growing and the call to action is becoming impossible to ignore! Non-violent direct action can help re-establish a balance where…

    Kumi Naidoo
    2 min read