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    Fonterra implicated in rainforest destruction

    A Greenpeace investigation has revealed that the iconic New Zealand dairy giant Fonterra is implicated in Indonesian and Malaysian rainforest destruction, dead orangutans and driving global greenhouse gas emissions.

    Suzette Jackson
    5 min read
  • Bob Hunter at work on his typewriter. © Greenpeace / Robert Keziere

    Amchitka: the founding voyage

    In 1971, a small group of activists set sail to the Amchitka island off Alaska to try and stop a US nuclear weapons test. The money for the mission was…

    Greenpeace International
    8 min read
  • Greenpeace activists protest with a billboard outside the parliament in Wellington. Greenpeace is protesting the Labour Government's decision not to extend the moratorium on GE. The billboard is headed "Good leaders listen to the people" and depicts former Prime Ministers Norman Kirk and David Lange and current PM Helen Clark with historical images of anti-Vietnam, anti-nuclear and anti-GE protests corresponding to each PM with brief descriptions of the actions taken by the respective leaders.

    People’s GE Moratorium Launch Begins New Phase

    Wellington: Key groups campaigning against GE release in New Zealand will today deliver a strong message that “the battle is not over” as they launch the next phase of the…

    Steve Abel
    2 min read