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NZ has a vast sea territory but lags behind other nations in protecting the ocean
Conrad Pilditch, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau; Elizabeth Macpherson, University of Canterbury; Joanne Ellis, University of Waikato; Karen Fisher, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau; Karin Bryan, University of…
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Coral killers – the bottom trawling image that shocked the world
On June 12 2005 Greenpeace captured evidence that bottom trawling was destroying deep sea coral in the Tasman Sea. This is the story of that photo.
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Is New Zealand dairy farming the most efficient in the world?
New Zealand politicians, including the Prime Minister, regularly claim that our country’s dairy industry is “the most efficient” in the world. This is a common refrain, particularly when anyone –…
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A defining moment in history: 40 years ago, the Marshall Islands fought to protect their future and defied the US
This is the story behind “Operation Exodus” - a ship called Rainbow Warrior and an island community, versus a huge colonial power that discredited the act as “manipulation” for Greenpeace’s anti-nuclear agenda.
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Did Jacinda Ardern take politics out of climate with the Zero Carbon Act as she claims?
Former New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern gave an interview to the Guardian newspaper recently about her new book in which she says she succeeded in “removing the politics from…
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A Rock-Solid Stand for the Ocean: Greenpeace France Blocks Bottom Trawling
Last month, Greenpeace France took a stand and, in a valiant act of environmental activism, took matters into their own hands. At sunrise on Wednesday, May 21, activists aboard the…
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Luxon’s War on the Climate – a deliberate effort to increase emissions
The Luxon Government claims they are serious about climate change. They say they are simply taking a different approach to cutting emissions, such as using price signals rather than regulations.
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Antarctica’s sea ice is changing, and so is a vital part of the marine food web that lives within it
Antarctica is the world’s great cooling unit. This vital part of Earth’s climate system is largely powered by the annual freeze and melt of millions of square kilometres of sea…
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Don’t let Luxon poison your porridge
Your toast and your porridge might soon have an unwelcome new ingredient. Let the Government know what you think of raising the Roundup/glyphosate limits on food.
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NZ First or ACT first – Will Winston bend the knee to the Regulatory Standards Bill?
The Government passed the first reading of David Seymour’s Regulatory Standards Bill through Parliament and alarmingly, it appears that NZ First might support it all the way to becoming law.