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Pulling the rug from under citizens advice | Guest post
Auckland Council's budget review is currently threatening the survival of the Auckland Citizens Advice Bureau.
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The ten billion dollar lie at the heart of the New Zealand Government’s climate policy
The New Zealand Government has made a big promise on the international stage to cut New Zealand's emissions by a 147 million tonnes over the decade of the 2020s. But the truth is that
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Murder in the Pacific: the bombing of the Rainbow Warrior and what happened next
A new BBC documentary ‘Murder in the Pacific’ recounts the 1985 bombing of Greenpeace’s ship, the Rainbow Warrior.
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The new climate denial: adaptation over mitigation
The night Cyclone Gabrielle hit my coastal village of Piha was, frankly, terrifying, as it was for so many around the motu. I measured more than 400mm in my back…
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Global Climate Strike: Why I’ll be there
Over my lifetime emissions have only increased and my individual actions feel like a mere drop in the bucket.
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Be Conservative on Climate and Nature
Russel Norman's address to the Blue Greens Conference
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Will Cyclone Gabrielle be the wake-up call this Government needs to take action on climate?
We are seeing first-hand the social and environmental costs of the climate crisis.
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Why restoring long-distance passenger rail makes sense in New Zealand – for people and the climate
A recent parliamentary inquiry into passenger rail drew 1700 submissions, suggesting growing support for the return of long-distance trains in Aotearoa.
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Tears for the beauty, tears for the destruction
The landscapes and the creatures we encountered were so beautiful and precious, yet I also saw the industrial nature of New Zealand’s countryside.
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Greenpeace vs Shell – How Greenpeace occupied a Shell oil platform heading for a major oil and gas field
Activists from climate-hit countries exposed Shell’s reckless plans to drill for more oil and gas, as the company announced record profits. The protest was Greenpeace’s longest ever occupation of a moving…