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Something fishy in the Beehive between Talley’s and NZ First
It’s been revealed that tens of thousands of dollars in undeclared donations have been flowing from Talley’s fishing interests into the New Zealand First Foundation. This is huge. It’s been clear…
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NZ’s rising climate emissions and Jacinda Ardern’s big chance to cut them
When it signed onto the Paris Climate Agreement, New Zealand pledged to increase its net greenhouse gas emissions by 10% by 2030, compared to 2005. The latest NZ Government report…
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An opportunity to support a strong solar and wind electricity generation strategy for New Zealand
Government is now consulting on how to boost clean energy in NZ. It’s not ambitious enough to tackle the climate emergency, but you can have your say now on improving it.
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Shane Jones meats his match
You know how sometimes someone says something so outrageous, so out-of-proportion with what’s actually going on, that you just have to respond? That’s how we felt seeing NZ First MP…
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Christopher Luxon’s wreckless promise to restart oil and gas exploration could mean catastrophic oil spills
Jacinda Ardern’s April 2018 ban on new oil exploration permits put New Zealand's vast EEZ off limits to new oil and gas exploration, except for a few areas where permits were released before the ban.
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Never Buy Gift Paper Again: the Ultimate Guide to Zero Waste Wrapping
At this time of year, New Zealanders generate a lot of extra waste, from Gift wrapping and shopping bags. Most gift wrapping is made out of hard-to-recycle mixed materials and…
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Delay to dolphin rescue plan “irresponsible” during extinction crisis
Greenpeace says further delays to the Māui and Hector’s dolphin Threat Management Plan (TMP) is an irresponsible move that could push the vulnerable species closer to extinction. The Government announced…
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Systematically disrupting business as usual for OMV in 2019
2019 will go down in history as the year that together we took on Austrian oil giant OMV. From scaling their office building in Wellington to occupying their henchboat: we’ve…
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5 reasons modern slavery at sea is still possible in 2019
It is a sad truth that even now, on the cusp of 2020, slavery is very much alive in the modern context. This is particularly true in the fishing industry…