{"id":130,"date":"2018-05-12T13:26:11","date_gmt":"2018-05-12T01:26:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/new-zealand\/?page_id=130"},"modified":"2025-07-28T21:11:42","modified_gmt":"2025-07-28T09:11:42","slug":"save-the-mackenzie","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/save-the-mackenzie\/","title":{"rendered":"Save the Mackenzie"},"content":{"rendered":"\n                \n                <div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n                \n                <div class=\"wp-block-group container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n                \n                <div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignfull has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile is-pattern-p4-page-header is-style-parallax\">\n\n                <div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n                    <div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n                    \n                        <h1 class=\"wp-block-heading has-white-background-color has-background\">\n                            Save the Mackenzie\n                        <\/h1>\n                    <\/div>\n                \n\n                \n\n                \n                        <div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n                            \n                        <\/div>\n                        <div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-cta\">\n                            <a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/act.greenpeace.org\/page\/23869\/petition\/1\" target=\"\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\n                                Sign the petition\n                            <\/a>\n                        <\/div>\n                    \n\n                <\/div>\n                <figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\">\n                    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1011\"\n                        src=\"http:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/bd56f9ca-202a3813.jpg\"\n                        alt=\"\"\n                        sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 601px) 50vw, 100vw\" srcset=\"\" class=\"wp-image-32 size-full\"\n                    \/>\n                <\/figure>\n                <\/div>\n                \n                <\/div>\n                \n                <\/div>\n                \n                <div data-render=\"planet4-blocks\/columns\" data-attributes=\"{&quot;attributes&quot;:{&quot;columns_block_style&quot;:&quot;no_image&quot;,&quot;columns&quot;:[{&quot;title&quot;:&quot;The problem:&quot;,&quot;description&quot;:&quot;Industrial dairying is set to invade the precious Mackenzie Country.rnIn the shadow of Aoraki Mt Cook there are plans for a massive industrial dairy farm with up to 15,000 cows. 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