{"id":3110,"date":"2018-05-14T11:31:51","date_gmt":"2018-05-13T23:31:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/new-zealand\/?page_id=3110"},"modified":"2026-08-10T21:15:41","modified_gmt":"2026-08-10T09:15:41","slug":"agriculture-campaign-timeline","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/act\/save-our-rivers\/agriculture-campaign-timeline\/","title":{"rendered":"Agriculture campaign timeline"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-4fc3f8e1 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For two years, we&#8217;ve been telling industry and Government that NZ has too many cows, and that big irrigation is killing our rivers and ruining our soil.\n\nWe&#8217;ve fought for an end to Government funding for big irrigation schemes, and this year we won.\n\nTake a look at the history of our agriculture campaign.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/act\/save-our-rivers\/\" target=\"\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\n                                    Read more\n                                <\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-hydrate=\"planet4-blocks\/timeline\" data-attributes=\"{&quot;attributes&quot;:{&quot;timeline_title&quot;:&quot;A timeline of the early days of the Greenpeace agriculture campaign&quot;,&quot;google_sheets_url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/docs.google.com\\\/spreadsheets\\\/d\\\/e\\\/2PACX-1vSQF8BD3aUkKIB_36HTKeeNDHHHxk04eR2PHPb9fL3oEOxLhEbGu0BkVQlabRgIeoGtU3IxNNSSfxew\\\/pubhtml&quot;,&quot;timeline_id&quot;:&quot;tl-1786353312789-7985&quot;,&quot;className&quot;:&quot;wp-block-planet4-blocks-timeline&quot;,&quot;description&quot;:&quot;&quot;}}\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-query posts-list p4-query-loop is-custom-layout-list is-layout-flow wp-block-query-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-content-justification-space-between is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-cfe5ce44 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<h2 id=\"h-read-more\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Read more<\/h2>\n\n\n<li class=\"wp-block-navigation-item see-all-link wp-block-navigation-link\"><a class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__content\"  href=\"http:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/news-stories\/?post-type=press-release\"><span data-ga-category=\"Posts List\" data-ga-action=\"See More Link\" data-ga-label=\"n\/a\" class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__label\">See all stories<\/span><\/a><\/li><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"margin-top:24px;margin-bottom:36px\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-post-template is-layout-flow wp-block-post-template-is-layout-flow\"><li class=\"wp-block-post post-78815 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-greenpeace p4-page-type-press-release\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\"><figure class=\"wp-block-post-featured-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/press-release\/new-election-scorecard-shows-parties-with-worst-environmental-policies-are-also-taking-donations-from-polluting-industries\/\" target=\"_self\"  ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-ga-category=\"Posts List\" data-ga-action=\"Image\" data-ga-label=\"n\/a\" width=\"1200\" height=\"628\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2026\/09\/8aec1c74-cover-visual_lscp.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image wp-stateless-item\" alt=\"New election scorecard shows parties with worst environmental policies are also taking donations from polluting industries\u00a0\" style=\"object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2026\/09\/8aec1c74-cover-visual_lscp.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2026\/09\/8aec1c74-cover-visual_lscp-600x314.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2026\/09\/8aec1c74-cover-visual_lscp-1024x536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2026\/09\/8aec1c74-cover-visual_lscp-768x402.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2026\/09\/8aec1c74-cover-visual_lscp-510x267.jpg 510w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" data-image-size=\"post-thumbnail\" data-stateless-media-bucket=\"planet4-aotearoa-stateless\" data-stateless-media-name=\"2026\/09\/8aec1c74-cover-visual_lscp.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flex wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\"><div class=\"wp-block-post-terms\"><a data-ga-category=\"Posts List\" data-ga-action=\"Post Type Tag\" data-ga-label=\"n\/a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/press-release\/\">Press release<\/a><\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-post-title\"><a data-ga-category=\"Posts List\" data-ga-action=\"Title\" data-ga-label=\"n\/a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/press-release\/new-election-scorecard-shows-parties-with-worst-environmental-policies-are-also-taking-donations-from-polluting-industries\/\" target=\"_self\" >New election scorecard shows parties with worst environmental policies are also taking donations from polluting industries\u00a0<\/a><\/h3>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">National, ACT and NZ First have taken over $1 million in political donations from agribusiness-linked donors since 2022, new Greenpeace analysis reveals. The finding is part of Greenpeace\u2019s 2026 election scorecard, which exposes a stark divide between the parties over the future of New Zealand\u2019s rivers, oceans, climate and conservation land. <\/p><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group posts-list-meta is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\"><span class='article-list-item-author'><a data-ga-category=\"Posts List\" data-ga-action=\"Author\" data-ga-label=\"n\/a\" href='https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/author\/gtoop\/'>Gen Toop<\/a><\/span>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2026-09-16T11:25:44+12:00\">16 September 2026<\/time><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-78719 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-greenpeace tag-oceans tag-fishing p4-page-type-press-release\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\"><figure class=\"wp-block-post-featured-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/press-release\/trawl-industry-spin-exposed-as-latest-data-reveals-35-tonne-coral-bycatch\/\" target=\"_self\"  ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-ga-category=\"Posts List\" data-ga-action=\"Image\" data-ga-label=\"n\/a\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2023\/05\/be5fad1e-gp0oc7_web_size.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image wp-stateless-item\" alt=\"Trawl industry spin exposed as latest data reveals 35 tonne coral bycatch\" style=\"object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2023\/05\/be5fad1e-gp0oc7_web_size.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2023\/05\/be5fad1e-gp0oc7_web_size-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2023\/05\/be5fad1e-gp0oc7_web_size-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2023\/05\/be5fad1e-gp0oc7_web_size-510x340.jpg 510w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" data-image-size=\"post-thumbnail\" data-stateless-media-bucket=\"planet4-aotearoa-stateless\" data-stateless-media-name=\"2023\/05\/be5fad1e-gp0oc7_web_size.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flex wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\"><div class=\"wp-block-post-terms\"><a data-ga-category=\"Posts List\" data-ga-action=\"Post Type Tag\" data-ga-label=\"n\/a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/press-release\/\">Press release<\/a><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"taxonomy-post_tag wp-block-post-terms\"><a data-ga-category=\"Posts List\" data-ga-action=\"Navigation Tag\" data-ga-label=\"n\/a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/tag\/oceans\/\" rel=\"tag\">Oceans<\/a><span class=\"wp-block-post-terms__separator\"> <\/span><a data-ga-category=\"Posts List\" data-ga-action=\"Navigation Tag\" data-ga-label=\"n\/a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/tag\/fishing\/\" rel=\"tag\">Fishing<\/a><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-post-title\"><a data-ga-category=\"Posts List\" data-ga-action=\"Title\" data-ga-label=\"n\/a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/press-release\/trawl-industry-spin-exposed-as-latest-data-reveals-35-tonne-coral-bycatch\/\" target=\"_self\" >Trawl industry spin exposed as latest data reveals 35 tonne coral bycatch<\/a><\/h3>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">New fisheries data has reinforced the disastrous impact of commercial trawling, showing New Zealand trawlers reported hauling up more than 35,000kg of protected coral and sponges over a six and a half year period &#8211; despite the fishing industry claiming they avoid coral habitats. <\/p><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group posts-list-meta is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\"><span class='article-list-item-author'><a data-ga-category=\"Posts List\" data-ga-action=\"Author\" data-ga-label=\"n\/a\" href='https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/author\/ehooper\/'>Ellie Hooper<\/a><\/span>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2026-09-11T09:57:47+12:00\">11 September 2026<\/time><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-78686 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-greenpeace tag-climate tag-politics p4-page-type-press-release\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\"><figure class=\"wp-block-post-featured-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/press-release\/labours-climate-announcement-is-a-cop-out\/\" target=\"_self\"  ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-ga-category=\"Posts List\" data-ga-action=\"Image\" data-ga-label=\"n\/a\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2025\/01\/3e3aadce-gp0su41pw_medium-res-1200px.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image wp-stateless-item\" alt=\"Labour\u2019s climate announcement is a cop-out\u00a0\" style=\"object-fit:cover;\" data-image-size=\"post-thumbnail\" data-stateless-media-bucket=\"planet4-aotearoa-stateless\" data-stateless-media-name=\"2025\/01\/3e3aadce-gp0su41pw_medium-res-1200px.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flex wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\"><div class=\"wp-block-post-terms\"><a data-ga-category=\"Posts List\" data-ga-action=\"Post Type Tag\" data-ga-label=\"n\/a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/press-release\/\">Press release<\/a><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"taxonomy-post_tag wp-block-post-terms\"><a data-ga-category=\"Posts List\" data-ga-action=\"Navigation Tag\" data-ga-label=\"n\/a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/tag\/climate\/\" rel=\"tag\">Climate Change<\/a><span class=\"wp-block-post-terms__separator\"> <\/span><a data-ga-category=\"Posts List\" data-ga-action=\"Navigation Tag\" data-ga-label=\"n\/a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/tag\/politics\/\" rel=\"tag\">Politics<\/a><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-post-title\"><a data-ga-category=\"Posts List\" data-ga-action=\"Title\" data-ga-label=\"n\/a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/press-release\/labours-climate-announcement-is-a-cop-out\/\" target=\"_self\" >Labour\u2019s climate announcement is a cop-out\u00a0<\/a><\/h3>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">Greenpeace says the Labour Party is copping out of tackling the climate crisis. <\/p><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group posts-list-meta is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\"><span class='article-list-item-author'><a data-ga-category=\"Posts List\" data-ga-action=\"Author\" data-ga-label=\"n\/a\" href='https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/author\/niamh\/'>Niamh O&#8217;Flynn<\/a><\/span>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2026-09-10T11:52:03+12:00\">10 September 2026<\/time><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-78685 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-greenpeace p4-page-type-story\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\"><figure class=\"wp-block-post-featured-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/story\/raiding-the-ivl-again-to-pay-for-the-bed-tax\/\" target=\"_self\"  ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-ga-category=\"Posts List\" data-ga-action=\"Image\" data-ga-label=\"n\/a\" width=\"1920\" height=\"2560\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2026\/09\/85d9f600-img_0352-scaled.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image wp-stateless-item\" alt=\"Raiding the IVL again to pay for the bed tax\" style=\"object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2026\/09\/85d9f600-img_0352-scaled.jpeg 1920w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2026\/09\/85d9f600-img_0352-450x600.jpeg 450w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2026\/09\/85d9f600-img_0352-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2026\/09\/85d9f600-img_0352-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2026\/09\/85d9f600-img_0352-1536x2048.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2026\/09\/85d9f600-img_0352-1025x1366.jpeg 1025w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2026\/09\/85d9f600-img_0352-255x340.jpeg 255w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" data-image-size=\"post-thumbnail\" data-stateless-media-bucket=\"planet4-aotearoa-stateless\" data-stateless-media-name=\"2026\/09\/85d9f600-img_0352-scaled.jpeg\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flex wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\"><div class=\"wp-block-post-terms\"><a data-ga-category=\"Posts List\" data-ga-action=\"Post Type Tag\" data-ga-label=\"n\/a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/story\/\">Story<\/a><\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-post-title\"><a data-ga-category=\"Posts List\" data-ga-action=\"Title\" data-ga-label=\"n\/a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/story\/raiding-the-ivl-again-to-pay-for-the-bed-tax\/\" target=\"_self\" >Raiding the IVL again to pay for the bed tax<\/a><\/h3>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">The International Visitor Conservation and Tourism Levy (IVL) is being raided yet again by the Government, this time to replace the bed tax it had previously promised to consider. <\/p><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group posts-list-meta is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\"><span class='article-list-item-author'><a data-ga-category=\"Posts List\" data-ga-action=\"Author\" data-ga-label=\"n\/a\" href='https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/author\/rnorman\/'>Russel Norman<\/a><\/span>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2026-09-10T11:47:06+12:00\">10 September 2026<\/time><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-78680 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-greenpeace p4-page-type-story\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\"><figure class=\"wp-block-post-featured-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/story\/dairy-corporations-have-poisoned-the-well-in-canterbury\/\" target=\"_self\"  ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-ga-category=\"Posts List\" data-ga-action=\"Image\" data-ga-label=\"n\/a\" width=\"1418\" height=\"797\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2018\/12\/d90cd49a-nz-dairy-cows.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image wp-stateless-item\" alt=\"Dairy corporations have poisoned the well in Canterbury\" style=\"object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2018\/12\/d90cd49a-nz-dairy-cows.jpg 1418w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2018\/12\/d90cd49a-nz-dairy-cows-600x337.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2018\/12\/d90cd49a-nz-dairy-cows-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2018\/12\/d90cd49a-nz-dairy-cows-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2018\/12\/d90cd49a-nz-dairy-cows-510x287.jpg 510w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1418px) 100vw, 1418px\" data-image-size=\"post-thumbnail\" data-stateless-media-bucket=\"planet4-new-zealand-stateless\" data-stateless-media-name=\"2018\/12\/d90cd49a-nz-dairy-cows.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flex wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\"><div class=\"wp-block-post-terms\"><a data-ga-category=\"Posts List\" data-ga-action=\"Post Type Tag\" data-ga-label=\"n\/a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/story\/\">Story<\/a><\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-post-title\"><a data-ga-category=\"Posts List\" data-ga-action=\"Title\" data-ga-label=\"n\/a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/story\/dairy-corporations-have-poisoned-the-well-in-canterbury\/\" target=\"_self\" >Dairy corporations have poisoned the well in Canterbury<\/a><\/h3>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">Notes for my presentation to the Canterbury Regional Council&nbsp; <\/p><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group posts-list-meta is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\"><span class='article-list-item-author'><a data-ga-category=\"Posts List\" data-ga-action=\"Author\" data-ga-label=\"n\/a\" href='https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/author\/rnorman\/'>Russel Norman<\/a><\/span>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2026-09-10T10:46:22+12:00\">10 September 2026<\/time><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons carousel-controls is-horizontal is-content-justification-space-between is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-358af4b1 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button carousel-control-prev\"><button type=\"button\" class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\">Prev<\/button><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button carousel-control-next\"><button type=\"button\" class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\">Next<\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<li class=\"wp-block-navigation-item see-all-link wp-block-navigation-link\"><a class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__content\"  href=\"http:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/news-stories\/?post-type=press-release\"><span 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