{"id":49375,"date":"2021-09-14T12:52:19","date_gmt":"2021-09-14T00:52:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/?page_id=49375"},"modified":"2026-04-07T14:48:42","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T02:48:42","slug":"victories-wins-milestones","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/about\/victories-wins-milestones\/","title":{"rendered":"A timeline of Greenpeace wins &amp; victories"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\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\"><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading has-white-background-color has-background\" id=\"h-a-timeline-of-victories-wins-and-milestones\">\n                            A timeline of victories, wins and milestones\n                        <\/h1>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:1.25rem\">For 50 years, Greenpeace campaigns have been changing the world for the better. Here is a list of some of the wins, both big and small, in which Greenpeace Aotearoa has played a role since 1971.<\/p>\n<\/div><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"782\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2021\/09\/3c78e190-gp1sub1a_medium_res.jpg\" alt=\"\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 601px) 50vw, 100vw\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2021\/09\/3c78e190-gp1sub1a_medium_res.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2021\/09\/3c78e190-gp1sub1a_medium_res-600x391.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2021\/09\/3c78e190-gp1sub1a_medium_res-1024x667.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2021\/09\/3c78e190-gp1sub1a_medium_res-768x500.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2021\/09\/3c78e190-gp1sub1a_medium_res-510x332.jpg 510w\" class=\"wp-image-49380 size-full\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns are-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-how-greenpeace-changed-the-world\">How Greenpeace changed the world<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>People sometimes ask, what has Greenpeace done? What has Greenpeace achieved? As this timeline shows, Greenpeace campaigns are changing the world for the better. From stopping government-funded dairy irrigation schemes to ending oil exploration, here are some of the victories Greenpeace has achieved here in Aotearoa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Greenpeace\u2019s vision is a greener, healthier and more peaceful planet \u2013 one that can sustain life for generations to come.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Powered by individual donations, dedicated volunteers and millions of supporters around the world, our campaigns combine cutting-edge science, investigative journalism, political lobbying, mass mobilisation and creative confrontation.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"50 years of hope in action\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/OUC9tI970So?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>Of course, there&#8217;s always lots more to do. But these successes \u2013 nearly always won in alliance with iwi, hap\u016b, grassroots groups and other organisations \u2013 show a glimpse of what\u2019s possible.<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-greenpeace-aotearoa-sued-the-world-s-largest-dairy-exporter-over-greenwash-claims-and-won\">Greenpeace Aotearoa sued the world&#8217;s largest dairy exporter over greenwash claims &#8211; and won!<\/h2>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/press-release\/fonterra-admits-false-100-percent-new-zealand-grass-fed-anchor-butter-claims-broke-the-law\/\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/press-release\/massive-win-for-moana-as-taranaki-seabed-mining-application-rejected\/\">1 April 2026<\/a> &#8211; In 2024, Greenpeace sued New Zealand dairy giant Fonterra for misleading customers with false claims on its butter packaging. Now, we\u2019ve settled the lawsuit out of court, with Fonterra publicly admitting that it broke the law.<\/p>\n\n<p>Fonterra claimed that its Anchor Butter was \u201c100% New Zealand Grass-Fed.\u201d In reality, a Fonterra dairy cow can be fed up to 3kgs of palm kernel every day &#8211; a dry, gravelly cow feed linked to rainforest destruction in Southeast Asia.<\/p>\n\n<p>This admission of lawbreaking is a major win against corporate greenwash from one of the world\u2019s biggest dairy companies, and even more reason for Fonterra to phase out the use of palm kernel on all of its farms for good.<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-ttr-s-fast-track-application-for-seabed-mining-declined\">TTR&#8217;s Fast Track application for seabed mining declined<\/h2>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/press-release\/massive-win-for-moana-as-taranaki-seabed-mining-application-rejected\/\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/press-release\/massive-win-for-moana-as-taranaki-seabed-mining-application-rejected\/\">18 February 2026<\/a> &#8211; The Fast Track expert panel declined Trans Tasman Resource\u2019s application to mine the seabed in the South Taranaki Bight, finding it would likely cause material harm to marine ecosystems, threatened species like pygmy blue whales and penguins. They concluded it could not be safely managed, even with conditions attached. This was the latest win in a 12 year fight for communities, iwi, experts and ocean protectors against seabed mining.<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-historic-un-global-ocean-treaty-into-force\">Historic UN Global Ocean Treaty into force<\/h2>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/press-release\/historic-global-ocean-treaty-enters-into-force\/\">17 January 2026<\/a> &#8211; The Global Ocean Treaty, dubbed one of the most significant pieces of environmental legislation in decades, officially entered into force. After decades of campaigning, it finally provides a legal tool for global ocean protection on the High Seas.<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-emergency-closure-to-protect-hoiho-extended\">Emergency closure to protect hoiho extended<\/h2>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/story\/speaking-up-for-the-hoiho-penguin\/\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/story\/speaking-up-for-the-hoiho-penguin\/\">10 December 2025<\/a> &#8211; An emergency ban on commercial set net fishing around Otago Peninsula was extended for another nine months. This is good news as it gives breathing space as further measures are considered to protect the endangered hoiho population.<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-deep-sea-mining-in-the-arctic-stopped-once-again\">Deep sea mining in the Arctic stopped once again<\/h2>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/press-release\/deep-sea-mining-in-the-arctic-stopped-once-again\/\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/press-release\/deep-sea-mining-in-the-arctic-stopped-once-again\/\">6 December 2025<\/a> &#8211; Greenpeace welcomes this huge step forward in protecting the Arctic from deep sea mining. The newly-elected Norwegian government ruled out deep sea mining licenses in Arctic waters until at least the end of 2029. The agreement to stop all exploration and exploitation of deep sea minerals was confirmed after pressure from the environmental movement and hard negotiations from the green opposition parties in Norway.<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-cook-islands-delay-seabed-mining-decision-until-at-least-2032\">Cook Islands delay seabed mining decision until at least 2032<\/h2>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/story\/cook-islands-seabed-mining-decision-delayed-following-local-opposition\/\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/story\/cook-islands-seabed-mining-decision-delayed-following-local-opposition\/\">14 November 2025<\/a> &#8211; A decision on whether seabed mining can occur in the Cook Islands is delayed until at least 2032, as opposition grows against the destructive industry across the Pacific. Greenpeace Aotearoa campaigner Juressa Lee is calling the decision \u201ca win for the moana and the Pacific Peoples and communities fighting this emerging threat that will risk their way of life\u201d.<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-no-increase-on-glyphosate-residue-limits\">No increase on glyphosate residue limits<\/h2>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/press-release\/greenpeace-welcomes-glyphosate-ruling-urges-nz-food-safety-to-restart-food-safety-testing\/\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/press-release\/greenpeace-welcomes-glyphosate-ruling-urges-nz-food-safety-to-restart-food-safety-testing\/\">31 October 2025<\/a> &#8211; A huge campaign win forcing New Zealand Food Safety to back down on plans to raise glyphosate residue levels on wheat, oats and barley by 100-times! More than 3,100 submissions were made against the proposal &#8211; with none in favour!<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-a-plan-to-ban-on-bottom-trawling-along-the-coromandel-coast\">A plan to ban on bottom trawling along the Coromandel Coast<\/h2>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/press-release\/industry-opposition-to-bottom-trawling-ban-outrageous\/\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/press-release\/industry-opposition-to-bottom-trawling-ban-outrageous\/\">14 October 2025<\/a> &#8211; In October, the Waikato Regional Council announced a ban on bottom trawling along the Coromandel Coast, after extensive community consultation and a submission that outlined the negative impact of the fishing method from the Environmental Defence Society. The plan has been celebrated by a diverse range of communities from recreational fishers to environmental groups, including Greenpeace.<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-increased-marine-protections-for-the-hauraki-gulf-marine-park\">Increased marine protections for the Hauraki Gulf Marine Park<\/h2>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/story\/the-hauraki-gulf-marine-protection-act-turning-the-tide-for-the-marine-park\/\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/story\/the-hauraki-gulf-marine-protection-act-turning-the-tide-for-the-marine-park\/\">7 October 2025<\/a> &#8211; The Hauraki Gulf\/T\u012bkapa Moana Marine Protection Act is Aotearoa\u2019s most significant increase in marine protection in over a decade. The Act increases the total area that will be given some protection and establishes 19 new marine protected areas. Greenpeace has long advocated for increased protections to the Gulf, including a complete ban on bottom trawling. Whilst not perfect, the Act is a step in the right direction. It brings the Hauraki Gulf closer to healing after a century of exploitation and degradation.<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-orange-roughy-catch-limits-reduced-in-chatham-rise\">Orange roughy catch limits reduced in Chatham Rise<\/h2>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/press-release\/seamount-protection-considered-to-protect-crashed-fish-stock\/\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/press-release\/seamount-protection-considered-to-protect-crashed-fish-stock\/\">30 September 2025<\/a> &#8211; Greenpeace welcomes a Government announcement on&nbsp; a dramatic 88% reduction in catch limits to orange roughy in the Chatham Rise fishery. The proposed closures would protect known spawning habitats of orange roughy, which include seamounts and coral forests.<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-the-historic-un-ocean-treaty-is-ratified-by-60-countries\">The historic UN Ocean Treaty is ratified by 60 countries<\/h2>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/press-release\/historic-ocean-treaty-to-enter-into-force\/\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/press-release\/historic-ocean-treaty-to-enter-into-force\/\">21 September 2025<\/a> &#8211; In a landmark moment for ocean protection, the Global Ocean Treaty was ratified by 60 countries, meaning the historic agreement can now enter into force. The agreement&nbsp; will allow for the creation of marine protected areas on the High Seas. This is an incredible win for the 5.5 million Greenpeace supporters who signed a petition calling for a Global Ocean Treaty.<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-environment-canterbury-declares-a-nitrate-emergency-in-canterbury\">Environment Canterbury declares a Nitrate Emergency in Canterbury<\/h2>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/press-release\/greenpeace-applauds-ecan-for-declaring-nitrate-emergency-calls-for-candidates-to-pledge-real-action\/\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/press-release\/greenpeace-applauds-ecan-for-declaring-nitrate-emergency-calls-for-candidates-to-pledge-real-action\/\">17 September 2025<\/a> &#8211; In an incredible win for Greenpeace\u2019s fresh water campaign, Environment Canterbury declared a nitrate emergency! It\u2019s an important acknowledgement of the worsening health crisis rural people are facing due to rising nitrate contamination, and the first step for fresh water protection. Greenpeace has been campaigning to protect fresh water for many years and offers free water testing for nitrate contamination.<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-greenpeace-disrupts-south-pacific-fishing-operation-amp-free-more-than-a-dozen-animals\">Greenpeace disrupts South Pacific fishing operation &amp; free more than a dozen animals<\/h2>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/press-release\/greenpeace-activists-aboard-the-rainbow-warrior-disrupt-industrial-fishing-operation-in-south-pacific\/\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/press-release\/greenpeace-activists-aboard-the-rainbow-warrior-disrupt-industrial-fishing-operation-in-south-pacific\/\">6 June 2025<\/a> &#8211; Greenpeace activists aboard the <em>Rainbow Warrior<\/em> disrupted an industrial longlining fishing operation in the South Pacific Ocean, near Australia and New Zealand. An expert team on a small boat released more than a dozen animals, including an endangered longfin mako shark, eight near-threatened blue sharks and four swordfish. Crew aboard the Greenpeace flagship <em>Rainbow Warrior<\/em> also retrieved the entire longline and more than 210 baited hooks.<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-treaty-principles-bill-rejected-after-public-outrage\">Treaty Principles Bill rejected after public outrage<\/h2>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/story\/2025-a-year-of-wins-action-and-resistance\/\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/story\/2025-a-year-of-wins-action-and-resistance\/\">10 April 2025<\/a> &#8211; The Treaty Principles Bill sought to erode the principles of Te Tiriti o Waitangi and attempted to pave the way for unrestrained developments that line shareholder pockets while eroding the natural and physical infrastructure that sustains us. We collectively pushed back on the attack on indigenous rights, and the Bill was voted down 112 votes to 11 in April 2025.<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-holding-fonterra-accountable\">Holding Fonterra accountable<\/h2>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/press-release\/fonterra-quietly-removes-100-grass-fed-label-from-anchor-butter-as-greenpeace-lawsuit-approaches\/\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/press-release\/fonterra-quietly-removes-100-grass-fed-label-from-anchor-butter-as-greenpeace-lawsuit-approaches\/\">12 February 2025<\/a> &#8211; In 2024, Greenpeace sued Fonterra for misleading customers with false advertising on its Anchor Butter packaging. The butter had a prominent logo that read \u2018100% New Zealand grass-fed\u2019. However, up to 20% of a Fonterra dairy cow\u2019s diet can be non-grass feeds, including palm kernel \u2013 a product linked to rainforest destruction in Southeast Asia.<\/p>\n\n<p>In February 2025 Fonterra quietly removed the offending logo from the butter packaging \u2013 before the case even went to court! This can only be interpreted as an admission of guilt.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-norway-pauses-licensing-for-deep-sea-mining-in-arctic-waters\">Norway pauses licensing for deep sea mining in Arctic waters<\/h2>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/press-release\/norway-stops-seabed-mining-putting-more-pressure-on-nz-to-follow\/\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/press-release\/norway-stops-seabed-mining-putting-more-pressure-on-nz-to-follow\/\">4 December 2024<\/a> &#8211; In a significant victory for the global Greenpeace campaign to stop seabed mining, the Norwegian government agreed to stop the first licensing round for deep sea mining in Arctic waters for at least the whole of 2025 as they faced growing resistance across civil society and the fishing industry.<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-seabed-miners-lose-attempt-to-limit-greenpeace-protest-at-sea\">Seabed miners lose attempt to limit Greenpeace protest at sea<\/h2>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/press-release\/seabed-miners-lose-attempt-to-limit-greenpeace-protest-at-sea\/\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/press-release\/seabed-miners-lose-attempt-to-limit-greenpeace-protest-at-sea\/\">14 November 2024<\/a> &#8211; An appeal court in the Netherlands has rejected attempts by seabed miners in the Pacific to limit the right to protest at sea. The Amsterdam Court of Appeal dismissed a legal appeal from Nauru Ocean Resources Inc (NORI) against Greenpeace International.<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-greenpeace-sues-fonterra-for-misleading-consumers-with-palm-kernel-greenwash\">Greenpeace sues Fonterra for misleading consumers with palm kernel greenwash<\/h2>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/press-release\/greenpeace-sues-fonterra-for-misleading-consumers-with-palm-kernel-greenwash\/\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/press-release\/greenpeace-sues-fonterra-for-misleading-consumers-with-palm-kernel-greenwash\/\">30 September 2024<\/a> &#8211; Greenpeace Aotearoa is suing Fonterra for misleading customers by claiming that Anchor butter is \u2018100% New Zealand grass-fed\u2019. Up to 20% of a Fonterra dairy cow\u2019s diet on a dry-matter basis could be imported palm kernel linked to deforestation of rainforests in Southeast Asia.<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-camera-on-boats-rollout-to-continue-as-reporting-increases\">Camera on boats rollout to continue as reporting increases<\/h2>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/press-release\/camera-roll-out-a-win-for-the-ocean-now-needed-for-full-fleet\/\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/press-release\/camera-roll-out-a-win-for-the-ocean-now-needed-for-full-fleet\/\">26 September 2024<\/a> &#8211; Cameras on boats will continue to be fitted to the remaining inshore commercial fishing fleet. Greenpeace says the continued roll out of cameras on boats is a win for ocean health and environmentalists, who have been campaigning for greater fishing industry accountability for decades. The initial rollout of cameras on 127 boats led to a seven-fold increase in industry reports of dolphin capture, a 3.5 times increase in reports of&nbsp; killing albatrosses and an almost 50% increase in the reported volume of fish dumping.<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-thousands-join-the-march-for-nature-to-stop-the-fast-track-bill\">Thousands join the March for Nature to stop the Fast-Track Bill<\/h2>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/press-release\/giant-march-for-nature-fills-queen-street-to-oppose-luxons-fast-track-bill\/\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/press-release\/giant-march-for-nature-fills-queen-street-to-oppose-luxons-fast-track-bill\/\">8 June 2024<\/a> &#8211; With a broad coalition of environmental and community groups, Greenpeace and Forest &amp; Bird put out a call for people to join a march against the Fast Track Approvals Bill on 8 June 2024 called the March For Nature. Over 20,000 people turned out in Auckland for the March for Nature, which filled Queen Street from Aotea Square to the sea!&nbsp; That makes it one of the biggest protest marches in recent history.<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-palau-becomes-first-country-to-ratify-global-ocean-treaty\">Palau becomes first country to ratify Global Ocean Treaty<\/h2>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/press-release\/palau-first-country-to-ratify-global-ocean-treaty\/\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/press-release\/palau-first-country-to-ratify-global-ocean-treaty\/\">25 January 2024<\/a> &#8211; Palau has become the first country to officially ratify the Treaty by depositing its ratification with the UN but other countries are beginning the ratification process. The Global Oceans Treaty is one of the most important international protection agreements in history and has been a major focus for Greenpeace. 60 countries must ratify the Treaty before it enters into force. It will be a crucial tool for creating vast ocean sanctuaries covering at least 30%<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-the-historic-un-ocean-treaty-agreed\"><strong>The historic UN Ocean Treaty agreed<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/story\/how-people-power-helped-protect-the-oceans\/\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/story\/how-people-power-helped-protect-the-oceans\/\">March 2023<\/a> <strong>&#8211;<\/strong> A historic UN Ocean Treaty has finally been agreed at the United Nations after almost two decades of negotiations. This Treaty is a monumental win for ocean protection and an important sign that multilateralism still works in an increasingly divided world. Greenpeace Aotearoa campaigned successfully to get the New Zealand Government to support the treaty and in the final days of negotiations, the New Zealand delegation showed determination and flexibility to get the treaty over the line and did Aotearoa proud. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/story\/how-people-power-helped-protect-the-oceans\/\">Read more about how we made this win happen with people power!<\/a><\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-nz-government-backs-calls-for-a-moratorium-on-deep-sea-mining\"><strong>NZ Government backs calls for a moratorium on deep sea mining<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n<p>27 October 2022 <strong>&#8211;<\/strong> In a huge win for people power and for ocean protection, Foreign Affairs Minister Hon Nanaia Mahuta today announced the New Zealand Government\u2019s support for a global moratorium on deep sea mining after months of campaigning by Kiwis Against Seabed Mining, Greenpeace, ECO, and many others. This also adds weight to the call for a ban on seabed mining in New Zealand waters, so we&#8217;ll keep the pressure on for that as well.<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-new-zealand-sanctions-russian-oligarch-alexander-abramov\"><strong>New Zealand sanctions Russian oligarch Alexander Abramov<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n<p>October 2022 <strong>&#8211; <\/strong>Although they stopped short of freezing his assets, the New Zealand Government finally <a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/press-release\/greenpeace-welcomes-minister-mahutas-decision-to-sanction-billionaire-oligarch-alexander-abramov\/\">agreed to sanction billionaire oligarch Alexander Abramov<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-cameras-on-boats-to-be-installed-on-300-vessels\"><strong>Cameras on boats<\/strong> to be installed on 300 vessels<\/h2>\n\n<p>26 May 2022 &#8211; After years of campaigning for cameras on boats, we celebrated the news that cameras would be installed on 300 commercial fishing vessels with cautious optimism, celebrating that the tide is finally turning towards ocean protection while continuing to call for cameras on the full commercial fleet.<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-the-supreme-court-slams-the-door-on-seabed-mining\"><strong>The Supreme Court slams the door on seabed mining<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n<p>30 September 2021 &#8211; The Supreme Court unanimously dismissed the Trans Tasman Resources appeal of a 2018 High Court ruling which quashed the EPA\u2019s decision in 2017 to give TTR resource consent to begin a giant seabed mining operation in the South Taranaki Bight. The decision effectively renders the project dead in the water. The ruling is a significant win for iwi, hap\u016b, local communities, environmental campaigners, and for the ocean.<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-nz-government-announces-a-plan-to-phase-out-single-use-plastic-products\"><strong>NZ Government announces a plan to phase out single-use plastic products<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n<p>27 June 2021 &#8211; Greenpeace welcomed the Government\u2019s announcement of a plan to phase out more single-use plastics. It is something Greenpeace and others have campaigned over several years for, but have also called for the ban to cover a wider range of products, including single-use plastic drink bottles like Coke, Pepsi, and Pump.<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-more-protection-for-the-hauraki-gulf\"><strong>More protection for the Hauraki Gulf<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n<p>22 June 2021 &#8211; Greenpeace welcomes the NZ Government&#8217;s announcement of new protections in the Hauraki Gulf, including 18 new marine protection areas and restrictions on trawling but says they fall short of the 30% marine protection needed to adequately protect our oceans and the climate.<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-progress-on-fisheries-management\"><strong>Progress on fisheries management<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n<p>17 June 2021 &#8211; Greenpeace welcomes the NZ Government&#8217;s move to require all fish caught to be landed but says more must be done. While up to 300 inshore commercial fishing vessels will be fitted with on-board surveillance cameras by 2024 to provide independent monitoring of fish catches and non-target bycatch, Greenpeace said that cameras are needed on the entire NZ commercial fleet to ensure the new rules are followed.<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-nz-oil-amp-gas-gives-up-its-deep-sea-oil-exploration-permit-off-the-south-island\"><strong>NZ Oil &amp; Gas gives up its deep sea oil exploration permit off the South Island<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n<p>10 March 2021 &#8211; Greenpeace celebrates the announcement that the NZ Oil &amp; Gas Company will relinquish its deep sea exploration permit off the south coast of the South Island as \u201canother win for the climate, for wildlife, and for people power\u201d.<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-nz-government-declares-an-impending-climate-emergency\"><strong>NZ Government declares an impending climate emergency<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n<p>26 November 2020 &#8211; Greenpeace celebrates another win for people power after the new NZ Government announced an impending climate emergency declaration but says the declaration is empty words unless it\u2019s backed by policy that actually reduces New Zealand\u2019s emissions.<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-nz-high-court-rules-that-greenpeace-is-entitled-to-register-as-a-charity\"><strong>NZ High Court rules that Greenpeace is entitled to register as a charity<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n<p>10 August 2020 &#8211; The NZ High Court rules that Greenpeace is entitled to register as a charity and that the NZ Charities Registration Board was in error for declining the organisation\u2019s application. The High Court said, \u201cEnvironmental protection is a charitable purpose and Greenpeace NZ\u2019s advocacy advances the public benefit by gathering necessary support.\u201d<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-nz-government-announces-nz-parliament-buildings-will-go-solar\"><strong>NZ Government announces NZ Parliament Buildings will go solar<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n<p>September 2020 &#8211; The NZ Government announces that NZ\u2019s Parliament Buildings would install solar panels on the roof in a bid to cut its carbon footprint \u2013 albeit 23 years after Greenpeace activists climbed onto the roof of Parliament with solar panels and first proposed it!<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-austrian-oil-giant-omv-indefinitely-postpones-its-last-oil-and-gas-exploration-plans-in-the-taranaki-basin\"><strong>Austrian oil giant OMV indefinitely postpones its last oil and gas exploration plans in the Taranaki Basin<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n<p>April 2020 &#8211; Greenpeace welcomes news that Austrian oil giant OMV is to indefinitely postpone its last remaining oil and gas exploration plans in the Taranaki Basin. Greenpeace said it was \u201ca win of generational significance\u201d that signaled an end to offshore oil exploration in New Zealand. Iwi, Greenpeace, and other oil-free groups had targeted OMV over the previous four years, demanding the company end its offshore oil exploration activities in New Zealand.<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-nz-court-of-appeal-rules-against-seabed-mining-off-south-taranaki-coast\"><strong>NZ Court of Appeal rules against seabed mining off South Taranaki coast<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n<p>3 April 2020 &#8211; Greenpeace joins Kiwis Against Seabed Mining (KASM) in hailing the decision by the New Zealand Court of Appeal to deny Trans-Tasman Resources permission to mine the seabed in the South Taranaki Bight as a victory for the oceans.<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-nz-government-caps-synthetic-nitrogen-fertiliser-use\"><strong>NZ Government caps synthetic Nitrogen fertiliser use<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n<p>28 May 2020 &#8211; Greenpeace celebrates the NZ Government\u2019s move to put a cap on synthetic Nitrogen fertiliser, but says more controls are needed to protect freshwater. The move came after Greenpeace earlier called for a ban on synthetic Nitrogen fertiliser use.<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-nz-government-announces-new-bottle-refund-scheme\"><strong>NZ Government announces new bottle refund scheme<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n<p>25 September 2019 &#8211; Greenpeace heralds the NZ Government\u2019s decision to introduce a bottle refund scheme as a \u201cbreakthrough moment for plastic waste in New Zealand\u201d but says there is still much more to be done to end plastic pollution of our oceans.<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-nz-government-to-require-cameras-on-commercial-fishing-vessels-operating-in-some-maui-dolphin-habitat\"><strong>NZ Government to require cameras on commercial fishing vessels operating in some M\u0101ui Dolphin habitat<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n<p>7 June 2019 &#8211; Greenpeace welcomes the NZ Government\u2019s announcement that it would require surveillance cameras on commercial fishing vessels operating within M\u0101ui Dolphin habitat, adding that far more needed to be done, including extending the existing marine mammal sanctuary to cover all M\u0101ui Dolphin habitat, and within the sanctuary, require a ban on net fishing, seabed mining, and oil exploration and drilling.<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-chevron-and-equinor-abandon-their-east-coast-oil-and-gas-exploration-permits\"><strong>Chevron and Equinor abandon their East Coast oil and gas exploration permits<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n<p>19 June 2019 &#8211; Chevron and Equinor (formerly Statoil) abandon their oil and gas exploration permits off the east coast of the North Island, leaving Austrian oil company OMV as the last remaining oil giant in New Zealand. The move followed a long-running campaign by Iwi, Greenpeace, and other oil-free groups.<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-japanese-government-ends-its-whaling-programme-in-the-southern-ocean-whale-sanctuary\"><strong>Japanese Government ends its whaling programme in the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n<p>26 December 2018 &#8211; Greenpeace welcomes news that the Japanese Government had finally agreed to end its whaling programme in the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary. The move followed a long-running campaign by Greenpeace and others.<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-nz-government-bans-single-use-plastic-bags\"><strong>NZ Government bans single-use plastic bags<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n<p>18 August 2018 &#8211; Greenpeace welcomes the NZ Government\u2019s decision to ban single-use plastic bags by 2019 as a win for people power and the oceans. The move followed a campaign by environment groups including Greenpeace.<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-nz-government-drops-charges-against-greenpeace-for-breaking-the-anadarko-amendment\"><strong>NZ Government drops charges against Greenpeace for breaking the Anadarko Amendment<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n<p>27 April 2018 &#8211; The NZ Government drops charges against Greenpeace for breaking the Anadarko Amendment in 2017, effectively making the amendment redundant.<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-nz-government-ends-new-offshore-oil-and-gas-exploration\"><strong>NZ Government ends new offshore oil and gas exploration<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n<p>12 April 2018 &#8211; Greenpeace welcomes the NZ Government\u2019s decision to end new offshore oil and gas exploration, calling it an \u201chistoric moment, and a huge win for our climate and people power\u201d. It followed an eight year \u2018people power\u2019 campaign that brought together Iwi, Greenpeace, environment and conservation groups, and oil-free groups around the country.<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-nz-government-cuts-public-funding-for-large-scale-irrigation-projects\"><strong>NZ Government cuts public funding for large-scale irrigation projects<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n<p>5 April 2018 &#8211; Greenpeace celebrates news that the NZ Government has cut public funding for large-scale irrigation projects through Crown Irrigation Investments Limited, which was one of Greenpeace\u2019s key campaign demands.<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-hawke-s-bay-regional-council-drops-the-ruataniwha-irrigation-dam-scheme\"><strong>Hawke\u2019s Bay Regional Council drops the Ruataniwha irrigation dam scheme<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n<p>13 July 2017 &#8211; Hawke\u2019s Bay Regional Council drops the Ruataniwha irrigation dam scheme after a high profile campaign against the dam run by environment and conservation groups including Greenpeace. The decision was soon followed by a NZ Supreme Court decision that the Ruataniwha irrigation dam could not be built on conservation land.<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-thai-union-agrees-to-clean-up-its-tuna-supply-chain\"><strong>Thai Union agrees to clean-up its tuna supply chain<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n<p>12 July 2017 &#8211; Tuna company Thai Union agrees to clean-up its tuna supply chain and crack down on human rights and labour abuse violations on its fishing vessels after Greenpeace ran a campaign targeting the company, including a blockade of its Whiskas cat food factory in New Zealand.<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-sanford-and-moana-to-reduce-commercial-set-net-fishing-in-some-maui-dolphin-habitat\"><strong>Sanford and Moana to reduce commercial set-net fishing in some Maui Dolphin habitat<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n<p>15 December 2016 &#8211; Greenpeace welcomes as a small step in the right direction a new commitment from fishing companies Sanford and Moana to reduce commercial set-net fishing in some of the habitat of the critically endangered Maui Dolphin.<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-texan-oil-giant-anadarko-culls-its-search-for-oil-in-new-zealand\"><strong>Texan oil giant Anadarko culls its search for oil in New Zealand<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n<p>9 December 2016 &#8211; Greenpeace welcomes news that Texan oil giant Anadarko is the latest company to cull its search for oil in New Zealand.<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-auckland-council-votes-to-oppose-the-government-s-offshore-oil-agenda\"><strong>Auckland Council votes to oppose the Government\u2019s offshore oil agenda<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n<p>10 November 2016 &#8211; Greenpeace welcomes Auckland Council\u2019s vote to oppose the Government\u2019s offshore oil agenda in New Zealand following a mobilisation against offshore oil exploration in the city by Iwi, Greenpeace, and others.<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-shell-offloads-its-1-billion-new-zealand-portfolio\"><strong>Shell offloads its $1 billion New Zealand portfolio<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n<p>23 August 2016 &#8211; Greenpeace welcomes news that oil giant Shell has advised its investment bank to offload its $1 billion New Zealand portfolio, describing it as another big nail in the coffin of the NZ Government\u2019s petroleum agenda.<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-fonterra-announces-it-will-clean-up-its-use-of-palm-kernel-expeller\"><strong>Fonterra announces it will clean-up its use of palm kernel expeller<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n<p>12 August 2016 &#8211; Greenpeace welcomes Fonterra\u2019s announcement that it will clean up its use of palm kernel expeller (PKE) and use only \u2018responsible palm oil products\u2019 throughout its global supply chains as a good first step, but says the dairy giant must move towards a full phase-out as soon as possible. This followed an eight-year campaign against Fonterra\u2019s use of PKE imported from SE Asia.<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-huge-ross-sea-ocean-sanctuary-to-be-established-off-antarctica\"><strong>Huge Ross Sea Ocean Sanctuary to be established off Antarctica<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n<p>November 2016 &#8211; Greenpeace welcomes news that a 1.5 million square kilometre Ross Sea Ocean Sanctuary is to be established off Antarctica after its approval by 24 countries at the annual meeting of the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR). Environment and conservation groups including Greenpeace had campaigned for the sanctuary for five years.<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-government-owned-farmer-announces-end-to-palm-kernel\"><strong>Government-owned farmer announces end to Palm Kernel<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n<p>8 August 2016 &#8211; Landcorp announces it will stop using palm kernel expeller (PKE) imported from overseas as a feed on its farms. The move followed a nine-year Greenpeace campaign to stop PKE imports to NZ.<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-shell-delays-its-plan-to-drill-for-oil-and-gas-in-the-great-south-basin\"><strong>Shell delays its plan to drill for oil and gas in the Great South Basin<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n<p>1 October 2015 &#8211; Shell delays its plan to drill for oil and gas in the Great South Basin following public opposition from Greenpeace and Oil-Free groups in the South Island.<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-shell-abandons-its-oil-drilling-operations-in-the-alaskan-arctic\"><strong>Shell abandons its oil drilling operations in the Alaskan Arctic<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n<p>30 September 2015 &#8211; Shell abandons its oil drilling operations in the Alaskan Arctic in the face of mounting public opposition from Greenpeace and grassroots \u2018people power\u2019 activism from New Zealand and North America to Europe and the Arctic.<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-nz-government-passes-new-law-banning-shark-finning\"><strong>NZ Government passes new law banning shark finning<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n<p>9 January 2014 &#8211; Greenpeace welcomes aspects of a new law banning shark finning but says that the chance for NZ to catch up with international efforts in shark conservation is being missed. Greenpeace was part of the NZ Shark Alliance that campaigned for the ban.<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-sealord-announces-phase-out-of-destructive-tuna-fishing-method\"><strong>Sealord announces phase-out of destructive tuna fishing method<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n<p>9 May 2013 &#8211; Greenpeace welcomes news that Sealord will phase out a destructive tuna fishing method that kills sharks, turtles, and baby tuna. The move came after Greenpeace NZ targeted Sealord\u2019s tuna brands.<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-oil-giant-shell-ditches-plans-to-drill-for-oil-in-the-arctic-in-2013\"><strong>Oil giant Shell ditches plans to drill for oil in the Arctic in 2013<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n<p>26 February 2013 &#8211; Greenpeace welcomes news that oil giant Shell has ditched its plans to drill for oil in the Arctic in 2013, a year after Greenpeace NZ and actress Lucy Lawless blocked the company\u2019s oil exploration ship from leaving Taranaki.<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-brazilian-oil-giant-petrobras-pulls-out-of-new-zealand\"><strong>Brazilian oil giant Petrobras pulls out of New Zealand<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n<p>4 December 2012 &#8211; Brazilian oil giant Petrobras pulls out of New Zealand and hands back its offshore oil prospecting permits to the NZ Government. Greenpeace describes the move as \u201ca victory for Kiwis opposed to risky deep sea drilling\u201d, which followed a long-running at-sea campaign by te Whanau-a-Apanui, Greenpeace, and the Oil-Free Seas Flotilla.<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-nz-government-does-a-u-turn-on-schedule-4-public-conservation-land-mining-plans\"><strong>NZ Government does a U-turn on \u2018Schedule 4\u2019 public conservation land mining plans<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n<p>20 July 2010 &#8211; Greenpeace welcomes the NZ Government\u2019s U-turn on mining \u2018Schedule 4\u2019 protected public conservation lands following a short sharp campaign culminating with a massive public march of 40,000 people against the plans in Auckland on 1 May 2010, organised by Greenpeace and others.<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-annual-southern-bluefin-tuna-quota-cut-by-20\"><strong>Annual Southern Bluefin Tuna quota cut by 20%<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n<p>11 February 2009 &#8211; The Commission for the Conservation of Southern Bluefin Tuna cuts the annual catch quota by 20% for the 2010\/2011 fishing seasons after a long-running Greenpeace campaign. Greenpeace describes it as a half-hearted attempt to halt the decline of a species in a fishery that should already have been classified as \u201ccollapsed\u201d.<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-nz-government-announces-four-new-marine-mammal-sanctuaries\"><strong>NZ Government announces four new marine mammal sanctuaries<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n<p>30 May 2008 &#8211; The NZ Government announces four new marine mammal sanctuaries, region-level fishing bans, and other restrictions on set-net fishing and trawling in coastal habitat used by Maui and Hector\u2019s dolphins after years of public pressure from environment and conservation groups including Greenpeace.<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-nz-government-announces-new-thermal-generation-moratorium\"><strong>NZ Government announces new thermal generation moratorium<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n<p>4 December 2007 &#8211; Greenpeace applauds the NZ Government\u2019s new thermal generation moratorium but is disappointed the legislation will not also require cuts to existing carbon emissions.<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-orange-roughy-and-hoki-annual-quotas-cut\"><strong>Orange Roughy and Hoki annual quotas cut<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n<p>25 September 2007 &#8211; Greenpeace welcomes new Hoki and Orange Roughy quota cuts, but warns that wider fisheries closures and more effective management measures are needed to safeguard stocks and marine habitats in the long run.<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-major-wind-energy-project-near-wellington-approved\"><strong>Major wind energy project near Wellington approved<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n<p>16 May 2007 &#8211; Greenpeace applauds the Environment Court\u2019s decision to approve a major wind energy project near Wellington. Greenpeace NZ supported the project and joined the appeal in the Environment Court because of its significance in helping NZ reduce carbon emissions.<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-mighty-river-power-scraps-proposed-marsden-b-coal-fired-power-station\"><strong>Mighty River Power scraps proposed Marsden B coal-fired power station<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n<p>7 March 2007 &#8211; Greenpeace heralds Mighty River Power\u2019s decision to scrap its proposed Marsden B coal-fired power station after a three-year campaign against it by Iwi, the local community, and Greenpeace.<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-great-bear-rainforest-protected-after-decade-long-campaign\"><strong>Great Bear Rainforest protected after decade-long campaign<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n<p>7 February 2006 &#8211; Greenpeace welcomes news that the Great Bear Rainforest (GBR) in Canada will be protected from clearcut logging after a decade-long campaign. Greenpeace NZ participated in the global campaign to save this temperate rainforest on the Pacific Coast of British Columbia, which is part of the largest coastal temperate rainforest in the world. Greenpeace NZ had earlier called a boycott of Western Red Cedar imports from Canada sourced from the GBR.<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-polluting-auckland-airport-waste-incinerator-to-close-down-in-2006\"><strong>Polluting Auckland Airport waste incinerator to close down in 2006<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n<p>14 July 2005 &#8211; Greenpeace welcomes news that the polluting Auckland Airport waste incinerator will close in 2006 and be replaced with a safer enclosed state-of-the-art steam sterilisation unit. This followed a long-running campaign by Greenpeace and local community groups to shut down the incinerator due to dioxin contamination.<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-decontamination-begins-at-former-nz-fruitgrowers-chemical-company-site-in-mapua\"><strong>Decontamination begins at former NZ Fruitgrowers\u2019 Chemical Company site in Mapua<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n<p>October 2004 &#8211; Environmental Decontamination Ltd begins using an on-site facility to decontaminate severe toxic pesticide and herbicide contamination in soil at the Mapua site of the former NZ Fruitgrowers\u2019 Chemical Company, funded by the Contaminated Sites Remediation Fund. The clean-up was undertaken after an appeal by Greenpeace and Forest and Bird led to improvements in the consent conditions being adopted in 2003. The clean-up finished in July 2007.<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-nz-government-bans-the-building-of-new-high-temperature-hazardous-waste-incinerators\"><strong>NZ Government bans the building of new high temperature hazardous waste incinerators<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n<p>8 October 2004 &#8211; The NZ Government bans the building of new high temperature hazardous waste incinerators under the Resource Management Act, using new national environmental standards aimed at preventing the release of dioxins and other toxic pollutants to air. The move followed a long-running campaign against waste incineration by Greenpeace and community groups.<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-nz-government-ratifies-the-cartegena-protocol-on-biosafety\"><strong>NZ Government ratifies the Cartegena Protocol on Biosafety<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n<p>24 September 2004 &#8211; Greenpeace applauds the NZ Government\u2019s decision to ratify the Cartegena Protocol on Biosafety which, for the first time under international law, creates a requirement that countries take precautionary measures to prevent GE organisms from causing harm to biodiversity and human health.<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-poor-knights-islands-become-the-world-s-first-no-go-zone-for-oil-tankers\"><strong>Poor Knights Islands become the world\u2019s first no-go zone for oil tankers<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n<p>19 May 2004 &#8211; The Poor Knights Islands become the world\u2019s first no-go zone for oil tankers and other large ships, a move that Greenpeace had proposed in 1996. The International Maritime Organisation designated the marine area between Cape Brett and Bream Head, including the waters around the Poor Knights Islands, as a \u201cmandatory area to be avoided\u201d by all ships longer than 45-metres out to 9.26 kilometres from the coastline and the islands.<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-nz-government-moves-to-ban-new-high-temperature-hazardous-waste-incinerators\"><strong>NZ Government moves to ban new high temperature hazardous waste incinerators<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n<p>17 November 2003 &#8211; Greenpeace welcomes the NZ Government\u2019s move to ban new high temperature hazardous waste incinerators but is critical the ban does not extend to existing high temperature hazardous waste incinerators such as one at the large Dow chemical factory in New Plymouth.<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-nz-government-establishes-9-million-contaminated-sites-remediation-fund\"><strong>NZ Government establishes $9 million Contaminated Sites Remediation Fund<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n<p>11 September 2003 &#8211; Greenpeace welcomes news that the NZ Government will fund a $9 million Contaminated Sites Remediation Fund to help regional councils investigate and clean-up PCP, dioxin, and pesticide contaminated sites and dumps.<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-polluting-christchurch-airport-waste-incinerator-shuts-down\"><strong>Polluting Christchurch Airport waste incinerator shuts down<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n<p>26 February 2003 &#8211; Greenpeace welcomes news that a waste incinerator at Christchurch Airport will close and be replaced by a new safer enclosed steam sterilisation unit. The move followed a letter-writing campaign by Greenpeace and others.<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-nz-government-passes-a-law-enabling-nz-to-join-international-efforts-to-combat-climate-change\"><strong>NZ Government passes a law enabling NZ to join international efforts to combat climate change<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n<p>14 November 2002 &#8211; Greenpeace praises the NZ Government for passing legislation that enables New Zealand to play its part and join with international efforts to combat climate change through the new Kyoto Protocol to the UNFCCC.<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-nz-government-signs-the-new-persistent-organic-pollutants-treaty\"><strong>NZ Government signs the new Persistent Organic Pollutants Treaty<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n<p>24 May 2001 &#8211; Greenpeace welcomes the NZ Government\u2019s decision to sign the new Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) Treaty which requires signatories to take action to eliminate the \u2018dirty dozen\u2019 POPs including dioxins. The move came following a long-running campaign by Greenpeace and community groups that urged the NZ Government to sign the landmark treaty.<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-major-nz-food-companies-commit-to-go-ge-free\"><strong>Major NZ food companies commit to go GE-Free<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n<p>May 2001 &#8211; Greenpeace welcomes news that major NZ food companies are going GE-free including Unilever, Heinz Wattie\u2019s, Goodman Fielder, Cerebos Greggs, New Zealand Dairy Foods, Fonterra, Progressive Enterprises Ltd, Pillsbury, Quality Bakers, and Frucor. These moves followed Greenpeace\u2019s campaign urging consumers to pressure food companies to go GE-Free.<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-polluting-wellington-waste-incinerator-shuts-down\"><strong>Polluting Wellington waste incinerator shuts down<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n<p>August 2001 &#8211; Greenpeace welcomes news that a polluting waste incinerator in Miramar, Wellington, has shut down and will be replaced with a new safer enclosed steam sterilisation unit. The move followed Greenpeace protests that closed down the company\u2019s Polluting waste incinerator in Auckland in 1997 and 1998.<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-the-nz-government-announces-a-moratorium-on-ge-research\"><strong>The NZ Government announces a moratorium on GE research<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n<p>17 April 2000 &#8211; The NZ Government announces a moratorium on genetic engineering (GE) research, a move that Greenpeace had been calling for since 1996.<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-waikato-regional-council-rejects-proposed-coal-fuelled-waste-incineration-factory-at-meremere\"><strong>Waikato Regional Council rejects proposed coal-fuelled waste incineration factory at Meremere<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n<p>October 1999 &#8211; Greenpeace welcomes news that a proposed huge coal-fired waste incineration factory at the moth-balled Meremere coal-fired power station in the Waikato had been rejected by Waikato Regional Council. It came after a two-year campaign against the proposal by Greenpeace and others. The factory would have produced a huge amount of toxic dioxin emissions and harmful carbon emissions.<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-greenpeace-and-mercury-energy-sign-a-solar-net-metering-agreement\"><strong>Greenpeace and Mercury Energy sign a solar net-metering agreement<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n<p>11 December 1998 &#8211; Greenpeace and Mercury Energy sign the first solar net-metering agreement which allows Greenpeace to sell excess electricity from its rooftop solar panels into the Auckland grid when surplus electricity is generated on weekends and receive payment for it by Mercury Energy.<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-greenpeace-welcomes-closure-of-polluting-south-auckland-waste-incinerator\"><strong>Greenpeace welcomes closure of polluting South Auckland waste incinerator<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n<p>24 November 1998 &#8211; Greenpeace welcomes news that a polluting South Auckland waste incinerator will close and switch to a state-of-the-art enclosed steam sterilisation system. It came after a 15-month Greenpeace campaign which included two direct actions that stopped the incinerator from firing-up and burning PVC waste and emitting dioxins from its two giant chimneys.<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-solomon-islands-government-imposes-a-moratorium-on-new-commercial-logging-licences\"><strong>Solomon Islands Government imposes a moratorium on new commercial logging licences<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n<p>February 1998 &#8211; Greenpeace welcomes news that the incoming Solomon Islands Government will impose a moratorium on issuing new commercial logging licences. Greenpeace had been campaigning over the previous five for a shift away from industrial-scale logging and promoting village-based eco-timber as an ecologically sustainable alternative.<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-two-thousand-people-join-greenpeace-s-new-solar-pioneers-programme\"><strong>Two thousand people join Greenpeace\u2019s new Solar Pioneers programme<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n<p>September 1997 &#8211; Two thousand people join Greenpeace\u2019s new \u2018Solar Pioneers\u2019 programme in its first few months, pledging to install solar hot water systems on their rooftops to help kick start the NZ solar energy market.<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-greenpeace-welcomes-the-government-s-announcement-it-will-regulate-toxic-waste\"><strong>Greenpeace welcomes the Government\u2019s announcement it will regulate toxic waste<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n<p>September 1997 &#8211; Greenpeace welcomes the NZ Government\u2019s announcement that it will clamp down on a list of problem toxic wastes through nationwide regulations after a long-running Greenpeace campaign.<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-nz-government-bans-all-fishing-at-the-poor-knights-islands\"><strong>NZ Government bans all fishing at the Poor Knights Islands<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n<p>30 May 1997 &#8211; Greenpeace celebrates the NZ Government\u2019s decision to ban all fishing at the Poor Knights Islands off the east coast of Northland following a campaign by Greenpeace and other environment and community groups.<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-anchor-agrees-to-cut-the-size-of-its-new-te-rapa-gas-fuelled-power-station\"><strong>Anchor agrees to cut the size of its new Te Rapa gas-fuelled power station<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n<p>May 1997 &#8211; Anchor agrees to cut the size of its new Te Rapa gas-fuelled power station from 250 megawatts to 45 megawatts as a consent condition in return for Greenpeace withdrawing its appeal against the company\u2019s resource consents.<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-contact-energy-agrees-to-cut-its-carbon-emissions-and-close-its-new-plymouth-oil-and-gas-fuelled-power-station\"><strong>Contact Energy agrees to cut its carbon emissions and close its New Plymouth oil- and gas-fuelled power station<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n<p>July 1997 &#8211; Greenpeace signs an agreement with State-owned power company Contact Energy to cut its carbon emissions and close its 600 megawatts New Plymouth oil- and gas-fuelled power station as a condition of building a smaller, more efficient 380 megawatts gas-fuelled power station at Otahuhu in South Auckland. This was the first legal agreement by a power company to cut its carbon emissions.<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-nz-government-adopts-policy-to-phase-out-organochlorines-by-the-year-2000\"><strong>NZ Government adopts policy to phase-out organochlorines by the year 2000<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n<p>February 1997 &#8211; Greenpeace welcomes the NZ Government\u2019s new policy to \u201cphase out chemicals such as organochlorines by the year 2000\u201d. It followed the publication in 1994 of a Greenpeace report entitled Zero by 2000, which urged a phase-out of toxic organochlorine pollution by the year 2000.<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-nz-government-halts-sales-of-lead-contaminated-pvc-plastic-blinds\"><strong>NZ Government halts sales of lead-contaminated PVC plastic blinds<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n<p>July 1996 &#8211; The NZ Government halts sales of lead-contaminated PVC plastic blinds after new evidence emerged that they could cause toxic contamination. This followed a Greenpeace campaign to phase-out PVC imports because the vinyl chloride monomer used to make PVC plastics had recently been re-classified as a human carcinogen by the US Environmental Protection Agency.<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-hazardous-substances-amp-new-organisms-law-includes-precautionary-approach\"><strong>Hazardous Substances &amp; New Organisms law includes \u201cprecautionary approach\u201d<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n<p>10 June 1996 &#8211; Greenpeace welcomes a vote by MPs to retain the \u201cprecautionary approach\u201d in the new Hazardous Substances and New Organisms law, despite lobbying by the chemical industry and business groups to the contrary. It followed Greenpeace sending every MP a green condom and urging them to \u201ctake precautions for the planet\u201d by including the wording in the new law.<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-nz-passes-ozone-layer-protection-act\"><strong>NZ passes Ozone Layer Protection Act<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n<p>24 July 1996 &#8211; The NZ Government legislates to phase-out ozone-depleting CFCs and HCFCs under the Ozone Layer Protection Act. The move came four years after a team of Greenpeace climbers scaled Parliament to attach a giant pair of inflatable sunglasses on the roof and deliver a petition with 18,000 signatures and 2,000 letters urging the Government to move faster to phase-out CFCs and HCFCs in 1992. Scientists now say that if they had not been phased-out in the 1990s, the CFC and HCFC chemicals used in refrigerators would have driven 2.5 degrees Celcius of extra climate heating by 2100.<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-france-usa-and-uk-sign-the-south-pacific-nuclear-free-zone-treaty\"><strong>France, USA and UK sign the South Pacific Nuclear Free Zone Treaty<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n<p>25 March 1996 &#8211; Greenpeace welcomes news that France, the USA, and the UK have signed the South Pacific Nuclear Free Zone Treaty.<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-france-scraps-its-intermediate-range-nuclear-missiles\"><strong>France scraps its intermediate-range nuclear missiles<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n<p>16 September 1996 &#8211; The French Government orders the deactivation and scrapping of all 18 of France\u2019s S3D intermediate-range nuclear missiles on the Plateau d\u2019Albion. Over the next two years the missile silos and command centre there were fully dismantled at a cost of US$77.5 million.<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-un-historically-votes-for-adopting-a-comprehensive-test-ban-treaty\"><strong>UN historically votes for adopting a Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n<p>10 September 1996 &#8211; Greenpeace celebrated an historic United Nations vote adopting a zero-threshold Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty by an overwhelming majority of 158 votes, following Greenpeace\u2019s 25-year campaign to end nuclear testing. All five Nuclear Weapon States \u2013 France, China, USA, UK, and Russia \u2013 signed it.<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-france-stops-production-of-fissile-materials-for-nuclear-warheads\"><strong>France stops production of fissile materials for nuclear warheads<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n<p>22 February 1996 &#8211; The French Government announces it will also halt the production of fissile materials for its nuclear weapons. In June 1996 its Uranium enrichment factory at Pierrelatte stopped producing highly enriched Uranium for nuclear warheads and then in 1998 it began to dismantle its military Plutonium reprocessing factory at Marcoule and the Uranium enrichment factory Pierrelatte. France is the only Nuclear Weapon State to have done so.<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-france-announces-it-will-dismantle-its-nuclear-testing-facilities-in-the-south-pacific\"><strong>France announces it will dismantle its nuclear testing facilities in the South Pacific<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n<p>22 February 1996 &#8211; The French Government announces it will dismantle its nuclear testing facilities at Moruroa and Fangataufa atolls. Dismantling was completed in 1998. France is the only Nuclear Weapon State to have done so.<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-the-french-government-ends-its-30-year-nuclear-testing-programme\"><strong>The French Government ends its 30-year nuclear testing programme<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n<p>28 January 1996 &#8211; The French Government ends its 30-year nuclear weapons testing programme after a total of 210 tests. The day before, Greenpeace activists abseiled down to the 8th floor of the building housing the French Embassy in Wellington in response to a nuclear test to hang a large banner that read, \u201cLast Test Ever?\u201d<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-commonwealth-heads-of-government-meeting-condemns-french-government-s-resumption-of-nuclear-testing\"><strong>Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting condemns French Government\u2019s resumption of nuclear testing<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n<p>11 November 1995 &#8211; Greenpeace welcomes a special statement by the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Auckland condemning the French Government\u2019s resumption of nuclear testing and calling for an international treaty banning all nuclear tests and nuclear weapons. Greenpeace had attended the meeting as an observer and encouraged attendees to condemn the nuclear tests.<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-the-end-of-the-french-government-s-nuclear-testing-programme\"><strong>The end of the French Government\u2019s nuclear testing programme<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n<p>January 1996 &#8211; Greenpeace led a successful global campaign from June 1995 to Jan 1996, to end the French Government\u2019s nuclear testing programme and demand a UN Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty after the new French President Chirac temporarily resumed nuclear testing at Moruroa Atoll.<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-high-court-ruling-in-favour-of-precautionary-approach-with-orange-roughy-fisheries\"><strong>High Court ruling in favour of precautionary approach with Orange Roughy fisheries<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n<p>31 November 1995 &#8211; Greenpeace cautiously welcomes a High Court ruling in the case of Greenpeace vs NZ Minister of Fisheries that the precautionary approach must be applied when setting fishing quotas. The ruling meant that, where there was a lack of scientific information, the Minister must err on the side of precaution.<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-nz-government-establishes-new-3-5-million-organochlorines-programme\"><strong>NZ Government establishes new $3.5 million Organochlorines Programme<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n<p>October 1995 &#8211; Greenpeace welcomes the NZ Government\u2019s new $3.5 million Organochlorines Programme which is to facilitate and promote safe new clean-up methods for toxic PCP and dioxin site contamination. It came after a long-running Greenpeace campaign.<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-the-asian-development-bank-ends-its-funding-of-new-nuclear-power-projects\"><strong>The Asian Development Bank ends its funding of new nuclear power projects<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n<p>1995 &#8211; At its annual meeting held in Auckland, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) ends its financial support for new nuclear power projects in the Asia-Pacific region, a move that Greenpeace had called for in the previous years.<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-judge-rejects-proposed-food-irradiation-factory-in-mangakino\"><strong>Judge rejects proposed food irradiation factory in Mangakino<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n<p>February 1995 &#8211; Greenpeace celebrates the rejection by a judge of a proposed food irradiation factory in Mangakino (Waikato), after working alongside the local community to stop it.<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-collaborative-maisin-tapa-cloth-project-established\"><strong>Collaborative Maisin tapa cloth project established<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n<p>July 1994 &#8211; The Maisin community in Papua New Guinea, Greenpeace, and the University of California Art Museum set up a new project to market in California and NZ sustainably produced tapa cloth artworks produced by Maisin artists as a sustainable income alternative to large-scale logging of the Maisin tribe\u2019s extensive ancient rainforests.<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-nz-ratifies-the-antarctic-environmental-protocol\"><strong>NZ ratifies the Antarctic Environmental Protocol<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n<p>October 1994 &#8211; Greenpeace welcomes ratification by the NZ Parliament of the historic Antarctic Environmental Protocol which protects the continent from mining and oil exploitation.<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-nz-government-halves-the-annual-chatham-rise-orange-roughy-fishing-quota\"><strong>NZ Government halves the annual Chatham Rise Orange Roughy fishing quota<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n<p>October 1994 &#8211; Greenpeace welcomes a halving of the annual Orange Roughy fishing quota by the NZ Fisheries Minister. This followed Greenpeace\u2019s request for a Judicial Review in the NZ High Court of the Minister\u2019s 1993\/94 Orange Roughy Chatham Rise quota decision, which was filed in 1993.<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-french-government-abandons-its-dumont-d-urville-airstrip-in-antarctica\"><strong>French Government abandons its Dumont D\u2019Urville airstrip in Antarctica<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n<p>September 1994 &#8211; The French Government abandons the new airstrip it built at Dumont D\u2019Urville in Antarctica following a long-running Greenpeace campaign.<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-greenpeace-helps-set-up-a-new-solomon-islands-eco-timber-project\"><strong>Greenpeace helps set-up a new Solomon Islands eco-timber project<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n<p>August 1994 &#8211; Greenpeace helps establish an ecological alternative to industrial-scale logging in the Solomon Islands with the establishment of a new village-based \u2018ecotimber\u2019 project.<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-iwc-agrees-a-southern-ocean-whale-sanctuary\"><strong>IWC agrees a Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n<p>27 May 1994 &#8211; The International Whaling Commission (IWC) votes to establish a 50 million square kilometre Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary, following a campaign by Greenpeace, which included a New Zealand tour to promote the sanctuary.<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-nz-government-calls-in-the-proposed-stratford-power-station\"><strong>NZ Government calls-in the proposed Stratford power station<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n<p>9 December 1993 &#8211; The NZ Government sets up a Board of Inquiry into the proposed Electricorp gas-fired power station at Stratford to consider the impact of its carbon emissions after Greenpeace requested the Environment Minister call-in the decision under the Resource Management Act (RMA). This was the first time that ministerial call-in provisions of the RMA were used.<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-london-dumping-convention-agrees-a-global-ban-on-waste-dumping-at-sea\"><strong>London Dumping Convention agrees a global ban on waste dumping at sea<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n<p>November 1993 &#8211; The London Dumping Convention agrees a global ban on ocean waste dumping and the ocean incineration of industrial waste after a long-running Greenpeace campaign, including in the South Pacific.<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-ngakawau-dam-rejected\"><strong>Ngakawau dam rejected<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n<p>August 1993 &#8211; The NZ Government rejects a proposal to build the huge Ngakawau dam which would have drained 23 West Coast rivers and flooded 2,500 hectares of ancient native forest that was habitat for endangered Blue Ducks and Great Spotted Kiwis. It followed a campaign by environment and conservation groups, including Greenpeace delivering a life-sized papier-m\u00e2ch\u00e9 white elephant to the Beehive, urging the NZ Government to stop the building of more new power stations and instead invest in energy efficiency measures to reduce demand.<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-south-pacific-forum-bans-trade-in-toxic-waste\"><strong>South Pacific Forum bans trade in toxic waste<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n<p>August 1993 &#8211; The South Pacific Forum agrees a regional waste trade ban to prevent toxic waste being shipped from industrialised countries and dumped in the region. Greenpeace had worked to support this goal alongside various member states, including the Marshall Islands, Tonga, and Papua New Guinea.<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-auckland-regional-council-agrees-to-upgrade-auckland-s-sewage-treatment-system\"><strong>Auckland Regional Council agrees to upgrade Auckland\u2019s sewage treatment system<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n<p>1992 &#8211; Auckland Regional Council (ARC) agrees to invest in major improvements to Auckland\u2019s sewage treatment system and improve trade waste regulations. A new trade waste by-law excluded some toxic wastes and set more stringent limits on others. The ARC also agreed to replace Auckland\u2019s old sewage treatment plant at Mangere with a new land-based tertiary treatment system including biological and ultraviolet light treatment of the wastewater. Works started at Mangere in 1998 and were completed in 2005. These decisions were made following public consultations in 1990-91 with mana whenua and community and environment groups, including Greenpeace. In 1990, Greenpeace had blocked the eight effluent outfalls and called on the ARC to end the effluent discharges into Manukau Harbour. These decisions led to a major improvement in water quality in the Manukau Harbour. Residual biosolids are now mixed with soil and used to rehabilitate a local quarry site.<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-ge-field-trials-declined-leading-to-new-legislation\"><strong>GE field trials declined, leading to new legislation<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n<p>December 1992 &#8211; Greenpeace successfully applies for a review of two genetically engineered (GE) field trial applications near Gisborne. As a result, both applications are declined, and the case highlights the fact that NZ has no legislation protecting the environment and human health from the commercial importation and exploitation of GE organisms. That led to new (HSNO) legislation being drafted and passed in 1996 which incorporated \u201cthe precautionary approach\u201d.<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-un-general-assembly-votes-for-a-global-ban-on-driftnet-fishing-on-the-high-seas\"><strong>UN General Assembly votes for a global ban on driftnet fishing on the high seas<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n<p>31 December 1992 &#8211; A global ban on driftnet fishing on the high seas is passed by the UN General Assembly (UNGA) following a major campaign by Greenpeace, including a 1990 SV Rainbow Warrior II expedition from Auckland out into the Tasman Sea to gather evidence of the devastating effects on marine wildlife of \u2018wall of death\u2019 fishing. The ban had been proposed by the NZ Government at the 1990 UNGA.<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-usa-joins-russia-and-france-in-nuclear-weapons-testing-moratorium\"><strong>USA joins Russia and France in nuclear weapons testing moratorium<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n<p>24 September 1992 &#8211; Greenpeace welcomes news that the USA had joined the existing nuclear testing moratorium originally declared by Soviet President Gorbachev on 5 October 1991.<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-nz-government-commits-to-sign-the-un-framework-convention-on-climate-change\"><strong>NZ Government commits to sign the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n<p>June 1992 &#8211; Greenpeace welcomes news that the NZ Government will sign the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) along with over 180 other countries at the UN Conference on Environment and Development in Rio de Janeiro. Greenpeace had campaigned for NZ to sign it over the previous three years, including sending SV Rainbow Warrior II on a mission to Rio for the duration of the conference to support the campaign.<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-tasman-pulp-and-paper-closes-chlorine-making-equipment\"><strong>Tasman Pulp and Paper closes Chlorine-making equipment<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n<p>April 1992 &#8211; The Tasman Pulp and Paper Company closes down its Chlorine-making equipment in one of its two pulp bleaching lines at its Kawerau factory, cutting the amount of dioxin in the effluent it dumps into the Tarawera River. The move followed a long-running Greenpeace campaign, including a visit to the Bay of Plenty by SV Rainbow Warrior II in 1991.<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-france-joins-nuclear-weapons-testing-moratorium\"><strong>France joins nuclear weapons testing moratorium<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n<p>8 April 1992 &#8211; France announces it will join a nuclear weapons testing moratorium a few weeks after SV Rainbow Warrior II sailed into the military exclusion zone around Moruroa Atoll.<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-moratorium-on-sarawak-tropical-timber-imports\"><strong>Moratorium on Sarawak tropical timber imports<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n<p>March 1992 &#8211; NZ Timber Importers\u2019 Association agrees to a moratorium on tropical timber imports to NZ from Sarawak, at the urging of NZ environment groups including Greenpeace.<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-new-protections-for-southern-ocean-seabirds\"><strong>New protections for Southern Ocean seabirds<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n<p>October 1991 &#8211; Greenpeace welcomes moves by the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR) in Hobart to require fishing vessels to use bird-scaring lines and prohibit fishing vessels from discharging fish offal into the water within the Southern Ocean CCAMLR zone to reduce the number of seabirds killed. The moves were adopted after Greenpeace tabled photographic evidence it had gathered of albatrosses being killed by the Soviet longline fishing fleet in the CCAMLR zone earlier that year during an expedition by MV Gondwana.<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-world-park-antarctica-antarctic-treaty-nations-agree-to-protect-antarctica-from-mining-and-oil-exploitation\"><strong>World Park Antarctica: Antarctic Treaty nations agree to protect Antarctica from mining and oil exploitation<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n<p>4 October 1991 &#8211; Greenpeace celebrates Antarctic Treaty nations agreeing at a meeting in Madrid to protect Antarctica from mining and oil exploitation following a seven-year campaign to protect the continent, including setting up Greenpeace\u2019s World Park Antarctica Base there and a campaign to stop the NZ Govt\u2019s support for mining there. The agreement committed signatories to \u201ccomprehensive protection of the Antarctic environment and dependent and associated ecosystems\u201d and designated Antarctica as a \u201cnatural reserve, devoted to peace and science\u201d.<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-nz-government-establishes-an-auckland-island-marine-mammal-sanctuary\"><strong>NZ Government establishes an Auckland Island Marine Mammal Sanctuary<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n<p>March 1991 &#8211; The NZ Government establishes a Marine Mammal Sanctuary 12-km offshore around NZ\u2019s Subantarctic Auckland Islands. Greenpeace says the sanctuary falls well short of its original proposal and urges the NZ Government to extend it out to the 100-km boundary without further delay.<\/p>\n\n<p>A white-capped albatross (Thalassarche cauta steadi) in Auckland Islands. 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