{"id":1832,"date":"2018-03-09T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-03-08T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/new-zealand\/press-release\/open-letter-to-jacinda-ardern\/"},"modified":"2024-07-12T15:10:36","modified_gmt":"2024-07-12T03:10:36","slug":"open-letter-to-jacinda-ardern","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/publication\/open-letter-to-jacinda-ardern\/","title":{"rendered":"Open letter to Jacinda Ardern"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2018\/05\/OpenLetter-PMJacindaArdern.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-2759\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2018\/03\/f727959c-open-letter-ardern-424x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"283\" 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