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News & Stories - Greenpeace Aotearoa

  • Ranchers herd cattle on a farm in Xinguara, Para state, Brazil, in October 2021. Photo: Jonne Roriz / Bloomberg via Getty Images
    Press release
    Climate Change, Forests

    Global livestock industry exposed for rampant rainforest destruction, despite no-deforestation pledges

    Greenpeace Aotearoa says a new investigation revealing that the world’s largest meat company, JBS, will fail to meet its deforestation-free commitment is yet more proof of false promises from the…

    Amanda Larsson •
    18 April 2025
  • An image contrasts a space rocket launch with a young person surveying the impacts of flooding on their community
    Story
    Climate Change

    Billionaire joyrides to space are the ultimate symbol of privilege and pollution

    While millions of people around the world are struggling to afford basic necessities like food, healthcare, and shelter, and nature destruction skyrockets, the Blue Origin company, founded by billionaire Jeff Bezos, has…

    Jackie Zamora •
    18 April 2025
    3 min read
  • Press release
    Freshwater, Health

    Babies at risk due to nitrate-contaminated drinking water in Ashburton District

    Greenpeace Aotearoa is deeply concerned about the safety of drinking water in the Ashburton District due to nitrate contamination.

    Rhiannon Mackie •
    14 April 2025
  • Rangiora nitrate testing event
    Press release
    Freshwater

    Greenpeace bringing free drinking water nitrate testing to Ashburton District this weekend

    Greenpeace Aotearoa will be offering its free drinking water testing service in Ashburton and Methven this Friday and Sunday. This is the first time the organisation’s water testing programme has…

    Rhiannon Mackie •
    2 April 2025
  • Census of Marine Zooplankton online gallery of photo vouchers for living specimens of marine zooplankton identified at sea immediately upon collection by taxonomic experts. See http://www.cmarz.org/galleries.html for species identifications. Photos by R.R. Hopcroft and C. Clarke (University Alaska Fairbanks) and L.P. Madin (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)
    Story
    Seabed Mining

    Deep-sea mining would also threaten sea life by dumping debris into the thriving midwater zone

    Alexus Cazares-Nuesser, University of Hawaii

    Alexus Cazares-Nuesser, University of Hawaii •
    27 March 2025
    5 min read
  • Volunteers and Staff from Greenpeace Netherlands and Greenpeace International stand in solidarity during the SLAPP trial in North Dakota, USA, where Greenpeace in the USA and Greenpeace International were being sued by Energy Transfer in what is widely considered to be a ‘Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation’ (SLAPP), intended to stifle free speech. © Gosse Bouma / Greenpeace
    Story
    AboutUs, Climate Change, Oil&Gas

    From bombs to SLAPPS: We will not be silenced

    Being SLAPPed in the face with a liability of more than US$660 million for something we so clearly did not do is not for the faint of heart. But we…

    Mads Christensen •
    26 March 2025
    3 min read
  • Detail of the dove and rainbow emblem on the hull of the Greenpeace flagship Rainbow Warrior.
    Press release
    AboutUs, Climate Change, Oil&Gas

    Greenpeace says it will not back down as Jury delivers verdict in Energy Transfer SLAPP trial

    A Dakota jury of nine reached a verdict in Energy Transfer’s meritless lawsuit against Greenpeace entities in the US (Greenpeace Inc, Greenpeace Fund), and Greenpeace International, finding the entities liable…

    Russel Norman •
    20 March 2025
  • Story
    Peace, AboutUs, RainbowWarrior

    New Zealand’s nuclear-free reputation is not for sale

    For Prime Minister Luxon to erode new Zealand's proud nuclear-free legacy in exchange for a trade deal is a betrayal of our history and our values.

    Gen Toop •
    20 March 2025
    3 min read
  • Two people swimming in deep blue water in the Lord Howe Rise region of the South Pacific, hold a banner that reads Protect The Ocean
    Story
    Oceans

    Seamounts Expedition Day 11:Coral Encounter Site

    We arrive in the Lord Howe Rise area early in the morning. This is the location where in 2024, a New Zealand owned bottom trawler dragged up 37kg of coral late last year.

    Ellie Hooper •
    16 March 2025
    2 min read
  • Dr Paige Maroni and lead scientist Kat Goddard look at screen showing images from an underwater camera
    Story
    Oceans

    Seamount Expedition Day 5-6: Testing, testing, testing

    After arriving in Marlborough Sounds 0700, and a quick all crew briefing to set out the work for the day ahead, the different teams get to work to prepare the…

    Ellie Hooper •
    10 March 2025
    1 min read
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