Protect

Protect

At the heart of our work is the knowledge that a healthy environment is essential to a green and peaceful world. We work to protect biodiversity in all its forms, from great global forests and oceans, to mighty rivers and plains. We aim to safeguard and restore the essential ecosystems for a healthy planet and all who call it home.

What you can do

#Oceans #Plastics

A plan to end plastic pollution in Aotearoa.

Around the world, people and governments are taking action. They're taking bold actions to end the flow of single-use plastic…

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#Food&Farming #Freshwater

Save the Mackenzie

A unique and precious ecosystem under threat.

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#Oceans

Demand Independent Inquiry into Fisheries Management

Two recently leaked Government reports into hoki and southern blue whiting have revealed that deep water fishing vessels have been…

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#Oceans

Create an Antarctic Ocean Sanctuary

Protect the last great wilderness.

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#Oceans #Plastics

Stop Corporates Choking Oceans

It's time to end ocean plastics.

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#Climate #Renewables

Stop the Solar Tax

Let's create a brighter future for all.

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#Oceans #Plastics

Ban the Bag

Call for plastic legislation.

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#Forests

Tell big companies to drop dirty palm oil

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#Food&Farming #Freshwater

Save Our Rivers

We all rely on and treasure clean freshwater, but industrial dairying is putting it under threat.

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#Oceans #Plastics

A Million Acts of Blue

We are calling on people around the world to create a “Million Acts of Blue” - actions to push retailers,…

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#Climate #Oil&Gas

End Oil

Celebrating a victory for people power.

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#Climate #Coal

Shut Huntly Coal Power Station

The age of coal is over

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#Oceans #Oil&Gas

Save the Maui’s Dolphin

A species on the brink that deserves our protection.

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#Climate #Oil&Gas

Save the Arctic

Imagine a world without the Arctic.

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Publications

Rogue Trader: Keeping deforestation in the family

June 2018

A new Greenpeace International investigation has revealed that Wilmar International, the world’s largest palm oil trader, is still linked to forest destruction for palm oil almost five years after committing…

2012 Compliance Risk Profile of the Sub-Antarctic Southern Blue Whiting Fisheries

May 2018

“2012 Compliance Risk Profile of the Sub-Antarctic Southern Blue Whiting Fisheries” (dated December 2013) by the Ministry of Primary Industries Compliance and Response Branch. This report was based largely on…

Misery at sea: human suffering in Taiwan's distant water fishing fleets

May 2018

This report makes for shocking and harrowing reading. Its findings should concern everyone connected to the seafood industry – from consumers, to workers and vessel operators, and those who manage…

2011 Compliance Risk Profile of the West Coast/East Coast South Island Hoki Fisheries

May 2018

The leaked ‘2011 Compliance Risk Profile of the West Coast/East Coast South Island Hoki Fisheries’ report was produced by the compliance division of the Ministry of Fisheries in 2012, and…

Licence to Krill

March 2018

Greenpeace investigations reveal how krill-fishing companies are expanding operations in the fragile Antarctic ocean, putting an entire food web at risk. What’s more, they are often involved in fishing practices…

Sick of Too Many Cows

June 2017

This Greenpeace report examines the potential connections between livestock farming, water pollution and public health.

Greenpeace response to Dairy NZ Advertising Standards Authority Complaint

January 2017

Following a complaint by Dairy NZ to the Advertising Standards Authority about a Greenpeace TV ad, Greenpeace provided the ASA with this 13 page file of scientific evidence pointing to…

Turn The Tide: Human Rights Abuses and Illegal Fishing in Thailand’s Overseas Fishing Industry

December 2016

Greenpeace’s 12-month long investigation exposes the activities of Thailand’s rogue overseas fishing fleets, the companies behind them and their supply chain connections to export markets.

Sold Down River: How Big Irrigation Will Pollute Our Water

October 2016

When it comes to clean water, industrial agriculture remains New Zealand’s biggest challenge, and large-scale irrigation schemes planned around the country are set to make things worse.

A Deadly Trade-Off: IOI’s Palm Oil Supply and its Human and Environmental Costs

September 2016

Greenpeace has published this new report which once again demonstrates that palm oil giant IOI is still involved in deforestation and draining of the rainforest - this time through their…

Made in Taiwan: Government Failure and Illegal, Abusive and Criminal Fisheries

April 2016

Illegality and criminal wrongdoing in Taiwanese fisheries are increasingly well documented. Yet too often these very serious problems are reported and dealt with by Taiwanese authorities as if they were…

This Far, No Further

March 2016

Investigations by Greenpeace have shown industrial fishing fleets using destructive bottom trawling are invading previously pristine areas of the Barents Sea in the Norwegian Arctic. As climate change steadily diminishes…

Arctic Sanctuary

June 2014

Arctic coastal states are keen to lay claim on the valuable resources found beyond their national boundaries, and they have all submitted applications to extend their polar seabeds. Governments and…

Out of line: The failure of the global tuna longline fisheries

November 2013

Fewer boats, more fish: Towards comprehensive fishing capacity management in the Western and Central Pacific Tuna Fisheries

November 2013

Fewer boats, more fish: Towards comprehensive fishing capacity management in the Western and Central Pacific Tuna Fisheries – calls for the urgent introduction of capacity and effort management in tuna…