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

Protect The Oceans

From climate change and plastics, to deep sea mining and overfishing - the threats facing our oceans are growing and…

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#Oceans #Plastics

Plastic Free New Zealand

We know that plastics are choking our oceans, and putting the creatures that call it home at risk. We need…

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#Climate #Food&Farming #Freshwater

Ban Synthetic Nitrogen Fertiliser

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#Clean Energy #Climate #Oil&Gas

Make Oil History

Call on Energy Minister Megan Woods to end oil & gas subsidies, and use that $88m/year to put solar panels…

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#Democracy #Oceans

Demand an 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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#Forests

Tell Oreo to stop rainforest destruction

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#Oceans

Create an Antarctic Ocean Sanctuary

Protect the last great wilderness.

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#Climate

Support School Strikes For Climate

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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 #Oil&Gas

Save the Maui’s Dolphin

A species on the brink that deserves our protection.

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#Climate #Coal

Shut Huntly Coal Power Station

The age of coal is over

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#Climate #Oil&Gas

Save the Arctic

Imagine a world without the Arctic.

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Publications

30 x 30: A Blueprint For Ocean Protection

April 2019

30x30: A Blueprint for Ocean Protection, is a groundbreaking scientific study that maps out how to protect a third of the world’s oceans by 2030.

Greenpeace submission on Fisheries Review

March 2019

Greenpeace submission to Fisheries New Zealand, requesting independent review into fisheries management, cameras on boats, and further changes to the industry.

Greenpeace submission to the New Zealand Government’s Tax Working Group on the Future of Tax

February 2019

New Zealand’s water quality, soil health, and biodiversity are in decline, and emissions of dangerous greenhouse gases are increasing. We have a moral obligation to future generations to curb this…

A crisis of convenience. The corporations behind the plastics pollution pandemic

October 2018

The sight of rivers, oceans and communities overwhelmed with plastic waste has become a shocking – and all too common sight. The logos and images of big consumer brands –…

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…

Transforming Tuna Fisheries in Pacific Island Countries

July 2013

Greenpeace’s vision for a transformed tuna fishery in Pacific Island countries includes the following key aspects. Methods of fishing used would be pole and line, troll, handline, free-school purse seine…

Deep Seabed Mining

July 2013

The deep sea is a place of myth and mystery, filled with weird and wonderful life forms, and vital to the survival of our planet. But now, this mostly unknown…

Changing Tuna

March 2012

The global tuna industry is undergoing a period of rapid transformation.

Press release

#Oceans #Plastics

"Biggest conservation effort yet" launches to save world’s oceans

by Ellie Hooper 12 April 2019

Today, Greenpeace is launching one of its biggest conservation efforts yet, calling for a network of ocean sanctuaries to be created across the globe.

Press release

#Clean Energy #Climate #Oil&Gas

Calls for sweeping new climate policy on first oil banniversary

by Sophie Schroder 12 April 2019

On the first anniversary of New Zealand’s internationally acclaimed ban on new oil and gas permits, Greenpeace has called for sweeping new climate policy. The environmental organisation has launched a…

Press release

#Climate

Surging emissions show NZ needs stronger action on climate

by Russel Norman 11 April 2019

New data released today showing that New Zealand’s emissions have continued to grow rapidly in 2017 have been called “disturbing” by Greenpeace. Executive Director, Russel Norman, says the just-released Greenhouse…

Press release

#Oceans

Groundbreaking study shows how to protect a third of our oceans by 2030

by Ellie Hooper 4 April 2019

A scientific report released today has mapped out how to protect over a third of the world’s oceans in the next ten years.

Press release

#Climate

Latest ETS changes impotent without inclusion of agriculture

by Genevieve Toop 27 March 2019

The Government has announced another range of changes to one of the country’s core policies to combat climate change, the Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS).Agricultural emissions remain completely excluded from the…

Defending nature in all its diversity

Our campaigns

What you can do

Protect The Oceans

Plastic Free New Zealand

Ban Synthetic Nitrogen Fertiliser

Make Oil History

Demand an independent inquiry into fisheries management

Tell Oreo to stop rainforest destruction

Create an Antarctic Ocean Sanctuary

Support School Strikes For Climate

Tell big companies to drop dirty palm oil

Save Our Rivers

Save the Maui’s Dolphin

Shut Huntly Coal Power Station

Save the Arctic

Publications

30 x 30: A Blueprint For Ocean Protection

Greenpeace submission on Fisheries Review

Greenpeace submission to the New Zealand Government’s Tax Working Group on the Future of Tax

A crisis of convenience. The corporations behind the plastics pollution pandemic

Rogue Trader: Keeping deforestation in the family

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

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

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

Licence to Krill

Sick of Too Many Cows

Greenpeace response to Dairy NZ Advertising Standards Authority Complaint

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

Sold Down River: How Big Irrigation Will Pollute Our Water

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

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

This Far, No Further

Arctic Sanctuary

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

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

Transforming Tuna Fisheries in Pacific Island Countries

Deep Seabed Mining

Changing Tuna