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Tropical Cyclone Yasa’s climate-charged 345 km/h winds cut a path of destruction through Fiji’s two major islands

Tropical Cyclone Yasa struck with wind gusts up to 345 km/h overnight as it tore through Viti Levu and Vanua Levu, destroying homes and schools and forcing the evacuation of…

Govt must not cave to primary sector pressure on intensive grazing rules

Thursday, 17 December: Greenpeace says the Government must not cave to industry pressure to weaken intensive winter grazing rules designed to protect rivers and climate for the good of all New Zealanders.

Gruesome bycatch Xmas tree installed at Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries

Greenpeace activists have this morning installed a bycatch Christmas tree outside the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries, urging them to give New Zealand the gift of cameras on boats this…

Greenpeace challenges Coke with Christmas ads

Greenpeace is launching a Christmas social media campaign linking Coca Cola with the killing of seabirds in New Zealand.

It is a climate emergency, now let’s act like it

Greenpeace is claiming the Government’s symbolic declaration of climate emergency as a “win for people power”, but is challenging Jacinda Ardern and her Government to follow through quickly with policy…

Climate emergency declaration a win but needs action

When the house is on fire, there's no point hitting the alarm without fighting the fire as well, and fighting the fire in New Zealand means tackling agricultural emissions

Fonterra hands over PKE importing to destructive company

Fonterra’s sale of its half share in a palm kernel expeller business to its partner, palm giant Wilmar International, highlights a concerning relationship, says Greenpeace.

50,000 strong petition calls for an end to bottom trawling on seamounts

Wellington, 18 November 2020: A coalition of environmental groups delivered a 50,000 strong petition to Parliament today, calling on the Government to ban bottom trawling on seamounts.

Final battle to prevent South Taranaki Bight seabed mine hits Supreme Court

Kiwis Against Seabed Mining (KASM) and Greenpeace will be in the Supreme Court tomorrow for the last battle in a long fight to oppose a seabed mine in the South…

Talley’s guilty of illegal trawls in world’s “most biologically rich ocean habitat”

Talley’s deepwater fishing division, Amaltal, has today been found guilty of illegally bottom trawling in the Hikurangi Marine Reserve off Kaikōura. This comes eight months after the vessel’s skipper was…