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Greenpeace Letter To Te Whatu Ora, ECan, Calls For Response To High Nitrate In Canterbury Drinking Water
Wednesday, 24 April 2024, 8:40 am | Greenpeace
In a letter sent to Te Whatu Ora, Environment Canterbury, district councils, and Minister for Health Dr Shane Reti, Greenpeace has conveyed "deep concern" over nitrate levels in drinking water after its latest round of drinking water testing. More >>
Govt Repeal Of Te Mana O Te Wai Condemning Rural Communities To Unsafe Drinking Water - Greenpeace
Tuesday, 23 April 2024, 1:20 pm | Greenpeace
Testing of drinking water in rural Canterbury over the weekend by Greenpeace revealed that several public town supplies were reaching levels of nitrate above 5 mg/L - the threshold which a growing body of scientific evidence has linked to increased ... More >>
Elevated Levels Of Nitrate Contamination Found In Canterbury Drinking Water
Monday, 22 April 2024, 8:23 am | Greenpeace
Almost a quarter of the drinking water samples Greenpeace has tested for nitrate contamination in Canterbury over the last three days were above the 5 mg/L level of contamination associated with reproductive risk in pregnant people. More >>
Nitrate Contamination In Darfield Water Supply Could Be Causing Reproductive Risks
Saturday, 20 April 2024, 6:32 am | Greenpeace
Greenpeace Aotearoa is expressing grave concern over nitrate contamination in Darfield, after water testing on Friday revealed the town supply in both Darfield and Kirwee was around 5 mg/L of nitrate. More >>
Fast Track Invite List Includes Most Destructive Industries In New Zealand
Friday, 19 April 2024, 8:26 pm | Greenpeace
The new ‘Fast-track Approvals Bill’ would give just three Ministers the power to approve or deny development projects. They would avoid the usual checks and balances that are in place to protect rivers, land, the ocean, and communities. More >>
Cameras Reveal Mass Underreporting Of Dolphin, Albatross And Fish Bycatch By Commercial Fishing Industry
Sunday, 14 April 2024, 1:11 pm | Greenpeace
The data shows that for the 127 vessels now with cameras, reporting of dolphin captures increased nearly seven fold while reported albatross interactions were up 3.5 times. The reported volume of fish discarded has increased by almost 50%. More >>
Greenpeace Slams Government’s Fast-track Advisory Panel Announcement
Wednesday, 10 April 2024, 2:51 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
Greenpeace says that today's announcement of a fast-track advisory group with no discernible environmental expertise adds insult to injury and shows just how little regard the Luxon Government has for the environment. The coalition Government claims ... More >>
‘Our Land’ Report Highlights Dire State Of NZ’s Freshwater
Wednesday, 10 April 2024, 10:53 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
Greenpeace Aotearoa is calling on the Luxon Government to stop the rollback of freshwater protections following the release of the Ministry for the Environment’s Our Land 2024 report. Greenpeace spokesperson Amanda Larsson says, "Rivers, wetlands, ... More >>
Fast-track Won’t Mean Easy Ride For Seabed Miners - Greenpeace
Monday, 8 April 2024, 10:21 pm | Greenpeace
If it goes ahead, the fast-track approval process will enable TTR to proceed with its destructive seabed mining project despite repeated legal defeats and the opposition of Ngāti Ruanui, environment groups, scientists, fishing companies and the local ... More >>
Luxon Bulldozes On In War On Nature With 90-day ‘Hit List’
Tuesday, 2 April 2024, 1:58 pm | Greenpeace
Greenpeace is calling the Government’s new policy priority list "the next onslaught in the war on nature" following Christopher Luxon's announcement this morning. Greenpeace spokesperson Amanda Larsson says, "Luxon’s 90-day hit ... More >>
Seabed Miner Quitting EPA Hearing Highlights Danger Of Luxon’s Fast-track
Thursday, 28 March 2024, 4:41 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
Greenpeace says wannabe Taranaki seabed miner Trans-Tasman Resources is likely banking on Christopher Luxon’s fast-track process to side-step proper scrutiny of its Taranaki seabed mining proposal by bailing out of the Environmental Protection Agency hearing ... More >>
Greenpeace Releases Concerning Nitrate Contamination Test Results, Announces New Canterbury Water Testing
Tuesday, 26 March 2024, 10:14 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
Greenpeace Aotearoa is announcing it will run free drop-in water testing days in Darfield, Rangiora, and Culverden in April following recent test results indicating high levels of nitrate in some Cantabrians’ drinking water. Greenpeace says that ... More >>
"Stop Deep Sea Mining, Not Protests", Greenpeace Demands Regulator
Tuesday, 19 March 2024, 5:57 am | Greenpeace
A global movement of over 2 million people is calling on governments to make history by voting for a moratorium on deep sea mining. Discussions on this will take place in July at the ISA Assembly. More >>
The World Is Watching Hāwera Seabed Mining Hearing, Says Greenpeace
Friday, 15 March 2024, 3:23 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
Greenpeace says that the result of the EPA hearing for the Australian miner Trans Tasman Resources' seabed mining proposal for Taranaki could set a globally significant precedent. "Commercial seabed mining does not happen anywhere else on planet ... More >>
Shane Jones Recusal From Seabed Mining Shows Corruption Of Fast Track Process
Wednesday, 13 March 2024, 3:29 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
The recusal of Resources and Oceans Minister Shane Jones from being involved in a government decision on a possible seabed mining application under the new fast-track legislation is evidence of how corrupt the process is, say environment and community ... More >>
Seabed Mining Opposition To Gather Outside EPA Hearings
Tuesday, 12 March 2024, 2:01 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
It’s clear would-be seabed miner Trans Tasman Resources is banking on the government’s new fast-track legislation to get its project across the line, given its lack of effort to satisfy the strong new environmental test set by the Supreme Court, say ... More >>
Seabed Mining Opposition To Gather Outside EPA Hearings
Tuesday, 12 March 2024, 1:38 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
It’s clear would-be seabed miner Trans Tasman Resources is banking on the government’s new fast-track legislation to get its project across the line, given its lack of effort to satisfy the strong new environmental test set by the Supreme Court, say ... More >>
Fast-track Bill Release Marks ‘Dark Day For Nature And Democracy’
Thursday, 7 March 2024, 1:40 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
Greenpeace Aotearoa is slamming the announcement of the fast-track consenting bill, saying that the radically anti-nature policy has no regard for nature or democracy. No specific projects have been announced as part of the fast-track bill yet, but ... More >>
Greenpeace Pours Luxon A Glass Of Cow Effluent, Protesting ‘Anti-nature’ Fast-track Bill
Thursday, 7 March 2024, 10:45 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
At Parliament today, Greenpeace activists have installed a giant tap pouring cow effluent outside the Beehive. The organisation is protesting the Government’s proposed fast-track consenting bill, which it says will run roughshod over environmental protections. ... More >>
Testing Finds Nitrate Contamination In Tokoroa Drinking Water Could Pose Health Risks
Tuesday, 5 March 2024, 10:13 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
Greenpeace Aotearoa is warning that high levels of nitrate in the town drinking water supply at Tokoroa could pose health risks, following a free drinking water testing event that the organisation ran yesterday. The testing found that the town’s ... More >>
