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Cameras On Full Fishing Fleet Urged To Protect Ocean, Says Greenpeace
Monday, 31 July 2023, 10:27 am | Greenpeace
An announcement that the long awaited cameras on boats scheme will be up and running this week is a step in the right direction but must be rolled out to the whole fleet to keep the fishing industry publicly accountable and protect the ocean, says Greenpeace. ... More >>
Deep Sea Mining Industry Fails To Get Green Light But Remains A Threat
Monday, 31 July 2023, 10:02 am | Greenpeace
The International Seabed Authority (ISA) negotiations have just ended with deep sea mining companies failing to get an immediate green light to start plundering the oceans. Opposition to deep sea mining within the ISA is mounting, with more than ... More >>
Bottom Trawling Ban Needed To Save Plummeting Fish Populations
Tuesday, 25 July 2023, 11:01 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
New information showing plummeting numbers of orange roughy on seamounts and other features demonstrates why bottom trawling must be banned from these biodiverse areas, say Greenpeace and the Deep Sea Conservation Coalition (DSCC). Released while the ... More >>
Government Subsidies To Fonterra "Just A Drop In The Bucket" For Climate
Thursday, 20 July 2023, 10:39 am | Greenpeace
Greenpeace Aotearoa is welcoming the Government’s announcement on action to reduce the dairy industry’s climate pollution, but says the move to subsidise Fonterra’s shift away from coal for milk dehydration is still far too little. Greenpeace Aotearoa ... More >>
Time For Labour To Up Their Game On Climate Crisis
Monday, 17 July 2023, 3:04 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
Greenpeace Aotearoa is calling on the Labour Party to up their game on climate change, after the Party’s campaign slogan launch and the leader’s speech were noticeably silent on the climate crisis. Greenpeace Aotearoa lead climate campaigner, Christine ... More >>
PKE Supplier Wilmar International, Linked To NZ Dairy Industry, Facing Corruption Charges In Indonesia
Thursday, 13 July 2023, 10:27 am | Greenpeace
Greenpeace Aotearoa is calling on the NZ dairy industry to end its use of palm kernel expeller (PKE), after the Indonesian Medan City offices of NZ’s primary supplier Wilmar International were raided last week with cash and assets seized as part of ... More >>
Greenpeace Welcomes Greens’ Manifesto But Says Proof Will Be In The Pudding
Monday, 10 July 2023, 5:26 pm | Greenpeace
Greenpeace is encouraged by the Green Party’s inclusion of Climate Shift campaign asks in their 2023 manifesto, but says that while the Party is saying the right things now, its stance in post-election negotiations will make all the difference to addressing ... More >>
Aotearoa Wants A Container Return Scheme But The Government Isn’t Listening
Friday, 30 June 2023, 1:03 pm | Greenpeace
This month the Ministry for the Environment published the results of its Transforming Recycling submissions process, where 98% of respondents supported the implementation of a national container return scheme. In March, Prime Minister Chris Hipkins announced ... More >>
Call For Halt To NZ Importing Products Linked To Deforestation Tomorrow In Wellington
Monday, 26 June 2023, 9:42 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
A Greenpeace petition signed by nearly 16,000 people will be delivered to Parliament tomorrow calling for the New Zealand government to stop the import of products that are linked to forest destruction and human rights abuses. Greenpeace International ... More >>
Coral Cost Of Bottom Trawling - 200 Tonnes Destroyed In 13 Years
Wednesday, 21 June 2023, 8:49 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
A new report showing that commercial fishing ripped up almost 200 tonnes of coral from the seafloor in a 13 year period demonstrates why destructive bottom trawling should be urgently banned from seamounts, say environmentalists. "Coral is absolutely ... More >>
UN Ocean Treaty Formally Adopted, As The Race To Ratification Begins
Tuesday, 20 June 2023, 10:08 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
The historic UN Ocean Treaty has been formally adopted by consensus in New York after the Treaty text was agreed in March 2023. Since then, the text has undergone months of legal scrubbing and translation into all of the official UN languages. ... More >>
Down Stream: Three Wāhine Māori Talk About The Impacts Of Climate Change In Tairāwhiti
Monday, 19 June 2023, 9:40 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
Greenpeace has released a short documentary featuring Tui Warmenhoven (Ngāti Porou), who is a community leader, lawyer, researcher and the Greenpeace Aotearoa board chair. With cyclone Gabrielle and Hale before it, Tui Warmenhoven (Ngāti Porou) has witnessed ... More >>
Greenpeace Collaborates On Star-Studded Cover Of Fleetwood Mac’s 'Don’t Stop'
Sunday, 18 June 2023, 10:05 am | Greenpeace
Greenpeace unveils a star-studded cover of Fleetwood Mac’s iconic single Don’t Stop aiming to inspire a new generation of climate activists. Created by Grammy-winning producer Fraser T Smith (Stormzy, Adele, Dave, Drake) and lauded rapper Avelino, ... More >>
Coalition Of 30 Environmental Groups Launches 10-point Climate Action Plan
Thursday, 15 June 2023, 6:53 am | Greenpeace
A coalition of over 30 organisations from across Aotearoa has come together to launch a 10 point plan called "Climate Shift", which calls for urgent climate action from parties across the political spectrum in the lead-up to the election. ... More >>
Climate Activist Found Guilty But Remains Undeterred
Wednesday, 14 June 2023, 3:52 pm | Greenpeace
Grandmother and climate activist Rosemary Penwarden was today found guilty of two charges brought against her for sending a satirical letter notifying oil industry conference speakers that the 2019 PEPANZ Petroleum Conference had been postponed ... More >>
National Party Genetic Engineering Policy A Dangerous Joke
Tuesday, 13 June 2023, 10:30 am | Greenpeace
Greenpeace is slating the National Party’s announcement that it would abandon New Zealand’s GE Free status "just to provide yet another means of delaying climate action". Greenpeace agriculture campaigner Christine Rose says "Christopher ... More >>
National Party’s Agricultural Emissions Policy Just More Predatory Delay
Monday, 12 June 2023, 3:20 pm | Greenpeace
Greenpeace is condemning the National Party’s agricultural emissions policy as "yet more predatory delay", saying that "the policy is an abject failure to address agricultural emissions and tackle the escalating climate crisis." ... More >>
Support For Climate Activist Facing Jury Trial For Peaceful Protest Today In Dunedin
Monday, 12 June 2023, 1:26 pm | Greenpeace
Climate activist and Dunedin grandmother Rosemary Penwarden is appearing in court today over charges brought against her for peaceful protest of the 2019 oil industry conference in Queenstown. Greenpeace programme director Niamh O’Flynn is in the ... More >>
Taxing Urea Better Than He Waka Eke Noa But Stronger Action Needed
Thursday, 1 June 2023, 4:03 pm | Greenpeace
Greenpeace Aotearoa is calling out the agriculture industry’s "undue influence" over the Government’s agricultural emissions policy, saying that " predatory denial and delay " have stalled the development of plans to price and reduce ... More >>
Greenpeace & Hapū Of Ngāruahine Appear In Court Of Appeal Tomorrow To Challenge Hydrogen Expansion Of Fertiliser Factory
Monday, 22 May 2023, 7:10 pm | Greenpeace
Greenpeace, with several hapū of Ngāruahine, will be in the Court of Appeal in Wellington tomorrow (Tuesday 23 May) at 10am to challenge the awarding of consent for hydrogen expansion of synthetic nitrogen fertiliser production at the Kāpuni ... More >>
