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Greenpeace is an independent global campaigning organisation that acts to change attitudes and behaviour, to protect and conserve the environment and to promote peace.
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New Deep Sea Mining Study Shows Ecosystem Recovery From Mining Could Take Centuries
Thursday, 27 March 2025, 1:23 pm | Greenpeace
The study warns that ecological recovery would likely take centuries or longer, adding to the multitude of existing warnings from scientists that deep sea mining could have severe and long-lasting impacts on the deep. More >>
Greenpeace Shocked By Govt MP’s Attempt To Strip New Zealanders’ Democratic Rights
Wednesday, 26 March 2025, 11:23 am | Greenpeace
This bill would have a chilling effect on New Zealanders’ democratic rights and our ability to secure a liveable future for our kids and grandkids, says Greenpeace spokesperson Amanda Larsson. More >>
Greenpeace Launches Documentary Exploring Freshwater Pollution In Canterbury
Tuesday, 25 March 2025, 10:31 am | Greenpeace
There will be an advance screening of the documentary at Lumiere Cinemas, Christchurch, at 6pm on Thursday 3rd April. Tickets are free, but there will be limited seats available. More >>
Greenpeace: Government's RMA Overhaul A Hostile Takeover Of Nature
Tuesday, 25 March 2025, 8:22 am | Greenpeace
The Government has signalled that it plans to premise the country’s legal environmental protection framework on private property rights. More >>
Greenpeace Says It Will Not Back Down As Jury Delivers Verdict In Energy Transfer SLAPP Trial
Thursday, 20 March 2025, 12:48 pm | Greenpeace
Big Oil Bullies around the world will continue to try to silence free speech and peaceful protest, but the fight against Energy Transfer’s meritless SLAPP lawsuit is not over. More >>
NZ Dairy Linked To Deforestation Inside Attenborough Orangutan Documentary Wildlife Reserve
Thursday, 20 March 2025, 9:34 am | Greenpeace
Greenpeace Aotearoa spokesperson Sinéad Deighton-O’Flynn says, "The Rawa Singkil Wildlife Reserve is a biodiversity hotspot and the last refuge of the critically endangered Sumatran orangutan. It’s a disgrace that New Zealand dairy has any part ... More >>
Greenpeace: The Deep Sea Mining Industry Is Crumbling And Desperate
Monday, 17 March 2025, 11:01 am | Greenpeace
The deep sea mining industry is facing significant challenges due to the lack of financing support, the unavailability of ships and delays with building its equipment; mining test results failing to support industry claims of little harm. More >>
Luxon’s Mining Obsession Drives Away Second Offshore Wind Investor
Friday, 14 March 2025, 11:24 am | Greenpeace
Newsroom has reported today that a second offshore wind group, Sumitomo, has been forced to halt plans for massive new electricity generation in the south Taranaki Bight after the government announced it was promoting seabed mining in the same space. More >>
Luxon’s Investment Claims Undermined By Breaches Of Free Trade Agreements
Thursday, 13 March 2025, 11:06 am | Greenpeace
Questions on New Zealand’s commitment to the environmental chapters have already been raised in the UK and EU Parliaments. More >>
Rainbow Warrior Arrives In Marshall Islands To Call For Nuclear & Climate Justice On 40th Anni Of Rongelap Evacuation
Wednesday, 12 March 2025, 8:25 am | Greenpeace
Escorted by traditional canoes, and welcomed by Marshallese singing and dancing, the arrival of the Rainbow Warrior marks a significant moment in the shared history of Greenpeace and the Marshall Islands, since Greenpeace crew evacuated over 300 ... More >>
Greenpeace Announces Ashburton, Methven Nitrate Testing Events After ECan Fails To Vote For Free Water Testing
Monday, 10 March 2025, 3:05 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
Environment Canterbury’s recent decision to roll out a pilot study to test for nitrate levels is a decent measure, but they fell short of providing region-wide nitrate testing events for private well owners, who must continue to pay out of pocket ... More >>
Greenpeace Seamounts Expedition Sets Off To Uncover Secrets Of The Deep
Friday, 7 March 2025, 10:48 am | Greenpeace
With two specialist marine scientists on board, Greenpeace is aiming to use remotely operated deep sea cameras to survey seamounts and other features in both New Zealand waters and the high seas of the South Pacific. More >>
Fonterra’s Palm Kernel Supply Link To Illegal Palm Operations Bad News For Nestlé
Wednesday, 5 March 2025, 8:11 am | Greenpeace
"This new evidence indicates that Fonterra and Agrifeeds are both complicit in deforestation and the destruction of rare wildlife habitat in Southeast Asia," says Deighton-O’Flynn. More >>
On Marshall Islands Remembrance Day, Greenpeace Calls For Nuclear Justice And Reparations From The United States
Saturday, 1 March 2025, 2:14 pm | Greenpeace
The Marshall Islands bears the deepest scars of a dark legacy - nuclear contamination, forced displacement, and premeditated human experimentation at the hands of the U.S. government. More >>
Greenpeace Obtains Coordinates Of Coral Destruction NZ Government Refused To Reveal
Thursday, 27 February 2025, 1:53 pm | Greenpeace
Greenpeace’s Ellie Hooper is calling the New Zealand government’s refusal to share the coordinates "ludicrous" and "a blatant example of the Luxon led government running interference for the fishing industry." More >>
Paris Agreement Requires Urgent Action To Cut Pollution, Not Just Vibes
Thursday, 27 February 2025, 11:17 am | Greenpeace
Greenpeace spokesperson Amanda Larsson says "Watts is fundamentally wrong. Our climate targets are not vague ‘intentions’ built on vibes. We are facing an escalating climate crisis - a fire that is burning up our only home while our children are inside.” More >>
NZ Position At Fisheries Forum "Reckless"
Friday, 21 February 2025, 8:37 am | Greenpeace
"New Zealand’s stance at SPRFMO once again shows the desperate, short-term drive for profit, pushed by this Luxon-led government, which is siding with its fishing industry mates and promoting their interests over ocean protection." More >>
ECAN Fails To Provide Free Drinking Water Testing For Communities Impacted By Nitrate Contamination
Thursday, 13 February 2025, 4:58 pm | Greenpeace
Greenpeace spokesperson Will says "It is disgraceful to see that EC will not be providing free water testing to rural communities. Instead, it is leaving them to pay the price of ECan’s failure to regulate the intensive dairy industry, Canterbury’s primary ... More >>
Greenpeace Welcomes Northland Mining Pullout
Wednesday, 5 February 2025, 5:36 pm | Greenpeace
Seabed mining campaigner Juressa Lee says: "The victory over mining company Mineralogy International demonstrates the collective power of resistance in iwi, local communities and environmental groups working together. More >>
Jones Reveals Govt’s Actual Climate Policy - Expanding Fossil Fuel Extraction
Friday, 31 January 2025, 11:19 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
"Just a few hours after the Government released an updated Paris Climate Target, their actual climate policy was revealed by Shane Jones in the policy to increase fossil fuel extraction," says Greenpeace Aotearoa executive director Russel Norman. More >>
