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PM acknowledges climate change - NZ's strategy?
Wednesday, 21 July 2004, 12:34 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
Wednesday July 21, 2004: Greenpeace today welcomed Prime Minister Helen Clark’s comments yesterday that climate change is here to stay (1) and urges the Government to put its concerns into real action. More >>
Images: Greenpeace Mark Opening Of IWC Conf.
Tuesday, 20 July 2004, 7:30 pm | Greenpeace
Greenpeace volunteers sail to mark the launch of the IWC (International Whaling Commission) which opened in Italy this week (c) Greenpeace More >>
IWC first vote – secrecy rejected
Tuesday, 20 July 2004, 11:34 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
Japan has lost its first vote at the International Whaling Commission (IWC) in Italy, despite buying off countries to support it, Greenpeace said this morning. More >>
Buying a return to whaling
Tuesday, 20 July 2004, 8:24 am | Greenpeace
Sorrento, Italy. 19 July 2004-The future of whales appears to be more uncertain than ever as the 56th meeting of the International Whaling Commission, IWC, begins. The number of countries in favour of whaling at the IWC is steadily increasing, not because ... More >>
Quality Standards Let Key Polluters Off The Hook
Thursday, 15 July 2004, 10:54 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
Auckland, Thursday 15 July 2004: Greenpeace today said that despite the Government's commendable attempt to introduce "bottom line" regulations to manage the country's air quality, New Zealanders are still at risk to pollutants such as dioxin. ... More >>
Whaling: Changing minds in Iceland
Friday, 9 July 2004, 9:57 am | Greenpeace
Reykjavik, Iceland 5 July 2004--According to a new opinion poll (1) conducted in Iceland by the IMG Gallup for Greenpeace and the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW), support for the resumption of whaling has declined. More >>
Illegal Timber Trade: EU says no, New Zealand yes
Friday, 2 July 2004, 11:04 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
Brussels, 2nd July 2004: Greenpeace calls on the New Zealand Government to take urgent action and introduce import restrictions on illegal timber after EU Environment Ministers took a firm stand this week. More >>
Rainbow Warrior Captain's charges dismissed
Friday, 25 June 2004, 1:24 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
Port Kembla, NSW, Thursday 24th June 2004: The charges against Rainbow Warrior captain, Derek Nicholls, were today dismissed by the magistrate due to Nicholls good character. More >>
Neptune’s court expels bottom trawlers
Thursday, 24 June 2004, 11:02 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
Wellington: Greenpeace joined King Neptune and his deep sea court in Wellington today as he issued a trespass notice to bottom trawlers at the New Zealand Seafood Industry Council (SeaFIC) board meeting. More >>
Greenpeace MV Esperanza Arrives in Iceland
Wednesday, 23 June 2004, 8:51 am | Greenpeace
Isafjordur 22 June 2004 - "Choose the future, not whaling", was the message communicated when the Greenpeace ship, MV Esperanza arrived at the port of Isafjordur, the number one Icelandic whaling center. The port visit is the first stop in this ... More >>
Greenpeace slams Cypress coal mine approval
Monday, 21 June 2004, 3:54 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
Monday 21 June, 2004, Auckland: Greenpeace today condemned the decision to give Solid Energy's Cypress coal mine the go ahead, on the west coast. More >>
Rainbow Warrior has arrived in Wellington
Friday, 18 June 2004, 1:35 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
Wellington: Greenpeace's flagship the Rainbow Warrior has arrived in Wellington Harbour with evidence of the destructive impacts of bottom trawl fishing on the high seas. More >>
Rainbow Warrior Returns
Thursday, 17 June 2004, 4:10 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
Wellington Thursday 17 June 2004: After nearly a month at sea documenting the destruction of bottom trawl fishing as part of the ‘Mysteries of the Deep Sea Expedition’, the Rainbow Warrior and her international Greenpeace crew arrive in Wellington on Friday ... More >>
High Seas Destruction of CITES Protected Species
Monday, 14 June 2004, 8:57 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
Tasman Sea, 12 June 2004 - As United Nations delegates (1) stand on the brink of deciding what recommendations are to go to the UN General Assembly on how to protect high seas life, the Greenpeace flagship, Rainbow Warrior has documented evidence ... More >>
NZ Fails to Protect Deep Sea at UN Conference
Monday, 14 June 2004, 8:54 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
United Nations, New York, June 13: The destruction of the deep seas will continue to accelerate after New Zealand officials failed to oppose Iceland, Japan, and other countries that blocked proposals for protection of the High Seas at a United Nations ... More >>
Head's Up
Friday, 11 June 2004, 4:09 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
New Zealand has had a large delegation from Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Ministry of Fisheries and the Department of Conservation at this week's UN meeting exploring global governance of the oceans (UNICPOLOS). More >>
Samsung Commits to phase out hazardous chemicals
Friday, 11 June 2004, 8:57 am | Greenpeace
Brussels, 10 June 2004 -- Consumer electronics company Samsung has decided to phase out hazardous chemicals used in its consumer electronics. These chemicals are those that persist in the environment because they are not easily degraded. More >>
Greenpeace urges "research" whalers to tell truth
Friday, 11 June 2004, 8:42 am | Greenpeace
Amsterdam, 9 June 2004. The fleet of "research" whalers expected to depart Japan June 10th is sailing under false pretences Greenpeace said today. Last year the "research" whalers marketed 3,000 tonnes of whale meat for 52 million ... More >>
Minister accepts bottom trawl damage
Thursday, 10 June 2004, 1:58 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
Auckland, June 10, 2004: Greenpeace today welcomed the Fisheries Minister's acknowledgement that bottom trawling damages deep sea life and that marine biodiversity needs to be protected. However a piece-meal approach to the biggest threat to deep sea life ... More >>
Images: Greenpeace Locates Bottom Trawlers At Sea
Wednesday, 9 June 2004, 10:17 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
High Seas: The role of the New Zealand bottom trawl industry on the high seas will come under close scrutiny in New York, after Greenpeace discovered three New Zealand bottom trawlers fishing on the high seas yesterday. More >>
