Greenpeace

Greenpeace exists because this fragile earth deserves a voice.

Greenpeace is an independent global campaigning organisation that acts to change attitudes and behaviour, to protect and conserve the environment and to promote peace.

Contact Greenpeace

Email - info@greenpeace.org.nz
Website - www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/
Social - Twitter
Social - YouTube
Key Issues - Agriculture
Key Issues - Oceans
Key Issues - Plastics
Key Issues - Climate

Greenpeace - Latest News [Page 135]

Flotilla Stops Nuclear Shipment In Its Tracks

Sunday, 21 July 2002, 7:46 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand

Tasman Sea, 21 July 2002 - Two-armed nuclear freighters have halted their passage through the Tasman Sea. They are expected to continue under the cover of darkness to avoid facing the strength of public opinion against plutonium shipments More >>

Scoop Image: Nuclear Flotilla Ready And Waiting

Sunday, 21 July 2002, 11:09 am | Greenpeace New Zealand

The Nuclear Free Pacific Flotilla pictured out in the Tasman sea yesterday. They expect to meet the MOX Nuclear Fuels shipment later in the day. More >>

Image: Greenpeace - Clarkies Corn Cover up - GE

Saturday, 20 July 2002, 5:40 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand

Auckland, 20 July: Giant “Clarkies Corn Cover up” cans greeted Helen Clark on her campaign trail in Auckland today. The giant “Clarkies” cans, and a can-to-Parliament campaign launched by Greenpeace aim to demand Government accountability over the ... More >>

Fiji PM Calls For Support Over Nuclear Shipments

Thursday, 18 July 2002, 4:07 pm | Greenpeace

Fiji Prime Minister Calls On Support Of African And Caribbean Countries To Oppose Nuclear Shipments More >>

New Study Questions GE Food Safety

Thursday, 18 July 2002, 3:44 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand

A new study on genetically engineered food rings alarm bells for human health, said Greenpeace today. The study questions approval systems for GE food, and validates concerns that GE food is untested and unsafe. More >>

Pacific Nations shown no respect

Thursday, 18 July 2002, 11:36 am | Greenpeace

Port Vila, Vanuatu July 17, 2002: The shipment of faulty plutonium mixed-oxide (MOX) has been caught by Greenpeace transiting through the Solomon Islands and Vanuatu waters, a blatant breach of the islands’ Exclusive Economic Zones (EEZ). The ships ... More >>

Something Fishy About Norwegian Whale Export

Wednesday, 17 July 2002, 4:59 pm | Greenpeace

Auckland, July 16, 2002: "The export from Norway to Iceland of eight tonnes of whale meat is a cynical but clumsy attempt to force the rest of the world to restart the international trade in whale products," said John Frizell, Greenpeace Whale ... More >>

Plutonium Ships Ignore Pacific Opposition

Monday, 15 July 2002, 11:43 am | Greenpeace

Federated States of Micronesia, 13 July, 2002: British Nuclear Fuels Ltd (BNFL) plutonium ships’ breached the Federated States of Micronesia’s 200 nautical miles Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) at 9:50 this morning (FSM time) against that nations’ stated ... More >>

ERMA Corners Government

Monday, 15 July 2002, 11:41 am | Greenpeace New Zealand

Auckland, 12 July 2002: Statements made today by Bas Walker the head of ERMA that “at no stage have we said categorically there was no contamination” directly contradict the lines being peddled by Helen Clark and Marian Hobbs since information of the ... More >>

Govt. Uses Smoke And Mirrors To Hide GE Corn Truth

Thursday, 11 July 2002, 5:28 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand

Auckland, 11th July, 2002: Greenpeace today expressed concern over the comments made by the Government and a scientist today denying conclusive evidence of GE contamination in the testing of corn imported into New Zealand. More >>

Clark, Hobbs, Federated Farmers And LSN Deceit

Thursday, 11 July 2002, 9:25 am | Greenpeace New Zealand

Auckland, 10 July 2002: Statements made today by Prime Minister Helen Clark and Environment Minister Marian Hobbs and supported by the Life Sciences Network and Federated Farmers are incorrect, according to the Seeds of Distrust by Nicky Hager. More >>

Lies, Damn Lies

Wednesday, 10 July 2002, 3:03 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand

Wednesday 10 July, 2002, Auckland: The cover-up exposed today in Seeds of Distrust is an outrage. This illegal, dishonest and unacceptable series of events resulted in the contamination of our sweetcorn and environment, Greenpeace said today. More >>

Rumoured Escort For Plutonium Ship Runs Aground

Monday, 8 July 2002, 2:18 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand

Auckland, New Zealand, 8 July 2002: The grounding of the British destroyer HMS Nottingham, which is rumoured to be in the Tasman to escort the plutonium ships, only highlights how irresponsible and dangerous this whole transport is, Greenpeace said today. More >>

PM Attends Nuclear Free Seas Flotilla Departure

Monday, 8 July 2002, 11:58 am | Greenpeace New Zealand

Auckland, New Zealand, 7 July 2002: The Prime Minister of New Zealand was one of a large crowd that gathered in support in Auckland to farewell the New Zealand arm of the Pacific flotilla which plans to gather next week in the northern Tasman Sea ... More >>

Transport Of Plutonium Completely Irresponsible

Friday, 5 July 2002, 2:08 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand

Auckland, New Zealand, 5 July 2002: Greenpeace said that the decision by British Nuclear Fuels (BNFL) and Kansai Electric to transport reject plutonium by sea back to England is incredibly irresponsible. The two armed UK freighters the Pacific Pintail ... More >>

Europe To Take Prize For Strictest GE Labelling

Friday, 5 July 2002, 2:07 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand

Auckland/Brussels, 4th July 2002 - Greenpeace welcomes the European Parliament’s vote for tightening European regulations on labelling and traceabilty of genetically engineered (GE) food and feed, putting European regulations well ahead of New Zealand’s. More >>